Later, Bussgang co-founded Upromise, a loyalty marketing, and financial services firm, serving as its president and COO.

[6] In 2017, authored the book, Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job.

[7] Bussgang serves as co-chairman of the board for the educational non-profit, Facing History and Ourselves.

[8] He founded The Graduate Syndicate,[9] is a co-founder and co-chair of the immigration reform non-profit, the Global EIR Coalition[10] (Global EIR Program), co-founder and the chair of The Alliance for Business Leadership and a member of the board of EdX.

[14] Bussgang developed the "Launching Tech Ventures" class, which integrates traditional lectures and case studies with a digital assistant named ChatLTV.