Top Founders

Sandy Khaund .  He's the CEO of Upgraded , a platform for tickets using blockchain technologies. Previously, he was the CTO at InStadium , a sports venue ad network and senior director at Turner Broadcasting along with CEO of Iryrnsoft , a video-based learning for mobile devices. He was also the COO of teen social network at Piczo and director at Microsoft . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The World...

  C. Lee Smith . He's the CEO of SalesFuel , a multi-million dollar sales enablement firm he founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1989. SalesFuel leverages critical insights that enables its clients to acquire, develop and retain their best employees and customers. The company is launching a brand new product called TeamKeeper that will revolutionize the way managers manage and develop their people which...

Chris Mann . He has over 25 years of experience in product management and strategy. In 2010, he joined Bizo and created a marketing automation system for B2B paid advertising and led the company through its $175M acquisition by LinkedIn. He was also involved in LinkedIn's advertising business. Prior to Bizo , Chris held product leadership role in IBM and Coremetrics. Today, he is the CEO leading B...

JT McCormick . He's an American businessman, author and speaker. Most recently, he served as President of Technology company HeadSpring before his current role as president & CEO at Book in a Box . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Cyrus the Great What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 4.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one...

Sharat Potharaju and Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty , co-founders of MobStac .  Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Traction What CEO do you follow? – Ed Catmull who wrote Creativity Inc for Ravi Favorite online tool? — Rapportive How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "That entrepreneurship is a very, very painful journey"   Time Stam...

Patrik Fagerlund . He's been working with mobile internet since the 90s. He's an engineer by training and now, he's the CEO and founder of Widespace , a mobile adtech company. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family with his four kids and his wife along with many activities and sports. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Business Insider What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite onlin...

Eyal Hertzog . He's been a venture-backed technology entrepreneur for over 20 years. He's the founder of Metacafe , Israel's fastest growing video sharing site which has reached over 15M uniques at its peak. Previously, he founded Contact Networks which was one of the first social networks in 1999. He's now at Bancor Network and has been an outspoken thought leader on cryptocurrency in Israel and...

Mitchell Reichgut . He's the CEO and co-founder of Jun Group . Prior to founding Jun Group in 2005, he led Bates Interactive, the online unit of Bates Worldwide Advertising which is now owned by WPP. As general manager and creative director, he helped grow Bates Interactive into a 70-person integrated unit with clients such as EDS, Warner-Lambert and many others. Before joining Bates, he was the c...

Evan Leong . He's the VP of Product at Devslopes , a learn-to-code platform focused on taking beginners to paid professionals to curated project-based videos. He's always been involved with startups since 2015, when he took the leap from a corporate job to join the startup world full-time. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Trel...

Joe Zhou . He's the founder and CEO of FirstBlood , an eSports startup that recently broke the speed record for crowdfunding, specifically in the crypto world. Prior to founding FirstBlood, Joe co-founded Alt-Options, a Boston based fintech or financial technology startup that built the first American style option trading platform for digital currencies. Joe holds a BSBA from Boston University Que...

Alex Yakubovich . He's the co-founder and CEO of Scout RFP . Prior to Scout, he was a co-founder of another startup which was acquired by LivingSocial in 2012. At that company, he led the operations team and helped the company become the largest online ordering providers in the country. He attended Case Western Reserve University where he studied mechanical engineering. Famous Five: Favorite Book?...

Bruce Pon . He's the CEO and founder of BigchainDB and he's been playing in the crypto world. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Mungerisms by Charlie Munger What CEO do you follow? – Vitalik Buterin Favorite online tool? — Streak CRM How many hours of sleep do you get?— At least 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "Buy bitcoin earlier"   Time Stamped Show Note...

Christoph Jentzsch . His background is in Theoretical Physics and he's been part of the Ethereum project since 2014 as a lead tester. At the end of 2015, he co-founded Slock.it , working on decentralized sharing economy through the connection of blockchain and IoT (Internet of Things). One of the more famous projects that he was part of was the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). Famous F...

Brandon Bruce . He's the COO and co-founder of Cirrus Insights , the sales plugin for Gmail and Outlook . The company is number 41 on the Inc. 5000 and the fastest growing company in Tennessee. Brandon once raced his bicycle 508 miles across Death Valley in 35 hours and 7 minutes. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Energy Bus What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool?...

Jeff Glueck . He became the CEO of Foursquare in January of 2016 after 18 months as the COO of the company. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Skyfire Labs , co-founder of Site59.com and CMO of Travelocity . Previously, he was a strategy consultant at Monitor Company and served as a White House Fellow in the Clinton Administration. He holds a master's degree from Oxford as a Marshall Scholar and a b...

Dave Kellogg .  Dave has more than 20 years of experience in high growth companies. Dave has been CEO of MarkLogic , CMO of Business Objects and member of Aster Data board of directors. Dave steered MarkLogic to $80 million in revenues. Business Objects witnessed equally impressive growth as it reached a revenue of billion dollars under his able guidance. Tune in and listen to Dave as he discusses...

David Rogier . He's the CEO of MasterClass where he leads the company's vision of redefining digital learning by leveraging the expertise of world-class experts with the cutting-edge technology platform. David created MasterClass after seeing how the online education space was offering low-quality content and an unfair advantage of students. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Science of Shopping Wh...

Eric Beans . He's the CEO of Texting Base and before that, he was the CEO of Appuix . He was also the former co-founder of Premier Mortgage Capital and the author of Changing the World Through Texting Software . He was in the production as the producer and writer of LA Style Magazine and he's "Chef Beans" on Daytime. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Steve Jobs What CEO do you follow? – Brett Kingston...

Andy Swan . He's the founder of LikeFolio . The company uses social data to determine shifts in consumer behavior on Main Street before it becomes use for Wall Street. This is his third financial technology company. The second, MyTrade, was acquired by TD Ameritrade in 2007. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Think and Grow Rich What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Gmail How man...

Chase Jarvis . He's one of the most influential photographers in the last 20 years. He's also the creator and CEO of CreativeLive . He's won awards for his images on six different continents, including his contributions to the Pulitzer Prize winning story Snow Fall —the acclaimed New York Times interactive story heralded as the "future of journalistic storytelling" and  Emmy nominated for his work...

Venkat Nagaswamy . He's the CEO of Mariana IQ . He brings a long and diverse background in high technology to apply artificial intelligence and deep learning to help marketers make account-based marketing at scale a reality. "Big Kat," as he was nicknamed by friends and colleagues, has led teams in creating analytics, technology and business development solutions at McKinsey, Juniper Networks and...

Jeremy Haynes whose company is Megalodon Marketing . He's building all kinds of personal brands for celebrities and entrepreneurs alike. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – 48 Laws of Power What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Infusionsoft , ClickFunnels and Stripe How many hours of sleep do you get? — 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "...

Moshe Vaknin . He's been dreaming about his company YouAPPi since he bought his first iPhone 3. After a long and successful career working in a variety of positions, Moshe founded 3 successful startups before finally starting YouAPPi. As the CEO of the company, he brings vast experience in the fields of advertising, publishing and affiliate marketing, making him adept at identify opportunities tha...

Sergey Sholom . As a teenager, he was a championship-level gamer and created the first large gamer group called S-port Tournaments in Russia for Quake. After getting his PhD in mathematical modeling, Sergey founded Datcroft Games LTD in 2004. Over the past 13 years, the company has developed multiple worldwide popular games with millions of users. He continues to oversee a company with over a hund...

Tran Hung . He's one of the founders of Uquid which is the world's first service offering debit card solutions for cryptocurrency holders. They currently support 79 of the biggest digi-coins including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, etc. They also offer worldwide mobile recharge support, bills payment services, grocery and pharmacy vouchers, ticketing services, and many other benefits. Famous...