Dave Brown is the CEO of Coastal Cigars, a luxury cigar distributor to casinos, golf courses, hotels, and resorts, as well as a leading source for cigar rolling events across the country as well as Canada and the Caribbean. Born and raised in New York, but living in Charleston, South…
Matt Sherman is the co-founder (with Matt Masina) and CTO of Alikewise, a dating site based on book tastes. Matt has been working on the web since the early 90’s, when he frustrated friends and employers by tying up their phone lines for Internet access. In addition to his independent…
Joe Cook is the Co-founder and CEO of HowRandom, Co-founder & CEO of Veribu, Investor in Jason Damato (artist @ Universal Motown), a Pepperdine Alum, and a Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Native. What are you working on right now? HowRandom is an online chat site that anonymously pairs college…
Jon Reifschneider is founder and CEO of 31Projects, an online platform that connects companies with talented students through short-term projects and crowdsourcing-style competitions. Prior to founding 31Projects, Jon assisted in the management of a corporate venture fund and led commercialization efforts for new service innovations in the U.S. and Europe…
Pete Lafferty spent five years in financial services and two years in market research before starting Libero Ferrero, a high-end men’s accessories label, with his two brothers Matt and Adam Lafferty. All three brothers come from business backgrounds and have masters degrees. They left the corporate world behind to pursue…
Lee Marshall is the co-founder of www.ridekicks.com, a place for car sharing within social networks that includes market and gaming mechanics to promote good user behavior. Lee and his co-founder, Rohit Mistry, started the innovative digital startup to disrupt the car sharing space by focusing on excellent usability and creating…
Adam Bernholz really likes the idea that the more successful his company is, the more he benefits the environment, or at least decreases our society’s destruction of it. Approximately five years ago, Adam realized that the “built environment”, meaning the manufacture, transportation, use, and disposal of building products, was far…
Dana Marlowe has an unrivaled passion for equal technical access for all. In the accessibility field, this intensity has made her a staunch advocate for people with disabilities. Initially starting out as a sign language interpreter some years ago, Dana discovered that a business endeavor could spring out from her…
John Krech is the president and founder of ePhiphony Incorporated and the inventor of Phitch and RightOn Inventory Order Management. John is an acknowledged expert in the fields of manufacturing, lean thinking, Six Sigma, materials management, and implementation of inventory management software. John is a graduate of the University of…
Meet John Krech – Inventor and Founder of ePhiphony Incorporated
Growing up in an Italian Catholic family, Tammy Mastroberte always had a belief in a higher power. But at the age of 22, the sudden death of her mother three days after Christmas sent her on a quest to discover more. She wanted answers to life’s big questions: Why did…
Meet Tammy Mastroberte – Founder of Elevated Existence Magazine