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Jessica Ewing is an American innovator and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the children’s book subscription startup Literati founded in Austin, Texas.[1][2]
Jessica Ewing | |
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| Born | Michigan |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO Literati (book club) |
Early life and education edit
Jessica Ewing was born in Michigan.[3] She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, where she studied mathematics and artificial intelligence.[3] While at Stanford, she worked in the White House as a research assistant for the senior economic adviser to the president.[4]
Career edit
After graduating Stanford with a degree in Symbolic Systems,[5] Ewing joined Google and became a senior product manager.[3] During her first year at the company, she was Marissa Mayer’s deputy.[4] She later worked under Sundar Pichai.[6]
She co-authored eight patents while with Google.[7] Some of the patents protected inventions for: module specification for a module to be incorporated into a container document, and methods and system for sharing gadgets between users.[7]
Ewing also helped launch iGoogle, which let users customize the Google homepage.[8] Fast Company named her one of Google’s “12 Most Innovative Minds”.[9]
In 2009, Ewing left Google and moved to Hawaii to begin work on a novel.[9]
Upon finishing her novel, Ewing began reaching out to literary agents and publishing houses but found the experience incohesive.[3] The publishing process, she thought, could be better organized.[3] To address this concern, Ewing built a platform designed to connect writers with publishers and agents.[3] This platform was called Excerpt.[3]
Throughout the process of pitching to investors, Ewing’s platform went through several different iterations.[3] Eventually, Ewing decided to narrow her focus to children’s books, and in 2016, she founded the company called Literati.[3][10] Ewing is the CEO.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ Cronin, Mike. "Why a children's book startup is giving hazard pay during pandemic". Bizjournals. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Literati raises $40M for its book club platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i lalorek (2020-01-20). "Literati Co-Founder Jessica Ewing Says She is Focused on Raising a Generation of Readers who like Print Books". SiliconHills. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b Salter, Chuck (2008-02-19). "Jessica Ewing". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Segran, Elizabeth (2018-11-19). "Melinda Gates, B.J. Novak, Sundar Pichai, and more share the children's books that shaped them". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Stillman, Jessica (2019-10-24). "Want Your Kids to Grow Up to Love Books? This Austin-Based Startup Wants to Help". Inc.com. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ a b "Jessica Ewing Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Schmidt, Eric; Rosenberg, Jonathan (2014-09-23). How Google Works. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-8233-4.
- ^ a b "Meet Literati, Austin's Monthly Book Box for Kids". Austin Monthly Magazine. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Austin Based Startup: Literati Makes Reading Fun". KXAN Austin. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Wistrom, Brent. "'Everything changed in a week': How Literati hustled in the early days of a pandemic". American Inno. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Thomas, Jessica (2020-04-30). "An Exercise-Bike Company and At-Home 'Botox' Business Had Nothing in Common - Until They Did". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2020-06-17.