Howard's career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years where he led both the domestic business, as President and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning 5 continents.
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Join us for an exciting evening to celebrate Female Founders month with Amy Buckalter, CEO/Founder Pulse. Amy is a rockstar Founder that has raised more than $3M to get Pulse off the ground. She has worked at major brands like Nike, K2, Rollerblade, and Burton and is creating a great consumer experience for women with Pulse personal care formulations delivery system.
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Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Rand grew Moz from 7 employees to 134, revenues from $800K to $29.3mm, and raised $19.2M.
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Jesse is a serial tech entrepreneur. His current venture, Strix Leviathan, an institutional-grade algorithmic investment management platform designed from day one for cryptocurrency. Previously, he founded and raised more than $22M for Blue Box before a successful exit to IBM. He is an angel investor participating in 30+ startups. He serves as a mentor/board member for the Buerk Center at the UW.
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