Jess Mah
Jessica Mah | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1990 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, Bard College at Simon's Rock |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Known for | Co-founding InDinero |
Jessica Mah (born May 18, 1990, in Westchester County, New York) is an American entrepreneur. Mah has founded several companies including InDinero and Mahway.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education[edit]
Mah was born in 1990 in Westchester County, New York, her parents were entrepreneurs in the clothing business and immigrants from Hong Kong who relocated to the United States.[5][6] Mah finished high school at the age of 15, and then she joined Bard College at Simon's Rock.[7][8] At the age of 17, Mah joined the University of California, Berkeley's computer science program and graduated by the age of 19.[8]
Career[edit]
Mah began her first business when she was 11 by purchasing server space in bulk and selling fractions of the space for cheaper prices.[5] At the age of 13, she started her first internet company selling computer parts on eBay.[9][10]
In 2009, while at the University of California, Berkeley, Mah and her classmate Andy Su co-founded inDinero, a FinTech company providing accounting and financial software to businesses, and launched the firm's online dashboard a month after graduating from their computer science program.[9][11][12]
Following Mah's graduation, she and Su applied to Y Combinator's summer program,[13] and after presenting their idea formally to investors, they had 20 investors signed on.[14] By 2014, inDinero raised $8 million from angel investors,[8] and has raised more than $10 million by 2023.[6]
Mah has received recognition such as being named to Forbes 30 Under 30 under the enterprise technology category,[15] the Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 list in 2012, and appeared on the August cover of Inc. Magazine in 2015.[16][17]
As of 2023, Mah has founded three start-ups,[14] including internshipIN an enterprise software as a service (SaaS) company[18] and Mahway, a venture builder with a portfolio of five companies that has attracted capital from Silicon Valley investors.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "'I'm not even 30, and I'm flying my own jet' — Silicon Beach elites take a seat in the cockpit". Los Angeles Times. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "How InDinero ignored investors and started making money". VentureBeat. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Feintzeig, Rachel (2022-02-07). "Giving Workers More Time to Grieve in an Era of Loss". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Erb, Kelly Phillips. "Tax Meets Technology: A Chat With Jessica Mah Of inDinero.com". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ a b "In It for a Marathon: Jessica Mah and InDinero's Resilient Founding Team" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "How Jess Mah Went From Startup Founder to Venture Funder". The Street. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Entrepreneurs teenagers : 13 parcours incroyables". Les Echos Executives (in French). 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ a b c Kim, Eugene. "This 24-Year-Old High School Dropout Is Tackling A Problem Every Startup Hates To Deal With". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ a b "Startup inDinero eases accounting pain for small business". Reuters. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Gardella, Adriana (2010-09-29). "Can a 20-Year-Old Help You Track Your Finances?". You’re the Boss Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "How a 26-Year-Old Silicon Valley CEO Spends Her Money". Cosmopolitan. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Jr, Tom Huddleston (2020-04-24). "Start a paper trail and don't 'prop up' an unhealthy business—expert advice on how to use PPP loans". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Gardella, Adriana (2010-09-29). "Can a 20-Year-Old Help You Track Your Finances?". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ a b "Jessica Mah and Andy Su, Founders of inDinero". Inc. (magazine).
- ^ "Jessica Ma". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Alum Jessica Mah Lands Cover of Inc. Magazine". simons-rock.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Global, E. O. (2015-12-25). "Jessica Mah, Age 25, Graces the Cover of Inc. Magazine in 2015 - The EO Blog". blog.eonetwork.org. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "12.03.2008 - InternshipIN, nationwide job board, launched by three undergrads". newsarchive.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-19.