Ethan Kurzweil is a Vice President working with David Cowan in the Menlo Park office. He focuses on consumer Internet, Internet services, and Web technologies and is actively involved with Bessemer's investments in Playdom, Goodmail, Smule, Billshrink, MashLogic, Delivery Agent, Reputation Defender, OpenCandy, Nominum, and Zoosk.
 
Prior to joining Bessemer, Ethan worked at Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, on new customer acquisition and user retention. Previously, he held a series of positions at Dow Jones & Co., culminating in his work for the CEO leading an initiative to identify and launch new business ventures.  He was also involved with the turnaround of the international editions of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones’ acquisition of full ownership in Factiva.  While an undergraduate at Stanford, Ethan co-founded S-S-B Technologies (now SSB-Bart Group), a provider of software and services that make the web accessible to users with disabilities, eventually serving as director of business development.  Ethan began his career as a business analyst with McKinsey & Co.’s Media & Entertainment practice.

Ethan earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a B.A. with distinction in Economics from Stanford University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Follow him on twitter at @ethankurz.