David Sobie
CEO
at Happy Returns
David Sobie is the co-founder and CEO of Happy Returns in Santa Monica, CA.
Happy Returns was founded in 2015 and pioneered box-free returns for e-commerce retailers, speeding customer refunds and reducing return shipping costs. The company was acquired by PayPal in 2021. After a period of exponential growth, UPS acquired the company in 2023. Happy Returns now operates as a subsidiary of UPS, accepting millions of returns each month on behalf of thousands of retailers, at a network of over 8,000 Return Bar locations around the country.
Prior to co-founding Happy Returns, David served as the Chief Marketing Officer of REVOLVE and the SVP of Marketing & Business Development for HauteLook, a Nordstrom company.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Articles by David Sobie
Build Alignment Before You Burn Out
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How To Use Reddit To Scale Organic Growth For Your Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Colin Belyea, founder of Karmic and an expert in Reddit organic growth, breaks down how Reddit has become one of the most influential discovery...
Sales Comp Kick Start: Keys to Getting It Right as You Begin to Build Your Sales Team
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Austin Tech Week 2025 Recap
Mucker Capital hosted two powerful days of programming during Austin Tech Week, bringing together founders, operators, and growth leaders to share real-world insights from the startup trenches. Across four sessions,...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 3 Recap: AI Search – Wednesday Oct 15
After two packed days exploring AI startup building and go-to-market growth, Day 3 of LA Tech Week shifted focus to the evolving world of AI Search, how new AI technologies...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 2 Recap: Startup Growth – Tuesday Oct 14
After a packed AI Building Day, we continued LA Tech Week with Startup Growth Day, a full schedule of sessions focused on go-to-market strategy, founder journeys, and scaling startups in...