Business Positions
Etsy
e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items and craft supplies
Kalin came up with the idea for Etsy, raised its first batches of venture capital and served as CEO twice before leaving the company in 2011. He graduated from the Gallatin school in 2003 and started Etsy in 2004 from his Fort Greene apartment with the help of his two NYU colleagues when he couldn’t find a good place to sell his home made furniture online.