Mark Hendrickson – Co-founder and CEO of Plancast
Mark Hendrickson is the CEO and co-founder of a consumer internet service called Plancast. Formerly he was a writer and web developer for TechCrunch from July 2007 to February 2009….
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Matt Flannery – Co-Founder and CEO of Kiva
Matt Flannery began developing Kiva in late 2004 following a trip to Uganda, where he witnessed microfinance first hand. At the time, he worked as a computer programmer at TiVo,…
Bruce Bower – CEO of Plastic Jungle
Bruce Bower was first introduced to Plastic Jungle in December 2008, joined as President in April 2009, and assumed the CEO position in September 2010. For more than 20 years,…
Aaron Wall – Founder of SEO Book
Aaron Wall is a search engine marketer, blogger and author of the popular “SEO Book.” After blogging for a couple of years, working on over one hundred websites and reading…
Julien Mayot – Co-Founder of Blue Orange Games
Julien Mayot was born in Lille, France. At age 6, while living in Paris, he started his first business: selling chestnuts! He would send his two sisters collect chestnuts from the…
David Allen Ibsen – Founder of 5 Meetings Before Lunch
David Allen Ibsen is CEO and founder of business marketing consultancy 5 MEETINGS BEFORE LUNCH and curates the Webby Award-winning blog 5 BLOGS BEFORE LUNCH. David’s marketing career has spanned…
Kendra Stitt Robins – Founder of Project Night Night
Kendra Stitt Robins is the founder and executive director of Project Night Night, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing care packages for homeless and transient children living in shelters across the country….
Matt Sherman – Founder and CTO of Alikewise
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,…
Nancy Williams – Managing Director of Gift of Travel
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…
Pete Kazanjy – Co-founder of Honestly.com
Pete Kazanjy is the co-founder of Honestly.com, a community-contributed professional reputation and peer review website. Pete founded Honestly.com with his co-founders, Jason Heidema and Danis Dayanov, to help bring professional…
Hal Josephson – CEO and President of MediaSense
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…
Beth Winegarner – Author, Journalist, Poet
Beth Winegarner is a writer who has spent much of her adult life working as a reporter and editor for San Francisco Bay Area newspapers and national music publications, including…