Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom is an advisory board member at Feel Good Voting, a position they have held since 2020. Paul was previously with Common Power and Brighton Jones Investment Partners. Prior to that, they were the CEO of Rouxbe Online Cooking School from January 2009 to December 2013, where they increased sales by 8X without additional headcount or capital, and took the company to cash-flow positive operations. Paul led the transformation of the business model from "freemium" to pure subscription, expanded Rouxbe's marketing efforts, negotiated several major consumer partnerships, and penetrated the education and enterprise markets. From January 2005 to December 2008, Bloom was with Avvo as co-founder, VP Products/Marketing, and Board Member. At Avvo, they conducted all consumer/market research, defined the product vision and requirements, and developed and executed the marketing strategy. Paul also raised $13M in two investment rounds from top-tier venture capital firms in Seattle and Silicon Valley, and recruited team members including the former CEO of Lexis-Nexis (board of directors) and former president of the American Bar Association (advisor). Acquired by Internet Brands in 2018.

Paul Bloom has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering Science from the University of Western Ontario.