John Freund (business executive)

John Freund
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Skyline Ventures
Websitewww.skylineventures.com/team/john_freund.asp

John Freund is an American satirist and business executive.[1][2] Freund and collaborator David Porter created the 1981 satirical poster Bedtime for Brezhnev[3][4][5] and co-authored the 1982 satirical book The Official MBA Handbook or How to Succeed in Business Without a Harvard MBA,[1] which spent 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.[6][7] Freund is the co-founder of Intuitive Surgical,[8] and the co-founder and former CEO of Arixa Pharmaceuticals.[9] He founded Skyline Ventures in 1997.[2]

  1. ^ a b Ross, Nancy L. (12 September 1982). "Harvard Spoof Brings Degree of Success". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Carlsen, Clifford (28 December 1997). "JMedical financier ready to operate after raising $23M". San Francisco Business Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Poster Pranksters". Washington Post. No. 27 August 1981. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "TWO CAPITALIST TOOLS TELL US HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING TO GET AN MBA". People. No. 20 December 1982.
  5. ^ Heinzel, Ron S. (27 June 1982). "$5 Education May Supplant Harvard MBA". LA Times.
  6. ^ Berman, Jeffrey (3 September 2019). Mad Muse: The Mental Illness Memoir in a Writer's Life and Work. Emerald Publishing. pp. 190–198. ISBN 978-1-78973-807-0.
  7. ^ Tumulty, Karen (6 December 1982). "MBA Spoof Nothing to Laugh At". LA Times.
  8. ^ Tindera, Michela (14 February 2019). "BILLIONAIRES DAILY COVER Robot Wars: $60B Intuitive Surgical Dominated Its Market For 20 Years. Now Rivals Like Alphabet Are Moving In". Forbes. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  9. ^ Vermes, Krystle (23 October 2020). "Could Arixa Pharmaceuticals' Lead Product Pave the Way for More Efficient Antibiotics?". BioSpace. Retrieved 26 May 2023.