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Sean Conway (born May 27, 1984) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and businessman. Sean has founded and invested in businesses such as Notehall and Pillow;  the latter was acquired by the Expedia Group in 2018.

Early life and education
Conway was born in San Diego and he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

Career
In 2008, Conway founded Notehall, an online marketplace in which college students can buy and sell class notes along with his classmates D.J. Stephan, Justin Miller, and Fadi Chalfoun. They appeared on an episode of the reality show Shark Tank where they agreed on-air to an investment offer of $90,000 from Barbara Corcoran but did not take the deal off air. Notehall was later recognized as one of the top nine most successful businesses on Shark Tank. However, weeks later the group eventually moved ahead with a funding event by start-up incubator DreamIt Ventures in 2009.

In 2009, Conway along with his co-founders of Notehall was one of the finalists for the title of America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs. In 2011, Notehall was acquired by Chegg. Conway stayed with the company for two years.

In 2013, soon after the acquisition of Notehall, Conway teamed up with Justin Miller, Dan Palumbo and Todd Conway to launch Airenvy Inc. It allows multifamily owners and residents to offer their flats for short-term rentals and currently operates in 35 cities such as San Francisco and Denver. Later, its name was changed to Pillow.

Conway has also invested in start-ups such as Tilt, AuditFile and Rentlytics.