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John Waldmann

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Founder & CEO - We're hiring! at Homebase
📍 United States

John Waldmann is the Founder and CEO of Homebase, a platform dedicated to simplifying operations for hourly teams at over 100,000 small businesses. Drawing on his experience at Boston Consulting Group and KKR Capstone, he is described as a sharp, empathetic, and determined leader. He holds an MBA from Stanford University.

His passion for supporting underserved communities is a consistent theme, demonstrated by his early university research on access to justice for low-income families and his work with social enterprises in emerging markets. This commitment underpins his professional mission to empower small business owners and their teams.

His first job was supporting a small business owner who sold boats.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO - We're hiring!
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Priorities

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Small Business Empowerment
As the founder of Homebase, his entire professional focus is on creating tools to help small businesses succeed and make their teams "unstoppable."
Hourly Workforce
He frequently posts data and analysis on the economic health, wage growth, and sentiment of hourly workers on "Main Street."
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Career

Work history

2014
Founder & CEO - We're hiring!
Homebase
2008 - 8-2011
Associate
KKR Capstone
2006 - 2008
Associate
Boston Consulting Group
6-2005 - 8-2005
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
NESsT
2003 - 2003
Sales Associate
International Marine
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Media appearances

John Waldmann - Founder & CEO of Homebase. Featured in Yespress.io
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John Waldmann: The Mission-Driven Builder Turning Homebase Into the AI Coworker for Main Street. Featured in SPAR Ventures (Substack)
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Education
2011 - 2013
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2002 - 2006
BA
Stanford University
2004 - 2004
n/a
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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