Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens is a Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School and General Partner at Accomplice. He specializes in product management and development for B2B software startups. He teaches Launching Technology Ventures in the MBA Elective Curriculum (a class focusing on product-market fit startups).

At Accomplice Sam focuses on B2B software and marketplace investments. Accomplice is a seed-led venture capital firm that has been part of the origination story of companies including AngelList, Carbon Black, DraftKings, Hopper, PillPack, Veracode, and Zoopla. Accomplice has pioneered a community approach through platforms like Spearhead, BOSS, Rev, and TUGG.

Prior to Accomplice he was co-founder & Chief Product Officer of Boston-based business analytics company InsightSquared. He was also VP Product at HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS), VP Product at BzzAgent (acquired by Tesco), and the initial product lead at Elance.com (Nasdaq: UPWK).

Sam formerly served as an advisory Entrepreneur-In-Residence at HBS. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in applied math from Yale.

Companies

• Co-Founder and Co-CEO Reprise (2020)
• Lecturer, Launching Technology Ventures Harvard Business School (2019)
• Partner Accomplice VC (2018)
• Entrepreneur In Residence Harvard Business School (2014)
• Venture Partner Accomplice VC (2017 — 2018)
• Founder & Chief Product Officer InsightSquared (2010 — 2018)
• VP Product HubSpot (2009 — 2010)
• Founder LIDAR Pointcloud Startup (2008 — 2008)
• VP Audience & Product Bzzagent.com (2006 — 2008)

Education

• MBA Harvard Business School (2002 — 2004)
• BS (dual) Yale University (1993 — 1997)