Startup Grind Baltimore Hosts Rob McGovern (Founder of CareerBuilder & CoBrain)

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Rob McGovern, Founder of CareerBuilder & CoBrain

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Rob McGovern is a successful serial entrepreneur with a deeply rooted passion for helping people. With over 20 years of experience as a technology and media industry veteran, Rob is proven in his ability to create innovative companies that also produce positive social impact. Rob is most famously known for being the Founder and CEO of CareerBuilder.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CareerBuilder), an idea that came to him while sitting on the beach yet ultimately grew to be the largest job service platform on the Internet. Since its creation, tens of millions of people have used CareerBuilder to find more rewarding and fulfilling jobs.

Currently Rob is the Founder and CEO of Cobrain (https://cobrain.com/), a mobile application that leverages the worlds distributed intelligence to help individuals make better decisions. The inspiration for Cobrain came after Rob himself was involved in an accident (http://www.inc.com/magazine/201107/how-i-did-it-rob-mcgovern-jobfox.html) that left him with a severe brain injury and in a coma for weeks. The doctors had predicted Rob would be vegetative as a result of the horrific accident. However, true to his entrepreneurial spirit, Rob overcame the tremendous odds, and within a few months was at 100%, only it was a different 100%.

His story is a shining example of what entrepreneurship truly means: Determination, Resilience, and Persistence in the face of overwhelming odds. Join Startup Grind Baltimore on August 5th, to hear from Rob his inspirational story of not only overcoming external limitation, but his own internal hurdles.

Agenda

6:00 Networking and Food
7:00 Fireside Chat
8:00 Networking

Hosted By Leo Khin, Baltimore Chapter Director

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Leo Khin is a Founder, Thought Leader, and Advisor to some of the best and brightest CEO’s, Presidents, Owners, and Entrepreneurs in the Washington, DC and Baltimore regions. With a natural passion for entrepreneurship he's had since childhood, Leo has founded multiple startups focused on technology and social impact. Along with being the Chapter Director for StartupGrind Baltimore, Leo is deeply involved in the local tech and startup communities. He is the Venture Advisor and a Lead Mentor for AccelerateDC, a MIT based mentorship program that aims to influence and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders. He is currently the Cofounder of AMPlus, a Partner at Gratii, and sits on the Board of Advisors for various startups in the region. His passion is connecting people, and helping founders take their startups from vision to realization.
Email: Leo@startupgrind.com | Twitter: @LeoMKhin (http://twitter.com/LeoMKhin)

Hosted By Brian Park, Washington DC Chapter Director

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Brian is currently the COO of Startup Grind. He has over 18 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development. Experience in developing innovative consumer and enterprise collaborative web products and services. Has started three previous startups, including one that had $17 million in revenues. Previously worked for AOL and Merrill Lynch. Is a CMUer.
Email: Brian@startupgrind.com | Twitter: @brianbpark (http://twitter.com/brianbpark)

Global Partners

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Local Partners

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