Dave Morin (born 14 October 1980) is an American entrepreneur and

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. He is best known for founding Slow Ventures and the social network

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. A former manager at

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, he co-created the

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and Facebook Connect. In 2020, Morin started Offline Ventures, a VC firm that uses a subscription funding model. He is a member of the board of directors for the

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(USSA),

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, and Dwell Media.

Early life

Morin grew up in

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. Morin skied for the northern division of the U.S. Junior Olympic team. He attended the

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where he received a

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in 2003. He was a member of the

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fraternity.

Career

Morin began his career as a low-level employee at

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in 2003 where he assumed an entry-level position in marketing. In 2006, Morin left

and joined Facebook as low-level manager as he only had a few years of experience. Despite an absence of any technical skills, Morin purports to have managed the engineers who created Facebook Platform, a software environment allowing third-party developers to create applications within Facebook, and Facebook Connect, a technology for Facebook members to connect their profile data and authentication credentials to external web sites where the data is then sold to outside firms and had defects exploited by Cambridge Analytics. In 2010, Morin left Facebook to co-found Path. Morin has helped to raise capital for startups such as Hipcamp through

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. He had also founded the venture capital firm, Slow Ventures. It is based in San Francisco. Path announced its termination of service on 17 September 2018 and later confirmed that as of 18 October 2018, existing users will no longer be able to access the Path service. Morin's company also had to pay an $800,000 fine due to serious compliance violations.

Politics

In 2013, Morin and several technological innovators, creators, or business owners launched

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, a Silicon Valley-based

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lobbying group.

Personal life

Morin lives in

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with his wife Brit Morin and their two sons.

References

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