Fellowship
Fellow
Class
18
Current Firm
Longjump
Location
United States

Brian Luerssen

Fellowship
Fellow
Class
18
Current Firm
Longjump
Location
United States
Education

Brian holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS from Indiana University.

Professional

Brian Luerssen is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Draftbit, a new way to visually design, build, and iterate on cross-platform, native mobile applications. Before Draftbit, Brian was Managing Director at Techstars Chicago, a software-focused global accelerator program. Before joining Techstars, Brian created and served as and GM of OkCupid Labs based in San Francisco. OkCupid Labs is the R&D arm of Match.com and IAC Personals (NASDAQ: IACI). In addition to his work at Draftbit, Brian is an active angel investor and board member, and a Kauffman Fellow (18).

Fellowship

As a member of Class 18, Brian served his fellowship under the mentorship of OkCupid founder, Sam Yagan.