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Profile

Kurt Beyer, PhD
Helping people live their best lives
Digging for clams in Long Island Sound and selling them by the bushel
VW Beetle Convertible
“We tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in a year. We tend to underestimate what we can accomplish in five years.”
My father, who survived Nazi Germany as a boy and lived the American dream
About Kurt
- Objective: Kurt's goal is to help Parallel Advisors expand its offerings to San Francisco entrepreneurs and start-ups.
- Snapshot: From flying F-14 Tomcats to mentoring entrepreneurs to building start-ups, Kurt brings years of disciplined expertise and business insight to his clients and the firm.
Experience
- Faculty Member, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley, San Francisco, CA; worked with executives at IPO start-ups Yelp and Marin Software, in addition to many successful earlier-stage companies
- Faculty Member, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
- Founder & CEO, Riptopia Digital Media, Washington DC and San Francisco, CA
- Naval Officer, United States Navy
Education
- University of California Berkeley, PhD, History of Science and Technology
- Oxford University, MA, Economics and Philosophy
- United States Naval Academy, BS, Engineering and History
Affiliations & Boards
- Author, Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age, named one of the Top 10 Science/Technology Books for 2010/2011 by the American Library Association
