Video interview with Joe Johnston, CoFounder/CEO Connect.Me, a new reputation and people discovery network. Connect.Me is creating a consolidated platform for social verification and trust in P2P and freelance economies. In 2011, Connect.Me won the prestigious Privacy Award from the European Identity Conference for its groundbreaking trust framework and business model. Previous to Connect.Me, Joe co-founded Popcast, the first P2P video broadcasting network, acquired by VideoEgg (SAY Media). Joe has also served as a consultant and advisor for startups, nonprofits and Fortune 500 companies including 350.org, GE, Limited Brands, and Interscope Records. You can find Joe @Connect.me & on Twitter @joejohnston
Kelly Hoey: Women Innovate Mobile
Video interview with Kelly Hoey @Women2.0 Pitch Conference. Kelly is a founder of Women Innovate Mobile, the first accelerator program for women founded (or co-founded) startups focused on mobile technology or mobile applications. She also sits on three startup advisory boards; Stone Creek Entertainment, Lion’esque Style and The Levo League. A business strategist and connector, Kelly has worked with The Carlisle Collection, The Simply Bar, Hypatia Capital, The KAP Group, NewsCertified Exchange as well as numerous professional services firms. From 2009-2010, Kelly was a consultant to global business-networking group, 85 Broads. Prior to her entrepreneurial leap, Kelly was immersed in law firm management, building out alumni and professional development functions at global law firm, White & Case. You can find Kelly on Twitter @jkhoey & About Me
Bjoern Herrmann: Benchmarking Female Startups
Video interview with Bjoern Herrmann. Bjoern is the 26 year-old founder of the Startup Genome. One year ago he & his team set out to find a scalable way to accelerate businesses across the world. After releasing two research reports on success & failure of startups that were downloaded 25,000 times he most recently released the first software product that is best described as a virtual mentor for now more than 13,000 software businesses. The published research has been adopted by more than 50 universities globally -including Stanford and Berkeley. Harvard Business School Professor Thomas Eisenmann called the findings an important contribution. You can try the product at Startup Compass Genome and learn more about the research at their blog. Before, Bjoern founded and led 4 for and nonprofit ventures in Germany, Bangladesh & the US. He also worked as an executive in Russia for one year for a mid sized marketing company. His personal passion or “leitmotif” is: unleashing human potential. His higher purpose is to strive to maximize the capitalization of every single individual. You can find Bjoern on Twitter @bjoernlasse