PTM #56 w/ Geoff Cook

Topic: Building a Consumer-Facing Mobile Product and Build a Culture While building a Company

Agenda:

6:30 - Arrival - Snacks, Pizza and Networking.

7:00 - Introduction / Announcements by the organizers.

7:15 - Keynote Speaker - Geoff Cook

8:15 - Open-mic to quickly promote your business or broadcast a need that someone in the group might be able to fill.

8:30 - Wrap-Up

8:35 - End of formal part of meeting, More Networking

8:45 - Exit Venue and head to After Hours Party

More About the Speaker:

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Geoffrey is a serial entrepreneur. He is the CEO and co-founder of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET). The Meet Group started out as a single brand, which Geoff grew to over $30 million in revenue before merging with a public company in a $100 million deal. Since then, Geoff has led the company to acquire three additional social apps -- Andreessen Horowitz backed Skout for $55 million in Q4 2016 and if(we) for $60 million in Q1 2017 – to become The Meet Group. Recently, Cook announced it had executed a definitive agreement to acquire LOVOO, the #1 social dating app in German-speaking countries (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria), for $70 million in cash. The Meet Group earned $76.1 million in 2016, representing 34% year over year growth. The company has guided to over $120 million in revenue in 2017.

Geoff has won a number of awards, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Philadelphia region in 2011. Other awards include Deloitte Technology Fast 500, #3 Fastest Growing Company in North America; Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania (2012 and 2011); AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies (2011); Power Book, Global Dating Top 100 (2017).

Geoff previously founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge from a Harvard University dorm, which he then sold to the Thomson Corporation in 2002. He lives in Princeton, NJ, with his wife, two daughters, and son.