In 2005, working mother Sari Crevin created the very first prototype of SippiGrip in San Ramon, California. She was becoming frustrated when her one-year-old son, Jake, would throw his sippy cup to the floor from his high chair, stroller and car seat. Sari was constantly picking up the cups that…
Derek Johnson is the 25-year-old CEO of SMS marketing startup Tatango.com. A dropout of the University of Houston Entrepreneurial program, Derek has raised half a million dollars in investments for the company from private investors and Angels. Tatango.com has done over 50 million messages since its launch, servicing all types…
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
Dianne Durkin is the president and founder of Loyalty Factor, a consulting and training firm focused on increasing corporate profitability by providing individually tailored consulting and training services that enhance employee, customer and brand loyalty. The firm has helped small and large organizations like IBM, Fidelity Investment and IKEA, by…
Meet Dianne Durkin – President and Founder of Loyalty Factor
Todd Sebastian is the passionate leader of LINK Training & Consulting and the best-selling author of the book Tell Your Clients Where to Go!
Dr. Donna Thomas-Rodgers is a walking billboard for everyday leadership success. Using 15 years of wit, sass, hard work, determination, sweat, finesse and class, she applies simple leadership principles to accomplish the impossible. Her book, “R.E.A.L. Leaders Wear P.I.N.K.,” is a life-changing account of failure, falling and excelling. If you…
Hal Josephson is CEO and president of MediaSense, a San Francisco firm specializing in strategic marketing planning, international business development and special project management services for high-tech industries. MediaSense clients have included Apple, IDG, Motorola, The Electronic Industry Association, Reed-Midem, InternetWire, Australia Multimedia Enterprise, InfoTech Canada, Australasian Access, Hong Kong…
Stella Fayman is a trailblazing entrepreneurial marketer who lives in Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University last summer and was determined to work for a startup. She joined forces with FeeFighters in fall 2009 to help business owners navigate the often turbulent seas of payment processing. She is passionate about entrepreneurship,…
Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has nearly 20 years of marketing experience working with a diverse range of industries and clients, including professional services firms, entertainment, fitness products, non-profits, banking and many more. Most recently, she spent the last two and a half years as the marketing director for a mid-sized accounting…
For more than 30 years, Dr. Janice Presser has been focused on teams — how healthcare teams service those in need, how families “team” with one another and how organizations enable (or inhibit) human synergy in the workplace. All of these pursuits have had, at their core, the desire to…