Richard Hendricks (@richard-hendricks-demo)
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About
CEO of Pied Piper and working on a decentralized internet for everyone - PiperNet. PiperNet is powered by your devices, protective of your privacy, and programmed for your freedom.
Today’s web is an Internet of Kings, dominated by monopolies that crush innovation and promote surveillance capitalism. Discover for yourself why we need PiperNet, the Internet of People™.
Today’s web is an Internet of Kings, dominated by monopolies that crush innovation and promote surveillance capitalism. Discover for yourself why we need PiperNet, the Internet of People™.
Skills
C ⋅ Expert
Golang ⋅ Intermediate
Java ⋅ Advanced
TypeScript ⋅ Advanced
React ⋅ Beginner
Experience
Founding Partner
Hendricks Venture Capital gitconnected.com
Jan 2020 to Present ⋅ San Francisco, CA
We fund companies trying to change the world
CEO
Pied Piper piedpiper.com
Apr 2014 to Dec 2019 ⋅ Silicon Valley, CA
I am the CEO of PiedPiper and working on providing free and decentralized internet.
- Launched PiperNet, a decentralized internet for the world
- Created PiedPiperCoin, a cryptocurrency to support the open internet
- Discovered Middle-Out Compression which provides the highest standard for lossless compression
Developer
Aviato
Mar 2014 to Mar 2014 ⋅ Fremont, CA
I built the aggregation algorithm to track flights
Projects
middle-out-compression
Making files smaller
GoC++
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pied-piper-coin
The currency of the open web
Node.jsReactTypeScriptGo
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Education
Stanford
Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science
2012 to 2014
I studied computer science at Stanford
Volunteer
Startup Founders hooli.com
Mentor
Apr 2014 to Dec 2019 ⋅ San Francisco, CA
Mentoring startup founders to help them launch and grow their companies.
Awards
Tethics Honorary Member
Gavin Belson Foundation
Dec 2019
It's tech and ethics - tethics