George Ishii

Co-founder and Advisor, Comparably

George Ishii is currently a co-founder at Comparably and a startup advisor who helps startups succeed in areas such as user experience design, analytics driven design, and product management. He co-founded several companies including BetterWorks, an employee benefits SAAS platform, Geni, an online family tree building platform with 100M+ profiles (acquired by MyHeritage), and Yammer, a private social network that helps employees collaborate across departments, locations, and business apps (acquired by Microsoft). George is specialized in social entrepreneurship, early stage startups, user centered design, interface design, user flow design, etc.. He graduated from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona with a BS in Computer Engineering.

Articles by George Ishii

The Realities of PR for Startups with Priscilla Vento

In the dynamic realm of PR for startups, understanding the nuances and timings is crucial. Priscilla Vento, the founder and CEO of 30 Miles North PR, a recommended partner, joins...

Building A Sales Development Function for Early Stage Startups with Sally Duby

Sales development is a nuanced blend of art and science, requiring a delicate balance for its effective implementation within a company. Drawing from substantial experience, Sally Duby from The Bridge...

Company Culture: How to Scale Without Losing Your Soul with Todd Emaus

In one of the recent Mucker’s Growth Series Webinars, we proudly invited one of the previous MuckerLab Partners, Todd Emaus, a serial founder, author of the book Scale Without Losing...

Link Building: A Mission-Critical Component of SEO with Eric Carrell at DoFollow.io

As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Eric Carrell, founder of DoFollow.io, to dig into the world of SEO, especially in the link-building space. A recap...

Technical SEO for Startups with Jacque Alec at Capconvert

As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Jacque Alec, the CEO of Capconvert, to go deep on the topic of technical SEO for startups. A recap...

Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. Hila Qu has been the Head...