Taysha Valez “de Ames” is an entrepreneur who was born in New York City. At 28, she is founder of TRImyTAY~Telecom Inc. (IBC) — making her the youngest global telecom owner in the world — and the instantly international non-profit organization, Gilded Hills Literary Society. TAY also is known as…
Mike Rosich is the co-founder of MoreThanGrades.com, a website that connects students with colleges, and colleges with students. The website was founded by Mike when he was a freshman attending New York University’s Stern School of Business. He created it after his own experience with the college admissions process. MoreThanGrades.com…
Dr. Max Niederhofer is the founder of Qwerly, a people search engine for the social web. Prior to Qwerly he was a Principal at Atlas Venture, a Boston- and London-based venture capital firm. He previously co-founded myblog.de, Germany’s largest blogging community and was a seed investor in Last.fm (acquired by…
Meet Max Niederhofer – Founder of Qwerly, a people search engine
Veronika Sonsev is the CEO and Co-founder of Double Dutch Studios, a new social networking venture in New York City. She is a first-time entrepreneur with experience at both startups and large companies. She is blogging about her experience launching a new venture on 12monthstolaunch.com. Before launching Double Dutch Studios,…
Rikard Kjellberg has held several leading positions in the communications and Internet industries over the past 20 years. With a strong technical foundation in the wireless communication domain, he pioneered mobile app store solutions for large scale deployments as the co-founder and CTO of Ellipsus Systems. Sprint was the first…
Chris is the President of Human Business Works and started New Media Marketing Labs to work with large and mid-sized companies such as Pepsico, Comcast, Molson/Coors and The Henry Ford Museum to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms and other…
Andy Crestodina is the strategic director at Orbit Media Studios. He brings vision and Web marketing expertise to the Chicago business community. At his best, he is an idea machine, aligning client’s goals with effective Web marketing techniques. Ideas are tempered by 10 years of experience on a huge range…
Meet Andy Crestodina – Breakfast with a Chicago Web Strategist
Just Flitter is a Customer Advocate and BDM for Zendesk, a SaaS Helpdesk solution. He is passionate about customer service and the experience people have when engaging with brands online. He says “opening the doors to conversations with your customers is the best marketing tool. Stronger relationships retain customers and…
Rohit Jain grew up in the Masschusetts suburbs, in a small town of only 4,000 people that’s known for its apple orchards and golf courses. From there he went on to Purdue University to obtain his bachelor’s degree in business management, and no, not as an engineer. Besides the degree,…