Jason Navallo's Blog, page 19

Mark Murrell – Founder & CEO, Get Maine Lobster

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My entrepreneurship career began at a young age, selling t-shirts. I was not very good at it. Sat on a lot of inventory. My second stint came at twenty-five when I launched (again with my dad) a web company. This was a year after I walked into a design shop and said that I would work for free if I could have 24/7 access to the office. I learned about web design and I launched three concept portals: one for artists (all kinds), one to help with wedding planning, and a dating site. After three...

Craig Cooke – Founder & CEO, Rhythm

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Craig brings more than twenty years of interactive, marketing, and management experience to Rhythm. As CEO, Craig drives the direction of the company through his vision, strategic planning, and execution. He is actively involved in marketing initiatives, research and development, business development, vendor selection, and strategic partner development. He also participates in hiring and producing high-quality solutions that deliver true value to clients. Craig takes a consultative approach...

Craig Cooke – Founder & CEO, Rhythm Agency

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Craig brings more than twenty years of interactive, marketing, and management experience to Rhythm. As CEO, Craig drives the direction of the company through his vision, strategic planning, and execution. He is actively involved in marketing initiatives, research and development, business development, vendor selection, and strategic partner development. He also participates in hiring and producing high-quality solutions that deliver true value to clients. Craig takes a consultative approach...

Robert Khachatryan – Founder & CEO, Freight Right

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At the age of nineteen, I dropped out of school six months short of graduating to move to U.S. I studied art, business, economics, and law the following five years and founded Freight Right when I was twenty-five. The company now employs sixteen people and has $12 million in revenue.

Freight Right is a logistics and transportation company based in La Crescenta catering primarily to technology-centric companies including freight marketplaces, international freight forwarders, 3PLs, and other...

Stakh Vozniak – Co-Founder & CEO, Cargofy

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I’m the co-founder and CEO of Cargofy.com, the company that created AI-driven technology to automate the manual work in logistics. I was born in the small provincial town of Kalynivka Druha in central Ukraine (population of 253 people) to an ordinary family. Last year, I moved to the U.S. and created a business with over $2.5 million in revenue, Cargofy.com.

Cargofy.com has helped 5,000 truck drivers to be employed more often and more profitably, helping them to ensure good lives for their f...

Eric Schweiger, M.D. – Founder & CEO, Schweiger Dermatology Group

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Eric Schweiger, M.D., F.A.A.D., is the founder and CEO of Schweiger Dermatology Group (SDG), a leading cosmetic and medical dermatology practice in the tristate area.

Dr. Schweiger founded SDG in 2010 with one office and a single employee and has since grown to over 45 offices with over 700 employees and 140 healthcare providers. Over the past four years, Dr. Schweiger has raised over $100 million in private equity capital which has been deployed to help facilitate SDG’s growth via a combina...

Sunny Desai – Founder & Principal, Desai Hotel Group

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Sunny Desai has over ten years of experience with developing and managing like-kind hotels and has successfully operated six hotels since 2009. Desai is the principal and founder of Desai Hotel Group, LLC. He is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the company by working with the executive management team to establish long-term goals, strategies, plans, and policies that will aid in the advancement of the company. He oversees company operations to ensure alignment with its miss...

Damon Decrescenzo – Co-Founder & CEO, The Credit Pros

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A lifelong entrepreneur, Damon graduated from St. John’s University in New York with a B.S. in marketing and has founded a number of successful companies, including a mortgage lender, a real estate development company, an online pharmacy, a successful affiliate marketing network, and a pioneering e-commerce brand. As co-founder and CEO of The Credit Pros, he leads one of the nation’s largest and most successful credit repair companies, serving tens of thousands of clients across the United S...

Rick Skidmore – Founder & CEO, Timberlane, Inc.

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Rick Skidmore started Timberlane based on a personal need and recognizing a discernible gap in the building products industry. With an initial focus on designing and building high quality exterior window shutters that fit with the traditional and historic preservation requirements, he began combining the detailed artisan craftsmanship with modern day technology, enabling custom shutters to be manufactured according to exacting specifications without sacrificing craftsmanship and quality. In...

Rick Skidmore – Founder, President & CEO, Timberlane, Inc.

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Rick Skidmore started Timberlane based on a personal need and recognizing a discernible gap in the building products industry. With an initial focus on designing and building high quality exterior window shutters that fit with the traditional and historic preservation requirements, he began combining the detailed artisan craftsmanship with modern day technology, enabling custom shutters to be manufactured according to exacting specifications without sacrificing craftsmanship and quality. In...