In the 1990’s Michael Heinstein noticed a fundamental challenge for customers shopping for wall décor – while there were millions of wall décor pieces available for sale around the world, in a strictly bricks-and-mortar world, it was difficult for customers to access many of them. Realizing an opportunity to leverage the growing power of the Internet to improve the wall décor shopping experience, Michael co-founded Art.com Inc. As Chief Executive Officer since the company’s launch, Michael has made it his personal and corporate goal to make a difference in the world of wall décor and transform how people decorate and collect art.

Michael brings more than two decades of technology and entrepreneurial experience to Art.com Inc. from his work in pre-Internet gaming communities and gaming software. Prior to answering his true entrepreneurial calling, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He also has a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he practiced as a clinical psychologist and conducted research on the impact of communities on pro-social behavior and mental health.

Michael also serves on the Board of Directors of KidsArt Fairs, an organization that partners with schools and families to inspire children’s imagination and to promote lifelong learning through creative expression, while raising funds to support art education initiatives.

Joshua is one of the co-founders of Art.com Inc., and currently serves on its Board of Directors. He has in-depth knowledge of the Internet, e-commerce and art industries, and has spent the last 11 years growing the company, and providing it with vision and direction.

His greatest accomplishment has been building Art.com Inc. into the world's largest online consumer marketplace for prints, posters, photographs, and custom frames. He is a firm believer that great companies are made by great people, and attributes much of Art.com Inc.'s success to its employees.

In addition to his business responsibilities, Joshua also enjoys sharing his passion for creating new businesses with high school and college students interested in becoming entrepreneurs.

Joshua attended Rutgers University in New Jersey.

With over 20 years of venture capital investment experience, Bob is a veteran of the venture industry and is currently a general partner with Benchmark Capital. Prior to Benchmark, Bob spent 12 years as a general partner with Technology Venture Investors. Before TVI, Bob worked for The Boston Consulting Group where he focused on issues of corporate strategy in industries ranging from retail distribution to high technology manufacturing.

Bob earned a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1980 as a General Motors Fellow, and a B.S. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the General Motors Institute (renamed Kettering University) in 1978 as a Sobey Scholar.

Dan has more than 17 years of operating and strategic investment experience in the technology and consumer sectors and is currently Managing Partner of Stripes Group, an operationally-oriented growth stage private equity firm, which focuses on technology enabled and consumer product companies.

Prior to Stripes Group, Dan spent 11 years at IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), where he played a variety of executive roles including: head of strategy and corporate development of IAC, founding CEO of Pronto, Inc., President of Citysearch and head of corporate strategy and development at Ticketmaster.

Prior to IAC, Dan also worked for PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Division for 6 years where he spent time in Brand Management, New Product Development and Operations.

Dan earned both his B.S. (1990) and M.BA. (1991) from the University of Illinois, where he was a Bronze Tablet Scholar.

Alan has more than 20 years of operating executive and investment experience and is currently a managing general partner with Polaris Venture Partners. Alan focuses on investments in information technology, with an emphasis on revenue-stage companies, digital media, and e-commerce.

Before joining Polaris, Alan was with The Washington Post Company, where he worked for 18 years. During his career with The Washington Post Company, he served as President, Chief Operating Officer, board member, Chief Financial Officer, President of Newsweek, head of newspaper marketing, and head of corporate business development. Prior to The Washington Post Company, Alan was an officer at The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy.

Alan earned his B.S. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; an M.S. at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management; and a J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School.