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.
Content & Articles by George Ishii
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....