Jason Navallo's Blog, page 18

Nathan Barry – Founder & CEO, ConvertKit

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Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit, a Inc. 5000 company that provides email marketing software for online creators – the authors, makers, podcasters, photographers, YouTubers, teachers, artists, and other creators building the future. ConvertKit has 19,500 paying customers that send over 500 million emails each month.

How did the concept for ConvertKit come about?
Back in 2012, I started writing and self-publishing books on design. I was surprised by how well they sold, but ev...

Bill Herp – Co-Founder & CEO, Linear Air

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Bill Herp founded Linear Air in 2004 along with aviator Michael Goulian. Aimed at frequent travelers disillusioned by frustrating airline service and tedious driving, their goal was to create a personal alternative for regional travel.

In 2013, Linear Air launched the first Air Taxi marketplace, a revolutionary platform that connects hundreds of Air Taxi operators throughout North America directly to regional travelers. In partnership with Internet travel search sites such as Kayak and Hipmu...

Gil Eyal – Founder & CEO, HYPR

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Gil Eyal is the founder and CEO of HYPR. Founded in 2013, HYPR offers marketers in-depth audience analytics for over 10 million influencers across major social channels. HYPR is the winner of the 2017 Performance Marketing Award in the SaaS / Tracking Platform category, the 2018 Martech Awards Best Influencer Marketing Management Platform, and was ranked #163 in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies (19th in NYC).

Gil has revolutionized the way many of the world’s biggest agencies...

Summer Harris – Founder & CEO, Baby Bling Bows

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Summer is a native Utahan, mother of four, wife of one, and founder and CEO of Baby Bling. Baby Bling is a manufacturer and seller of children’s hair accessories. Sales channels includes Nordstrom, Buy Buy Baby, 950+ specialty boutiques, Amazon, a monthly subscription program, and their own retail website. Baby Bling continues its thirteen year-long tradition of manufacturing products locally by women in our community. Baby Bling was recently ranked #8 of Utah’s fastest-growing companies and...

Levi King – Co-Founder & CEO, Nav

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Levi King is the co-founder and CEO for Nav, a venture-backed fintech company that helps business owners manage their financial data to get more funding, lower their costs, and save time. It provides free access to credit reports and scores specifically for small business owners, including both business and personal credit reports, cash-flow analysis, tools to help build business credit, and a marketplace with more than 100 financing products, including credit cards. Its marketplace uses a l...

Joshua Lindsey – Managing Partner, American Business Brokers

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Joshua Lindsey is the managing partner of American Business Brokers and acting CEO of PHX Private Equity. Joshua received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2007. In 2011, Joshua received his Master’s from Cornell University, with an emphasis on Mergers & Acquisitions. Joshua has sold five of his personal companies, including one financial services firm he took public in 2006. He is an expert in small business mergers and acquisitions, and specializes in FedEx routes.

Joshua has pers...

Zak Dabbas – Co-Founder & CEO, Punchkick Interactive

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Zak is the co-founder of Punchkick Interactive and has overseen growth strategy for the agency since its founding in 2006. A bonafide veteran of mobile, Zak has played a key role in the launch of award-winning integrated mobile and digital initiatives for global brands including Harley-Davidson, Microsoft, Allstate Insurance, UPS, and Marriott International. Zak received his J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and today serves as a judge for the American Advertising...

Jade Sheppard – President, Gideon USA

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As president and owner of Gideon USA, Jade turned a small construction company that started from nothing but loans and a strong work ethic into an sizable outfit she is incredibly proud of, building for U.S. agencies such as the Air Force, Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, Homeland Security, and the Coast Guard.

Gideon USA is a badass federal construction company that does the logistically-challenging projects that other smaller guys can’t do and the bigger guys won’t do. We are a lean company...

Calvin Brock – Founder & CEO, Jack and Landlords

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Boxing and business – dual passions that have fueled Calvin Brock’s life. The entrepreneurial-minded pugilist knew from an early age that one day he would compete for a world championship, and he would come to appreciate the lessons learned along the way, especially from UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business.

Brock’s dream began one Christmas morning. A typical 8-year-old, he excitedly opened a gift from his uncle. As he ripped away the wrapping paper, he discovered two pairs of boxing gl...

John Espey – Founder & CEO, Levvel

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John Espey was formerly the COO of Amentra, a middleware consulting company that was acquired by Red Hat in 2008. He then helped launch Nexgrid, a Smart Grid company, Reward Summit, a mobile app and credit card marketing platform, and most recently Levvel, a global digital transformation company. Under his leadership as founder and CEO, Levvel grew to over 200 consultants in less than five years and was recognized as the top 6% of all high-growth companies in the Inc. 5000.

How did the conce...