Darren Spedale is an entrepreneur and author. He founded StartOut, an organization supporting

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entrepreneurs. He also founded Family by Design, a website supporting parenting partnerships. He attended

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. He is co-author with William Eskridge of '' Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse?'', which was published by the

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in 2006. In December 2013 and again in March 2019, Business Insider named Spedale one of the "Most Important Gay People in Tech".

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