Cory Levy

Cory Levy founded Z Fellows and First Text to connect technical builders with mentors and early funding. He previously cofounded After School, a teen social network that reached about 20 million users before an acquihire by Ancestry, and interned at Founders Fund and Union Square Ventures.

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Z Fellows

Jan 2021 — Present

Founder

FirstText

Until Present

Founder

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Computer Science studies, 2010–2011 (did not graduate)

Products & media

entrepreneur.com

Cory Levy on testing startup ideas

Drawing on After School, Levy explains how to test assumptions, seek representative feedback and learn from a product in real users’ hands.

linkedin.com

How Cory Levy earned early startup internships

Levy recounts the outreach, useful work and persistence that led to internships at Techstars, Union Square Ventures and Founders Fund.

youtube.com

Cory Levy on understanding teenagers

In this 2018 Talks at Google presentation, Levy draws on building After School to discuss teen culture, online communities and how his team learned from its users.

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Cory Levy

Z Fellows

FirstText

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Products & media

Cory Levy on testing startup ideas

How Cory Levy earned early startup internships

Cory Levy on understanding teenagers

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