He recently completed a Masters in Public Policy at Georgetown University, focusing on the intersection of technology and social entrepreneurship. His econometrics-based thesis, “Facebook, Twitter and Barack Obama: New Media and the 2008 Presidential election,” is the first such paper to quantify how new media informed the national elections in 2008. He’s…
Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe run Crowdrise day to day. In addition, they started and built Moosejaw, the successful multi-channel retailer that combined humor, crowdsourcing, social commerce and creative marketing to create an intensely loyal customer base. As CEO and COO of Moosejaw they were recognized by Ad Age in 2008 on its list of…
Aaron Presley founded EasiestGive, a website that allows its customers to donate needed products to homeless shelters in their area without leaving the computer. He is a self-proclaimed nomadic Web developer who works from coffee shops and dreams of living out of his car one day. When he’s not working…
Nancy Williams started Gift of Travel and the Travel as a Fundraiser program in 2009 after selling her online travel company of 15 years, HoneyLuna, the Honeymoon Registry Service. Nancy founded and was the driving force behind HoneyLuna, a company that continues to provide honeymoon couples with an opportunity to…