Steven Carpenter

I am currently an EIR at Accel Partners. Previously, I was the founder and CEO of Cake Financial, a consumer Internet website that helped mainstream individual investors manage their portfolios, which I sold to E*Trade. Before that I worked in digital music managing strategy and the day-to-day operations for Rhapsody, a leading music subscription product. I was also the director of business development at financial services startup myCFO, founded by Jim Clark and backed by Kleiner Perkins, and online photo site, Snapfish.

I love music; playing sports of all kinds (basketball, baseball, golf, and tennis especially); the Sunday NYT crossword puzzle; the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots (in that order); good food and great wine; The Wire, Mad Men, and Sopranos (in that order); travel and learning about other cultures; and my family and friends.

I graduated cum laude with Highest Thesis Honors from Tufts University and received my MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS), where I wrote RealNetworks: Rhapsody, which was published by HBS Publishing. I am a frequent contributor to business and technology blogs such as TechCrunch and Vator.tv, and continue to guest lecturer at HBS.