Various Startups Employee Directory

This is one of my personal sites. Im Francis Lichtenberger, a well-rounded software engineer with an oversized entrepreneurial streak. I grew up in LA, but Boston is now my home base. Ive had a few startups and been at a few others. Want to know more about me? You can find me in the usual places including Francis Lichtenberger on LinkedIn . Or cont... act me directly . The name Various Startups is a bit of an inside joke. At a conference, I wanted to do some stealth-mode job search networking. So without thinking too much about it, instead of using the name of my current company I listed my company as Various Startups. Naturally, this printed on my name tag. When I bumped into a few friends from work, they quite rightly gave me a lot of grief about my secret job search. I was at another event the following week, along with some of the same buddies. While talking to another attendee that the company just met, the company asked him what he does for work. His reply: I work at various startups. Much laughter followed, and that night I registered the name.Read More