Bo Abrams
Los Angeles, CA, United States0
Co-Founder at kommu | Unlocking 140m+ Primary Homes through Trusted Networks
Product manager with 8 years building 0-to-1 consumer products, most recently as co-founder and CEO of kommu, a home-sharing marketplace that has reached 5,600+ members and 5,000+ nights booked. Background in performance analytics and investing before that.
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Co-founder & CEO
kommuJun 2022 — Present · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Built kommu from zero into a 4.8-star home-sharing network with 5,600+ members, 1,000+ homes, and 5,000+ nights booked, while hiring and leading engineering and design. Pivoted the product from home swapping to a social marketplace after customer research showed networked trust drove bookings: members who added friends or joined groups were 6.8x more likely to book. Raised $1.3M from Connetic Ventures, ERA, and angels including founders of Airbnb, Couchsurfing, and DoorDash. Launched a B2B offering that built a $750K pipeline and 7 corporate letters of intent within three weeks, then shipped matching, payments, identity verification, payouts, and cancellations through a six-month, 55-release rebuild across iOS, API, and web.
Founder Pool, Member
PandoJun 2022 — Present
Be Better, Together! Founder peer-groups (income pools) supercharged by
aligned financial incentives.
Startup Labs Fellow
Startup Labs UCLAJan 2021 — Jun 2021 · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
MBA Associate Intern
Watertower VenturesJan 2021 — Jun 2021 · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Sourced and conducted diligence on prospective portfolio companies for a $50M seed-stage fund.
Education
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Jan 2020 — Jun 2022
730 GMAT; Wolfen Fellowship (top 4 of 1,800 MBA candidates); 1st Place, Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize; Finalist, Anderson Product Innovation Challenge
Haverford College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and Government
Jan 2012 — May 2014
Varsity basketball starter
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Honor or award
Los Angeles’ Finest Honoree
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Issued Nov 2018
The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation honors a select group of men and women from cities or regions across the country that are committed to professional growth through a guided fundraising and awareness campaign. These honorees exemplify strong leadership qualities, are active in their community and have excelled in their chosen professions.
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License or certification
Venture Deals Fall 2020
Kauffman Fellows
Issued Nov 2020
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Hedge FundsAlternative InvestmentsMarketingData AnalysisResearchCorporate FinanceInternational RelationsOrganizationMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointOnline AdvertisingDigital StrategyFundraisingAdvertisingNon-profit Volunteering