NJ Tech Meetup 57 w/ serial entrepreneurs Robert Levitan & Andrew Weinreich
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JOIN US FOR NETWORKING, STARTUP PRESENTATIONS AND A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH SERIAL ENTREPRENEURS, ROBERT & ANDREW.
Robert Levitan (cofounder iVillage, Flooz, Live) is an entrepreneur who has spent his entire career building businesses based upon new applications of technology. Levitan has launched five companies, has had four successful exits and has raised more than $150 million in venture capital.
Andrew Weinreich is a serial entrepreneur, social networking pioneer, and active presence in NYC’s Silicon Alley for 2 decades. To date, he’s founded 7 startups and has been awarded 2 software patents. Within the past year, he has sold 2 businesses, including Xtify to IBM in October 2013, while advising 5 tech startups. He is currently the co-founder and chairman of Indicative, a data analytics startup and Andrew's Roadmaps.
Schedule:
6:45 (sharp!) - 7:15: Speed Networking, Food & Drink provided
7:15 - 8:15: Welcome/Startups present
8:15 - 9:15: Fireside Chat Minus the Fire
9:15+: Closing remarks/head to Trinty (local bar) with food/drink specials
Startups:
• TestFire (https://testfire.io/) - Orchestrate QA, UAT and Beta Testing for Mobile
• Refersion (https://www.refersion.com/) - Build a Referral Program in Minutes
• vizalytics (http://www.vizalytics.com/) - Enabling Change With Data.
apply to pitch your co at a future NJTM (http://www.bit.ly/HTMstartup).
Stevens students/faculty free: RSVP here (http://www.bit.ly/NJTechStevens)
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More on Robert Levitan: Robert Levitan is currently the cofounder of a stealth startup, Live. Previously, Mr. Levitan was the co-founder and CEO of Flooz.com, the creator of the world's first online gift currency for consumers and businesses, sent by email and accepted as a branded form of payment at the Web's best stores.
Prior to founding Flooz.com, Levitan was a co-founder of iVillage.com and a consultant to America Online. At iVillage, Levitan was responsible for developing the company's innovative sponsorship sales strategies. Levitan created integrated online marketing programs for companies such as Kimberly Clark, MGM,Toyota, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Glaxo Wellcome. Levitan also created a new online publishing model with Intuit and Charles Schwab to launch a financial planning site for iVillage called the Armchair Millionaire.
In recognition of his accomplishments in developing new online sponsorship models, Advertising Age proclaimed Levitan a "digital media master."
Furthermore, Levitan served as President of iVillage's Better Health web where he formed a strategic relationship with Intel to develop new interactive health applications such as the Personal Health Report.
Levitan serves on the Board of Directors of New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly in New York City. In 1997, Levitan and his two brothers climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited CARE project sites in Africa as part of a fundraiser for CARE, the international relief organization. He is also a board member of HEAVEN, a non-profit organization providing youth with the technology training and tools they need to succeed and lead Levitan graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in history and public policy studies. Levitan lives in New York City.