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George Bell partner at General Catalyst Partners a private equity firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building technology-enabled companies headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts. Mr. Bell is the current chair of the Massachusetts Software Council and most recently president and CEO of Upromise. Mr. Bell has been involved in the creation marketing circulation and revenue generation of consumer businesses for 22 years. Prior to Upromise George was chairman and chief executive officer of Excite@Home where he shepherded the company through massive growth evolving from 23 employees to more than 3 000 worldwide and led the groundbreaking $7 billion 1999 merger of Excite and @Home. Prior to Excite@Home George was instrumental in the launch of Outdoor Life Network a specialty cable channel; served as senior vice president of Times Mirror Magazines where he oversaw all aspects of eight national special interest magazines such as SKI and Field & Stream; and was an Emmy Award winning producer and writer of adventure documentaries for ABC Discovery Channel and National Geographic. Mr. Bell received a B.A. from Harvard College. | 