Clever Sense – From Personalized Recommendation Engine Startup to Acquisition By Google – Cota Capital: A Multi-Stage Investment Firm Focused on Modern Enterprise Technologies

Clever Sense – From Personalized Recommendation Engine Startup to Acquisition By Google

by Bobby Yazdani, Founder & Partner

Babak Pahlavan is a Sr. Director of Product Management at Google. Pahlavan is the former CEO, Co-founder & President of Cleversense, which was acquired by Google in 2011.

In this exclusive interview, Pahlavan recounts his journey as a successful entrepreneur: immigrating to the US at 17, attending Stanford University, founding and building Cleversense, and the Google acquisition.

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Bobby Yazdani is co-founder and partner of Cota Capital, a technology investment firm that partners with exceptional teams to build and grow timeless companies enabling the future.