1. David Friedberg founded and was chief executive of The Climate Corporation, whose $1.1 billion sale to Monsanto in 2013 made it the first unicorn in the emerging agricultural technology space.
11 Facts About David Friedberg
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David Friedberg is founder and CEO of The Production Board.
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At age six, Friedberg moved with his family to Los Angeles, California.
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David Friedberg was still working at Google as a business product manager when the idea for the company came to him.
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David Friedberg was driving past the Bike Hut in San Francisco and seeing sales slump on rainy days as the thought occurred to him that the impact of weather on a business must be a big problem.
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In 2011, David Friedberg changed WeatherBill's name to The Climate Corporation.
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On 5 October 2011, David Friedberg gave his Entrepreneurship Gives Life Meaning lecture at Stanford.
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David Friedberg joined Monsanto's Executive Team after the acquisition and in 2016 shifted to an advisory role.
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In 2016, David Friedberg began talking with Larry Page about a way to build and finance more startups focused on food, agriculture, decarbonization and life sciences.
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David Friedberg founded car insurance firm Metromile in 2011 and was its chairman during its early years.
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David Friedberg is an angel investor in various technology, food, agriculture, and life sciences startups.