Bobby Lo

Snap, Inc.

Bobby Lo is a startup founder, investor, and advisor. His most recent startup, Vurb, introduced a new paradigm for mobile search and messaging and was acquired in 2016 by Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat. As the company’s sole founder and CEO, Bobby led Vurb to win Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014 and raised over $10M in funding. Post-acquisition, Bobby headed product initiatives at Snap including Context, a way of surfacing relevant actions and content drawn from Snapchat and partners. Before founding Vurb, Bobby was a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group focusing on consumer, travel, and technology. Prior to BCG, Bobby was involved in two other startup ventures: starting his first software company at 15, and then as Co-Founder and CTO of Yodle (acquired by Web.com), a search advertising company. Bobby holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT in Computer Science, and a bachelor’s degree in Management from MIT Sloan.

Articles by Bobby Lo

Unblocking Startup Growth: Best Practices for Sales Discovery & Qualification with Richard Harris

Startups are in a constant race against time and resources, navigating complex sales environments with lean teams and limited margins for error. In a recent session from the Mucker Growth...

The LinkedIn Playbook: How Startup Founders Can Stand Out & Scale

This LinkedIn Playbook is based on insights from a recent one-time Mucker Growth Session webinar featuring LinkedIn growth experts Alec Paul (Founder of SalesBrand) and Kyle Williams (Founder of Brickstack)....

DeepSeek vs OpenAI: Comparison Breakdown and What It Means For Your Tech Startup With Dan Cleary

In this recent webinar of our Mucker Growth Series, we discussed the evolving AI landscape with Dan Cleary, founder of PromptHub. He provided an in-depth breakdown of DeepSeek vs. OpenAI,...

Building Product Without Knowing Code With Adam New Waterson

In a deep dive into AI-driven product development, Adam New-Waterson, a former CMO turned Chief Product Officer and now solopreneur, shared how non-technical founders can harness the power of AI...

How To Build An Automated Sales Outreach Engine For Startups with ColdIQ

Many B2B startups (and even larger organizations) are unable to be successful with their outbound sales strategy because they take a lazy, “batch-and-blast” approach. In a recent Mucker Growth Series...

Navigating the AI Sales Tools Landscape To Grow Your Startup With Blue Bowen

We had the privilege of hosting, Eugene “Blue” Bowen, Research Principal from G2, one of the leading software marketplaces and review sites that cover a broad range of B2B solutions....