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George Bell Managing Director, General Catalyst	Larry Bohn Managing Director, General Catalyst	Joel Cutler Managing Director, General Catalyst	David Fialkow Managing Director, General Catalyst	Bill Fitzgerald Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
David Orfao Managing Director, General Catalyst	Neil Sequeira Managing Director, General Catalyst	Brian Shortsleeve Managing Director, General Catalyst	John Simon Managing Director, General Catalyst	Hemant Taneja Managing Director, General Catalyst
Jonathan Teo Managing Director, General Catalyst

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Mike Anello Growth Equity	Charlie Baker Entrepreneur in Residence	Nitesh Banta Associate	Niko Bonatsos Associate, GC Seed	Clayton Cole Growth Equity
Hugh Crean Entrepreneur in Residence	Michelle Daubar VP Communications	Chris Farmer Venture Partner	Peter Freeland Growth Equity - Vice President	Gautam Gupta Associate
Mina Hsiang Associate	Deepak Jeevan Kumar Associate	Terry Jones Special Venture Partner	Gabe Ling Growth Equity - Vice President	Frank Maher Controller
Harith Rajagopalan Entrepreneur in Residence	Matt Tara Growth Equity - Vice President	Paul Verrochi Entrepreneur in Residence	Bilal Zuberi Principal

Joel Cutler

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“I’ve got a real desire to meet the smartest, youngest entrepreneurs out there – those amazing people who show a gutsy instinct in their efforts and energy. My own background as an entrepreneur and CEO is in the travel, consumer specialty retail and direct marketing sectors. Along with David Fialkow, I've founded and run half a dozen companies. Today, I believe in, and seek out, extraordinary, ambitious people to partner with.”

If you think Joel’s background can help you develop an early-stage idea, or grow a more mature business, Submit Your Idea to him after reading our Elements of a Strong Business Plan.

As a Managing Director and Co-Founder of General Catalyst Partners, Joel invests in both new and existing technology businesses. His areas of special interest include all aspects of information technology, consumer internet, e-commerce and online travel.

Prior to co-founding General Catalyst Partners, Joel, along with David Fialkow, co-founded and operated numerous businesses focused on leveraging technology and high standards of customer care for the travel, information services, specialty retail, consumer direct marketing, and payment processing industries. These businesses include: National Leisure Group, one of the largest leisure travel technology and distribution companies in the U.S.; Retail Growth ATM Systems (sold to PNC Bank), a national ATM and interactive network provider; and Starboard Cruise Services (sold to LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc.), the operator of more than 300 duty-free retail stores on 100 cruise ships and owner of the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale Airport duty-free stores, where Joel served as Chairman and CEO.

Joel’s a graduate of Colby College, earning a B.A. in Government and Economics and Boston College Law School, J.D.

Board memberships

General Catalyst: Chloe + Isabel, KAYAK, Ostrovok, Trover, and Viajanet. Former board observer to GroupMe (acquired by Skype in August 2011). Former board member of ITA Software (acquired by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) in April 2011), GameLogic (acquired by Scientific Games Corp. (Nasdaq: SGMS) in August 2010), OLX (acquired by Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) in August 2010) and Reveal Imaging (acquired by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) in August 2010).