Leslie Bradshaw
Venture Builder
Leslie is passionate about unlocking and unleashing the full potential of individuals, teams, and novel technologies in the name of meaningful growth.
As a Venture Builder at Mach49, Leslie helps intrapreneurial teams realize their first revenue by deeply understanding who they are serving. Going beyond marketing “hacks”, Leslie combines a background in anthropology, economics, and award-winning creative direction to uncover and activate new insights that enable teams to successfully go to market.
Prior to joining Mach49, Leslie spent the past 15 years co-founding and scaling several high-growth companies. At the heart of propelling these upstarts forward was her ability to co-lead and contribute to dozens of new ventures, digital products, and novel marketing solutions, for the likes of Nike, OXO, Intel, Procter & Gamble, TD Ameritrade, C-SPAN, and NASA.
In recognition of her efforts, Fast Company named Leslie one of the Most Influential Women in Technology (2011) and Most Creative People in Business (2013). Companies she led to triple-digit growth were also twice-named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Companies In America. Outside of her operating roles, Leslie invests in and mentors founders through the ExCo Group, the WFund, and Turtle Ventures, and formerly served on the Board of Hyper Island until its sale to Talent Garden in 2021.
Leslie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago and former fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which enabled her to research and write extensively on the topics of gender, technology, and leadership for nearly 20 years. A 6th-generation Oregon Trail pioneer, Leslie and her family split their time between New York City’s East Village and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
As a Venture Builder at Mach49, Leslie helps intrapreneurial teams realize their first revenue by deeply understanding who they are serving. Going beyond marketing “hacks”, Leslie combines a background in anthropology, economics, and award-winning creative direction to uncover and activate new insights that enable teams to successfully go to market.
Prior to joining Mach49, Leslie spent the past 15 years co-founding and scaling several high-growth companies. At the heart of propelling these upstarts forward was her ability to co-lead and contribute to dozens of new ventures, digital products, and novel marketing solutions, for the likes of Nike, OXO, Intel, Procter & Gamble, TD Ameritrade, C-SPAN, and NASA.
In recognition of her efforts, Fast Company named Leslie one of the Most Influential Women in Technology (2011) and Most Creative People in Business (2013). Companies she led to triple-digit growth were also twice-named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Companies In America. Outside of her operating roles, Leslie invests in and mentors founders through the ExCo Group, the WFund, and Turtle Ventures, and formerly served on the Board of Hyper Island until its sale to Talent Garden in 2021.
Leslie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago and former fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which enabled her to research and write extensively on the topics of gender, technology, and leadership for nearly 20 years. A 6th-generation Oregon Trail pioneer, Leslie and her family split their time between New York City’s East Village and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Leslie Bradshaw
Venture Builder
Leslie is passionate about unlocking and unleashing the full potential of individuals, teams, and novel technologies in the name of meaningful growth.
As a Venture Builder at Mach49, Leslie helps intrapreneurial teams realize their first revenue by deeply understanding who they are serving. Going beyond marketing “hacks”, Leslie combines a background in anthropology, economics, and award-winning creative direction to uncover and activate new insights that enable teams to successfully go to market.
Prior to joining Mach49, Leslie spent the past 15 years co-founding and scaling several high-growth companies. At the heart of propelling these upstarts forward was her ability to co-lead and contribute to dozens of new ventures, digital products, and novel marketing solutions, for the likes of Nike, OXO, Intel, Procter & Gamble, TD Ameritrade, C-SPAN, and NASA.
In recognition of her efforts, Fast Company named Leslie one of the Most Influential Women in Technology (2011) and Most Creative People in Business (2013). Companies she led to triple-digit growth were also twice-named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Companies In America. Outside of her operating roles, Leslie invests in and mentors founders through the ExCo Group, the WFund, and Turtle Ventures, and formerly served on the Board of Hyper Island until its sale to Talent Garden in 2021.
Leslie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago and former fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which enabled her to research and write extensively on the topics of gender, technology, and leadership for nearly 20 years. A 6th-generation Oregon Trail pioneer, Leslie and her family split their time between New York City’s East Village and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
As a Venture Builder at Mach49, Leslie helps intrapreneurial teams realize their first revenue by deeply understanding who they are serving. Going beyond marketing “hacks”, Leslie combines a background in anthropology, economics, and award-winning creative direction to uncover and activate new insights that enable teams to successfully go to market.
Prior to joining Mach49, Leslie spent the past 15 years co-founding and scaling several high-growth companies. At the heart of propelling these upstarts forward was her ability to co-lead and contribute to dozens of new ventures, digital products, and novel marketing solutions, for the likes of Nike, OXO, Intel, Procter & Gamble, TD Ameritrade, C-SPAN, and NASA.
In recognition of her efforts, Fast Company named Leslie one of the Most Influential Women in Technology (2011) and Most Creative People in Business (2013). Companies she led to triple-digit growth were also twice-named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Companies In America. Outside of her operating roles, Leslie invests in and mentors founders through the ExCo Group, the WFund, and Turtle Ventures, and formerly served on the Board of Hyper Island until its sale to Talent Garden in 2021.
Leslie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago and former fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which enabled her to research and write extensively on the topics of gender, technology, and leadership for nearly 20 years. A 6th-generation Oregon Trail pioneer, Leslie and her family split their time between New York City’s East Village and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
