Tao Ni

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I am at heart an entrepreneur. I've been a startup founder, product designer, programmer, researcher. I'm an avid student of life.

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I love books. I listen to podcasts like Tim Ferriss Show and This Week in Startups. I share what I learn on Medium and Twitter.

My favorite quote is The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.

My favorite fable is A loss, no bad thing.

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I co-founded SproutUp in late 2014, which helps content creators (e.g. YouTubers) and brands collaborate on making fun videos (like this).

Previously at LivingSocial, I worked with a talented design team to create the LivingSocial Merchant Center, and an internal web app for the sales team.

Earlier, I built data visualization tools and mobile dashboard and analytics at MicroStrategy.

I co-invented AnatOnMe at Microsoft Research. It projects anatomical images onto the body and helps patients “see” their injuries, and encourage them to do their exercises. People wow'ed.

I earned a PhD from Virginia Tech. I wrote papers on VR, 3D UI, and gesture interaction.