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Andrew Paradise

Andrew Paradise is an entrepreneur based in Boston, Massachusetts and is co-founder and CEO of Skillz, a software platform that enables tournament play for cash on mobile games.^[1] Skillz was originally named Lookout Gaming and was seed-funded by Atlas Venture, Nextview Ventures and Mark Jung, founder and former CEO of IGN Entertainment.^[2]

Before Skillz, Paradise was founder and CEO of AisleBuyer, which launched the first mobile phone self-check-out technologies for in-store shopping in December 2010.^[3] AisleBuyer was acquired by Intuit in April 2012.^[4]

References

^ Ong, Josh. "Skillz Launches a Real-Money Tournament Platform for Android Games". The Next Web. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ Patterson, Steve. "Lookout Gaming Takes $1.3M Seed Round to Accelerate Indie Games Revenue". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^ Kim, Ryan. "AisleBuyer Says Forget the Check-in, We'll Help You Check-out". GigaOm. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
^ Kirsner, Scott. "Intuit Buys Boston-based AisleBuyer". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

Category:American businesspeople Category:Living people

[1] Ong, Josh. "Skillz Launches a Real-Money Tournament Platform for Android Games". The Next Web. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

[2] Patterson, Steve. "Lookout Gaming Takes $1.3M Seed Round to Accelerate Indie Games Revenue". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

[3] Kim, Ryan. "AisleBuyer Says Forget the Check-in, We'll Help You Check-out". GigaOm. Retrieved December 22, 2010.

[4] Kirsner, Scott. "Intuit Buys Boston-based AisleBuyer". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

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