Ali Rosenthal
Advisor, Wealthfront Inc.
Ali Rosenthal currently serves as an Advisor at Wealthfront. She was originally hired by Wealthfront to run its strategic partnerships. Previously, she was the COO (Chief operating officer) of MessageMe. Prior to the messaging startup, she was an executive in residence at Greylock Partners for a year. Ali Rosenthal served as Senior Manager of Facebook, Inc. from February 2006 to July 2008. From February 2006 to January 2011, Ms. Rosenthal led various initiatives in the Business Development Department at Facebook, Inc., where she served as Head of the Global Operator Program, Mobile from July 2008 to January 2011. Ms. Rosenthal also served as an associate at General Atlantic Partners, LLC, a global private equity fund focused on IT, from February 2001 to June 2003 and as an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co., a leading global investment banking and securities firm, from July 1998 until July 2000. Ms. Rosenthal joined General Atlantic Partners in 2001. She has been Independent Director of AutoNation Inc. since March 14, 2011. She is a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She obtained her B.A. from Brown University in 1998.
Content & Articles by Ali Rosenthal
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...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13
We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...
Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....
