Author: Jerome Knyszewski

Michelle Diamond is the CEO of Elevate Diamond Strategy. The company is a “growth strategy and execution advisory and interim executive firm.” As an executive, Michelle Diamond has over 25 years of experience in “strategy, general management, marketing, finance, go-to-market, audit, M&A, and operations.” Michelle Diamond also boasts of “strong expertise helping high growth companies scale, developing, and implementing diverse, yet innovative growth strategies, strategic plans, and go-to-market initiatives.” Likewise, Michelle Diamond’s expertise covers “leading mergers and acquisitions (pre and post), creating competitive advantage and differentiation, and in turnarounds/restructuring to optimize profitability.” Throughout her career, Michelle Diamond has worked with…

Lucy Glaser is the Head of Growth at Unconquered, an independent creative agency. She has spent a career “crafting and stewarding bespoke, strategic marketing solutions to grow her clients’ business.” Before Unconquered, Lucy Glaser worked at “large, traditional advertising shops,” where she worked on brands such as DISH, Citibank, Hefty-Reynolds, and Marriott. She joined Unconquered in October 2019. At the agency, Lucy Glaser found work that was created “with a sense of purpose beyond itself, using commerce and creative problem solving to make positive change in the world.” At Unconquered, Lucy Glaser scales the “agency’s brand values & purpose into…

Jack Jia is the founder and CEO of Musely. Musely is a “telemedicine technology leader providing medical treatments for skin conditions & skincare.” Musely is another successful venture marking Jack Jia’s career. He has become a “4-time serial entrepreneur.” He has also invested in GSR Ventures, TSVC, WIN, Rally, among other ventures. Besides leading Musely, Jack Jia also focuses his investments on the “internet, mobile, and software” spaces. As an investor, Jack Jia has also turned his bets into “unicorns with a combined value exceeding $100 billion.” Aside from Musely, Jack Jia also founded Baynote, which he also led as…

Teddy Njoroge is the co-founder of Repairnet. As a strategy professional, he has more than 10 years of experience in the field. Due to his experience and skill, Teddy Njoroge has become a “highly pro-active and experienced strategy professional.” He has shown great results “across all stages of the business cycle—from pre-product release through scaled operations.” Throughout his career, Teddy Njoroge has “built high performing teams and enabled companies to rapidly acquire their initial adopters, scale operations to support exponential growth, and achieve profitability in new markets.” Teddy Njoroge came into the entrepreneurial field with a background in both computer…

CEO of McLaren Strategic Ventures Anubhav Saxena used to intern as a “defense scientist on surface-to-air missile launchers.” It was while working there that Anubhav Saxena became “fascinated to work on advanced technologies while creating new categories of innovation to defend, protect, and secure sovereign nations.” Anubhav Saxena came to believe in responsible innovation. This type of innovation also “unlocks human potential to focus on things that matter,” especially when “accelerated with value and purpose.” At McLaren Strategic Ventures, Anubhav Saxena heads a “leading business accelerator that seeks higher successes for the fund and the funded.” The company enables “scale-ups…

In 2008, Kam Zainabadi grew interested in real estate, just as he completed his residency and started practicing as a general surgeon. When he was 11 years old, Kam Zainabadi and his family moved to the United States. It was living in the United States that made him discover the value of hard work and education. Kam Zainabadi and his family were immigrants of modest means. So, he knew he had to work extra hard to fulfill his dreams and leave something behind for his own family. He went to UCLA for college and then continued on to study medicine.…

CEO of Moves Financial Matt Spoke leads a “social finance company that supports workers in the gig economy.” He is a tech industry leader and resource speaker at various tech conferences. Likewise, Matt Spoke has also contributed writing to several publications, including Forbes.com, Coindesk.com, FinancialPost.com, and TechCrunch. As a leader, he has always been “on the cutting edge of future-defining technologies.” As an advocate, Matt Spoke has also “served as an advisor to governments on the regulatory implications of new technologies like blockchain on the future world of finance.” Matt Spoke also participates in a “wide variety of industry groups.”…

Aaron Shapiro is the founder and CEO of life insurance company Dayforward. He is also an “entrepreneur, marketing executive, and investor based in New York City.” As an entrepreneur, Aaron Shapiro has more than a decade of experience in starting and running businesses. In 1999, he was co-founder of the “email marketing software company Silverpop.” In 2005, Aaron Shapiro was one of the four co-founders of the “experience design and digital marketing agency” Huge. He also became CEO of Huge in 2010. Likewise, Aaron Shapiro was also a co-founder and chairman of Honey, an “enterprise communications startup” based in New…

Award-winning strategist Myrte Scheffer felt the spark for entrepreneurship at 2 years old. Years later, at 14, she got her first job as a car polisher. While at the job, she found herself coaching the other employees. In September 2009, Myrte Scheffer officially started her first business. She was 24 years old. Her decision to split off on her own as a founder came in her last year at University. Mercedes Benz asked her to “do a qualified market investigation for them in specific parts of the Netherlands where I lived.” It was during that period when Myrte Scheffer decided…

Co-founder of Drizly and Lantern Justin Robinson began his career as an entrepreneur with a simple text. In 2021, a friend sent the text: “Why can’t you get alcohol delivered?” And the rest was history. However, Justin Robinson understood that starting Drizly was a grind. He and his co-founders needed some luck and a lot of determination to build their company, a “three-tier compliant technology that would change the way we shop for beer, wine, and spirits.” While trying to lift Drizly off the ground, Justin Robinson and his co-founders worked for 6 months at a liquor store. Without a…