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Joe Hyrkin

Joe Hyrkin

CEO coach, technology investor and adviser; former CEO, Issuu

Joe Hyrkin draws on leadership roles at Issuu and other technology businesses in his work as a CEO coach, investor and adviser.

Joe led the digital-publishing platform Issuu for more than a decade, overseeing product, partnerships and international operations and developing product-led and enterprise offerings.

His earlier leadership roles included Wordnik/Reverb and SingleFeed, as well as business development work at Yahoo. He now works with technology leaders as a coach and adviser. His background connects the demands of running a business with questions about executive judgment, team structure and profitable growth.

His professional biography describes Wordnik/Reverb as an NLP-based content-recommendation business and SingleFeed as an e-commerce feed-optimization product. It also records a 2010 entrepreneur-in-residence role at Trinity Ventures, focused on social commerce, communities and social media. At Issuu, he describes building integrations with Canva, Adobe and HubSpot alongside its product-led and enterprise offerings.

Where Joe can help

  • CEO leadership
  • Product-led and enterprise growth
  • Strategic partnerships
  • International operations

Operating and investing experience

A selection of companies and roles connected to Joe Hyrkin.

Ventures

Issuu

former CEO

Wordnik/Reverb

former CEO

SingleFeed

former interim CEO

Highlights

  1. Led Issuu through a long period of product and organizational development
  2. Brings executive experience into founder coaching

Questionsfounders ask aboutJoe Hyrkin

What operating experience underpins Joe’s coaching?

His background includes leading Issuu and earlier CEO roles at Wordnik/Reverb and SingleFeed.

Which growth questions fit his experience?

His public biography describes product-led growth, enterprise offerings, partnerships and international operations.

How does he connect leadership with business outcomes?

His career offers concrete context for how executive decisions about teams, products and distribution affect a company’s ability to grow sustainably.

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