“From the beginning, Tjarko created a culture of transparency and openness which was critical to our ability to be effective as a team. He’s a fierce and loyal leader that deeply cares. I watched him go to bat for our team over and over again the last four years. Personally, Tjarko continually gave me more responsibility, the room to grow, and the support I needed to grow. He has great product development instincts and I always appreciated his perspective and input during our design feedback sessions. The wisdom and knowledge I’ve gained from working alongside Tjarko are too numerous to count and valuable beyond any words I could write here. I hope our paths cross again in the future. ”
Tjarko Leifer
San Francisco, California, United States
3K followers
500+ connections
San Francisco, California, United States
3K followers
500+ connections
About
Tech Founder, Executive and CEO with a proven track record of building and transforming…
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Search Funds - 2009: Selected Observations
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Since 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has conducted a series of studies on the performance of Search Funds. This study, as well as its predecessors in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, has endeavored to gather data about and gain insight into all known Search Funds. Each of these studies portrays the aggregate characteristics of Search Funds and their principals, and evaluates the investment returns generated by first-time…
Since 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has conducted a series of studies on the performance of Search Funds. This study, as well as its predecessors in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, has endeavored to gather data about and gain insight into all known Search Funds. Each of these studies portrays the aggregate characteristics of Search Funds and their principals, and evaluates the investment returns generated by first-time Search Funds to their original investors. Together, this series of studies reflects changes in the characteristics of Search Fund entrepreneurs and the performance of their funds over time. Using conservative assumptions, the aggregate pre-tax internal rate of return (IRR) across the known universe of Search Funds to-date is 37.3% and the aggregate multiple of investment returned is 13.5x.
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Patents
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Method and system for improving food-related personalization
Issued US 10776856
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Method and system for preference-driven food personalization
Issued US 10720235
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Effortless entry system and method
Issued US 6,825,752
Co-inventor of proximity based car entry system while graduate student at Stanford. Project was funded by Siemens Automotive.
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