John Rush

Co-Founder

Oslo, Oslo, Norway15 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of 20+ successful startups.
Expert in automating software development processes.
Led Filmgrail to become a leading cinema app.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and startup ecosystem expert with a focus on automation and product development.

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PHP.NETCC++CSSC#DelphiBorland DelphiBorland C++PrologLispSQL ServerOracle SQLSQLiteSQL

About

I run the most automated org on earth, using the AI Agents I built. 20+ startups: →Marsx.dev →Unicornplatform.com website builder. →Devhunt.org Open Source PH alternative for dev tools →SeoBotAI.com SEO on 100% autopilot. zero actions needed. →Listingbott.com lists a tool on up to 1000 directories with 1 click for traffic/backlinks →AllGPTs.co most popular custom GPT directory in the world →filmgrail.com cinema SaaS platform. Powers cinemas on all continents, processing over $50M in ticket sales a year →lorem.space image placeholder api →marketsy.ai e-commerce and marketplaces powered by AI →uigenerator.org generate UI mockups for your website →cofondr.com cofounder as a service for busy solo makers →indexgoogle.com index your new pages really fast, in just hours →saasemailer.com dead simple emailers/CRM for solo makers →nextjsstarter.com directory of all NextJS starters and boilerplates →startupstools.com startup tools used by famous makers →osssoftware.org vetted OSS alternatives for the tool you pay for Planned [ uptime bot, osssoftware directory, loadtester, public feedback/roadmap board, pro AI agents as you're cofounders, forms, livechat, auth api, image resizer api, mongo/postgress web gui/cms, headless cms, directory embed widget, startup dashboard, what's new widget, solo crm, tweexbot, startagen, waitlist page/widget, analytics, keywords generator, ai proofreader, users-mentioned-me, simple-hosting. ] 🚩My newsletter >>> johnrushx.substack.com/

Experience

15 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

13 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Marsx inc

Founder

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · California, United States

The Operating System for the software development. The next step is the evolution of the programming languages, frameworks and software development.
Increases productivity of engineers by 10x. With a mission to get to 100x.

Bobly inc.

Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Bizbot

Technical Advisor

Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 · 5 yrs · Oslo Area, Norway

Helping company to setup its development processes and on strategy.
managing software development process
building up a tech team
working with designers on UX/UI
working with product owner on features
bizbot.no

Bubbly group as

CTO

May 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Oslo Area, Norway

I've been managing entire development of this product: the remote and onsite team, hardware, software, erp, crm.
I've led the product from the first prototype until customer success in Norway and international expansion by moving to New York.
The product itself was a mix of physical vending machine, with point of sale on it, automotive moving parts, iPad as a controller. Had to deal with lots of diverse fields such as IOT, iPad software, Bluetooth, raspberry pie, moving parts controlled by custom circuit.

Cake it easy

CTO

May 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Norway

Have been managing transition from old version based on CMS to own custom eCommerce software.
Setup a remote team of developers and successfully managed the transition.
https://www.cakeiteasy.com

Filmgrail

Chief Executive Officer

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 4 mos · Oslo Area, Norway

Managed entire development process, product, UX, tech team and QA.
Together with Simon Strumse led the company to become one of the leading app product for cinemas in the world. Used by most cinemas in Norway and scaling it now outside to UK, Denmark, USA and Germany.
filmgrail.co

Aims innovation

Development Manager

Jun 2011 – Jun 2014 · 3 yrs · Oslo Area, Norway

I've managed distributed team of developers, testers and designers building one of the leading APM solution for MS BizTalk on the market.
Designed project architecture, user interface and unique proactive monitoring engine based on normal behavior patterns.
Migrated entire software architecture to the cloud as SaaS service. The only BizTalk monitoring tool available as SaaS.

Oslo dev house

CEO

Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 · 6 yrs · Oslo Area, Norway

Extremely successful consulting business with a primary focus on startups.
Have brought over 20 startups from an idea stage to making profits and getting millions in funding.
I've started this business using my own savings and led to become self sustainable business before I've sold the company and moved to a role of Chairman.

Hiof

Project Manager

Jan 2011 – Jun 2011 · 5 mos · Norway

I've been managing big student project while doing my master at university.
The project was done in collaboration with IBM.
We've been building carpool+uber kind of system.
My responsibility was to manage the team of master students, code reviews and tech architect.