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Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea, a technical partner to motivated non-technical founders. He has helped 150+ founders build and launch a successful tech business. Rahul has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Thrive Global and CIO Review, among others. City: Dallas, Texas Favorite Quote: The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt – Sylvia
Priya Mittal is a Senior at The Dalton School in New York City. She has a deeply rooted passion for the visual arts, technology and social entrepreneurship. Priya is a curious and passionate person who has created her own app and company, GroGreen, stemmed from her commitment to utilize technology to spark change in her
Candice Galek is the Founder and CEO of Bikini Luxe, an online designer swimwear retailer. She’s a featured honoree on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, and a Social Media Today and Inc. Magazine columnist. You may have seen her on LinkedIn where she went viral recently as the most viewed person in the world.
The millennial world of social media is a hot bed of breaking new talent. Brookelyn however is one of the frontrunners of this new business frontier. In just 8 short months Brookelyn has nurtured her brand and talent becoming one of the fastest growing UK social media influencers out there. She has amassed a staggering
Johnny Brown is a 25 year old entrepreneur utilizing the power of social media marketing to drive thousands of sales per month to various brands. City where you’re from: Myrtle Beach, SC Hobbies: Powerlifting, traveling, and content creation. Favorite quote: “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time. Your life
Erin Doherty Ward is a third generation auctioneer who has spun the auction industry on its head to fit her passion. Growing up she loved her family’s company, but she knew she didn’t fit the auctioneer mold. In an industry that is only 14% female, and the majority of auctioneers are from the Midwest, she
Matthew Edgar is web consultant at Elementive. Since 2001, Matthew has helped hundreds of businesses and nonprofits grow through a process of analyzing and improving their website and online presence. He is the author of Elements of a Successful Website published in 2017. Matthew regularly speaks at conferences and teaches workshops about analytics and technical
Malavika Vivek is the founder of Women Tech eXchange and director of Girls Make Apps, both organizations that seek to provide pathways for more girls in tech. Attending the Middlesex County Academy in New Jersey, she is extremely passionate about science, technology and social entrepreneurship. For her efforts to close the gender gap in technology,
My name is Kevin Hough. I am 25 years old. I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. After graduating, I spent some time in sales and as a field service engineer in the electro-mechanical world. My family and I (parents: Jim and Ellen and brother (27 years old) Robbie) decided to start a
Briana Berger is the CEO and Founder of coderGirls, an international nonprofit to get girls to code and connect computer science to their passions. Briana is a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, President and Founder of SeniorTechNet, and on the Florida Technology Council’s Student Advisory Board Committee. In terms of coding,
Tim Yu is the CEO of Pluto Money. He’s a recent UCLA grad (‘15) with a B.S. in Cognitive Science (specialization in computing, near-minor in Entrepreneurship). While there, he was an inaugural UCLA VC Fund fellow, a William F. Sharpe Fellow, and an active leader in the startup and hackathon community. He has previously worked
Nikhil Alok is a 20 year old entrepreneur and innovator, currently completing his National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces. At the age of 17, he co-founded his first business in which he helped to both fund-raise and implement projects for multiple start-ups in the Asia Pacific Region. Nikhil attended the Global Young Leaders Conference
Brandon Gomez was born in Galveston TX but my family and I moved around a lot from Texas City, then to Dickinson and Houston and now I live in the small place called Brenham, TX. which is home to Blue Bell creameries. Hobbies: I love to lift weights. Powerlifting is my favorite sport! I do it to
Ranked by Inc Magazine as one of The Top 27 Female Entrepreneurs Changing The World in 2017, Jules Schroeder is the founder of Unconventional Life, which operates a popular podcast on the Forbes Under 30 Channel, an online content and community hub, and international live events. At 28, Jules is leading a movement to empower
Bolieve works with impoverished artisans from one of the poorest countries of South America, Bolivia. For each handmade backpack sold, they will provide a day of EDUCATION to an average of 25 poor kids from Bolivia which creates the perfect synergy for solving the most fundamental difficulties in poverty JOBS opportunities and quality EDUCATION. City
Haasith Sanka is undergraduate at UC Riverside interested in developing innovative and fun application that make an impact on people’s lives. City where you’re from: San Diego, CA Hobbies: basketball, playing video games, hiking Favorite quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever”(Gandhi) Social accounts: @facebook
Welcome to Future Sharks Lucas! Tell us a little description about yourself: Lucas is an experienced business consultant and co-founder of Filtr, a new job seeking platform that makes it easier and more simple for both employers and job seekers to connect. Lucas has been involved with Filtr for just over six months, and played a
Markian, aka The Smiling Redhead, is a social media influencer with over 750k followers, a young entrepreneur, and a college student at USC. City where you’re from: Marbella, Spain Hobbies: Soccer, Entrepreneurship, Dancing, Leaving comfort zone Favorite quote: There’s nothing worth worrying about in life Social accounts: Facebook (680k) www.facebook.com/markianb Youtube (60k) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1ynaf3mWz-mgim7LvqjzQ Instagram (20k)
Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi is an Ear Nose Throat Surgeon and an expert in the Stanford Biodesign process. He has co-invented numerous medical devices suited for the Indian healthcare system and has been recognised as one of the 35 innovators under the age of 35 by MIT Technology Review, 2016. Dr. Chaturvedi attributes his successes to
Julius Dein is a social media influencer with millions of followers on social media. He got super famous thanks to the magic tricks he does. This morning I got on a call with him to learn how he got started, how we built his following and what his next plans are. Let’s jump right in.
In China we have a proverb: “It’s easy to break a chopstick, but they become unbreakable when we put all of them together,” says Leslie Gu, head of marketing at Leophile. Leophile, a company that devotes itself in designing the most ergonomically suitable Bluetooth headphones, believes strongly in teamwork as the key to bringing
Welcome to Future Sharks Benjamin! Tell us a little about yourself: Benjamin founded Higher Identity in late 2010. The company built EMERGE App (emergeapp.net) with a vision to put affordable software in the hands of all businesses selling physical products (distribution, wholesale, trading & e-commerce model). The visions’ to revolutionize small business are ran through
Steven Benson is the Founder and CEO of Badger Maps. After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steve worked in Sales at IBM, HP and Google where he was Google Enterprise’s Top Sales Executive in 2009. In 2012 Steve founded Badger Maps, the #1 Sales App in the Apple App Store, which helps Field Salespeople be
Laone T. Desert is a dreamer, a visionary, activist and entrepreneur who sees the world through the eyes of curiosity and tries to finds ways to quench her curiosity. She is driven by her dream to see a better Africa, a better Botswana….sustainable and self dependent. City where you’re from: Gaborone, Botswana Hobbies: Public Speaking,
Brian L. Tan “BLT” has worked at Dreamworks, Paramount, and Digital Domain, working on films such as Tron: Legacy and X-Men: First Class. He has also worked as a Director for several shorts and commercials before co-founding Wrapal, a startup which connects filmmakers and photographers to locations. In other news, BLT is addicted to traveling,
At 14, Randi Brill announced she was going to be in charge of something. Randi has been in charge of many creative “somethings” ever since. Armed with a BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie-Mellon University, $57 and a fierce drive to succeed, Randi launched her first design business—and many since. Currently in her role as
Kylon has founded and co-founded multiple businesses in the construction, fitness, food service, real estate, and online education industries since 2013. After selling his companies in 2015, he launched Successful Dropout, a podcast recently featured in BuzzFeed as a must subscribe to in 2017. Successful Dropout features interviews with inspiring and successful individuals who left
Richard Lowe Jr is a bestselling author who has published 63 books, ghostwritten 12 books, and produced several hundred articles for blogs and publications. He is the owner and senior writer of The Writing King, which provides services such as ghostwriting, book coaching, WordPress implementation, blogging and copywriting. City where you’re from: Clearwater, FL Hobbies:
Amassing over 1.5M likes, over 150,000,000 views on his Facebook page and over 1,000,000,000 views on Facebook over all, Goubtube is one of the most watched sketch makers in the world. His most watched video on his page surpasses 90M views. We sat down with Goubran Bahou, the genius behind Goubtube to learn his process for
Paul Amelio is Co-founder, Inventor and Chairman of N2 Global Solutions, Inc., a New York City-based technology company that has developed “the first integrated wireless network” of its kind—an Internal ‘Super Grid’ that consists of modules that retrofit into a building’s existing electrical junction boxes, that communicate remotely with an existing Building’s Management Systems (BMS),
Emmy Kissinger is a school-based professional, blogger and mom. As a woman obsessed with learning she is always trying something new. Her main interests include gentle parenting and mental health during motherhood. You can find her blog and ebook store at www.brightlittlemama.com City where you’re from: Ridgeway, Iowa Hobbies: Blogging, raising chickens, spending
Ankitaa works as a Digital Marketing Strategist, with proficiency in web design, SEO, social media marketing, content development and brand management. She is the Founder of AnksImage which help organizations worldwide achieve higher online visibility, better brand presence, and more website traffic by creating and implementing highly successful digital marketing campaigns. Mother of a rambunctious
A passionate sports fan, filmmaker, writer, and entrepreneur, Rhett Grametbauer decided to change the narrative of his life so he bought a 1967 VW Bus and traveled the country to experience the world through the lens of the NFL. Every stadium, 32 teams, 16 weeks, 1 incredible adventure all captured in the documentary and book 25,000
UNIQ STUDIOS is a PR company that produces projects and events for individuals who appreciate art in varying forms. We believe that it’s beneficial to work solely with entities within the Midwest to fuel a growing evolution. We want to offer substantial opportunities for our peers through public events, exhibits, and prospect networking. To
Austin Robinson, PhD and Sofia Sanchez, RD co-founded Beet Strong, a company that makes protein brownies with real ingredients like dark chocolate and almonds, contain no added sugar and about one serving of beets. Beets contain a compound that promote blood vessel health, Austin’s area of research. City where you’re from: Originally from Chicago, now
Welcome to Future Sharks Lilia! Tell us a little about yourself: I’m an Investor & CEO at Transformify, previously a Director at PTP Europe Coca – Cola Enterprises, GM & CFO at Skrill/ Paysafe, auditor at EY. ACCA, PGDip Financial Strategy Oxford University. City where I’m from: London Hobbies: paragliding, parasailing, sky diving Favorite quote: “If
Welcome to Future Sharks Manik & Pankaj! Tell us a little about yourselves: Manik & Pankaj Sharma are both India born 21 year old cousin brothers who started their company at very young age and soon made it a profitable venture by just bootstrapping it. Today, they have many national and international clients and help
Felix Hartmann is the 22 year old CEO of FundThis.com, a disruptive new Crowdfunding Platform. He was named one of Everipedia’s 30 under 30, and one of Temple University’s 3 under 30. Next to FundThis, Felix is also a bestselling dystopian fiction author, known for his breakout novel Dark Age. City where you’re from: Boca
Lisa Chastain is a Life Coach that specializes in personal finance. She has been working as an advisor, coach and mentor for over 20 years. Today, Lisa offers individual services, group programs and seminars that are aimed at transforming people’s relationships with money and life. Attention to detail, good listening skills and great empathy are
Steve Silberberg founded Fitpacking Weight-Loss Backpacking Adventures in 2005. He graduated from M.I.T. in 1984 with both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Steve was a software contractor for over 25 years serving dozens of clients including DuPont, Polaroid, Tektronix, Acadian Asset Management, and Talbots. Steve’s other careers include
Chelsea Tuohy grew up in land-locked East Texas before venturing off to pursue her career in marine science along the US East Coast and the Caribbean. While in graduate school, she founded a company that hosts tropical marine field courses in Puerto Rico and designed an interactive tablet application that helps users learn how to
Kieran is the Founder and CEO of Amplify Solutions Inc. , a student-run marketing firm that changes the way brands communicate with students. Amplify is one of Canada’s fastest growing marketing firms, Kieran built the organization from a one man shop to a national organization with 60+ employees and 100+ influencer partnerships in 6 months.
Sabrina is a serial tech entrepreneur and multi-hyphenate born and raised in Montreal, QC. She has started over 8 technology ventures, one of which Placed at Princeton University’s Annual Hackathon 2016. Sabrina is also the Founder of E-Terview, a seamless application for evaluating video interviews using Artificial Intelligence and predictive technology. In addition, Sabrina
Have you ever wondered who is behind some of the most successful marketing campaigns on the Internet (or utter failures like the tone-deaf Pepsi commercial starring Kendall Jenner)? Why do some brands continuously push the boundaries and innovate while others grow stale? The hard truth is that marketing as we know it is both different
Welcome to Future Sharks Alex! Tell us a little about yourself: City where I’m from: Tiburon, CA I was the Global Student Entrepreneur of the year for Orange County and rated a top-25 student entrepreneur in the US by entrepreneurs Organization in 2016. Also Ulyngo was rated top-10 eCommerce startup by LAUNCH Festival in 2016. Hobbies:
Waseem is a 20 year old user experience designer and student entrepreneur from Dallas Texas currently attending Babson College. He is the co-founder of Jinn Tech, a modern software development firm helping founders everywhere grow their business. He previously was a business development and user experience intern at Modo Payments, where he learned much of
Silvia Li’s experience ranges from building the largest publication on Medium to creating a viral marketing campaign that reached millions of Latinx entrepreneurs. Silvia believes in tech for social impact, leading her to launch a fundraiser for landslide victims in her hometown Peru. She is now at the XQ Institute, a national nonprofit committed to
Welcome to Future Sharks Sasha! Tell us a little about your upbringing: I am an entrepreneur in the digital and social world, dedicated to the life of building value and growing together. I was 17 years old when I founded my first social company, Marin Soccer Academy, a soccer organization that aimed at providing soccer coaching and camps
