Noah Glass (Olo Online Ordering)

Noah Glass (born 1981) is the CEO of Olo (Online Ordering), a software company that provides online food ordering services across the United States. He founded the company, originally called GoMobo.com, in 2005.[1]

Education and Early Life

Glass grew up in Newton Center, Massachusetts. As a teen, he worked as a delivery driver for the local restaurant Pizzaman.

Glass holds a B.A. in political science from Yale University. He withdrew admission from Harvard Business School to begin GoMobo.com, after an investor offered him $500,000 in seed money contingent on his withdrawal.[2]

Career

Glass is most well known for being a software entrepreneur.[3] GoMobo.com (later renamed Olo) was the first United States company to offer online food ordering through text message.[4][5] Today, Olo's primary product is white-labeled food ordering software that integrates with restaurant point of sale systems. More recently, Olo released Dispatch, a product that matches food delivery customers with delivery drivers through Uber (company) and other services.[6]

Before founding GoMobo/Olo, Glass held positions at Amnesty International, Braun Consulting, Endeavor Global, the National Retail Federation, and Shutterfly.com.[7] He also worked in the foodservice industry.

Personal life

Glass lives in New York City with his wife Maeve.

  1. http://www.olo.com/
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahglass
  3. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/noah-glass#/entity

References

  1. Little, Katie (2016-06-06). "This CEO passed up Harvard Business School to make a huge bet on smartphones". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  2. "Noah Glass | Money20/20". www.money2020.com. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  3. Conner, Cheryl. "OLO On Mobile Restaurant Ordering: 'We Want To Be The Amazon Of Food'". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  4. Little, Katie (2016-06-06). "This CEO passed up Harvard Business School to make a huge bet on smartphones". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  5. "Texting Food Orders Makes Cutting in Line OK". ABC News. 2006-09-20. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  6. Roof, Katie. "Olo Raises $40 Million To Expand Delivery Business". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  7. "Noah Glass | Money20/20". www.money2020.com. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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