Joseph “Joe” Marchione
Joe Marchione is a New York–area entrepreneur, angel investor, and community builder. He co-founded GigKloud, Inc. in 2019 and served as its Chief Marketing Officer. The platform connects businesses with on-demand blue-collar labor, often described as “TaskRabbit for business.” Beyond his startup work, Joe has invested as an angel in over eight female/POC‑led startups and […]
Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky is a renowned software developer, author, and serial entrepreneur. He co-founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 (creator of FogBugz, Trello, and Glitch), and in 2008 co-launched Stack Overflow with Jeff Atwood. Serving as Stack Overflow CEO from 2010 to 2019 and later as Chairman, he guided the company through its sale to Prosus […]
Nancy Lublin
Nancy Lublin is an innovator, advisor, investor, and social entrepreneur based in New York. She founded Dress for Success in 1996, turning it into a global brand serving over 145 cities in 20+ countries  In 2003, she transformed DoSomething.org from near-bankruptcy into a youth-powered movement with 6 million members by 2015 . In 2013, she […]
John Richards
John E. Richards is a serial entrepreneur, educator, and early-stage investor based in Provo, Utah. He founded the Startup Ignition entrepreneur bootcamp in 2015, helping over 500 founders validate ideas through lean methodology . A decade-long professor at BYU’s Marriott School of Business, he helped elevate their entrepreneurship program to a global top 2 ranking […]
Steve Weber
Steve Weber is a serial entrepreneur and expert in ERP and eCommerce integration technologies. He founded and led several companies—RetailerInc (Microsoft Retail Partner of the Year, 2005), RetailLabs (later nChannel), and now co-founded PaperTrl, a cloud-based AP automation platform for the construction and middle-market sectors. With deep experience gained at Sterling Commerce and IBM, Steve […]
Payal Kadakia
Payal Kadakia is the visionary founder and Executive Chairman of ClassPass, the revolutionary fitness class subscription platform she launched in 2013. A trained dancer and MIT graduate, she pivoted multiple times before scaling the company to over $1 billion in valuation and global presence—booking over 100 million classes across 28+ countries by 2020. In 2017, […]
Scot Wingo
Scot Wingo is a serial entrepreneur and investor based in Raleigh, NC, best known for co-founding ChannelAdvisor (founded 2001, IPO in 2013, acquired by CommerceHub in 2021) and Get Spiffy—a pioneering on‑demand mobile car care startup. He led Spiffy through multiple funding rounds, including a $30 million Series C in 2023 led by Edison Partners, scaling […]
Alex Burkhart
Alex Burkhart is a Cincinnati-based entrepreneur, educator, and investor who founded Prospect Management Group (PMG), a holding company launched in 2019 to incubate and invest in businesses across logistics, staffing, recruiting, and consulting. He previously built and sold Tixers, a ticket resale platform, and gained corporate experience at Procter & Gamble and Macy’s. Alex also […]
Scott Nussbaum
Scott Nussbaum is the Chief Compliance Officer at Blue Heron Research Partners, where he has anchored the firm’s compliance and due diligence framework since joining in 2019 . Previously, he spent over eight years as Director of Operations and Senior Compliance Officer at Cross Shore Capital Management, overseeing regulatory adherence, operational integrity, and investment due diligence. […]