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Catherine Clifford is a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Catherine attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor's degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Email her... Read More →

Brian Bordainick has served as Chief Executive Officer of Dinner Lab since January 2012. He started his career in education through Teach for America, teaching 11th and 12th grade at Carver High School. Brian founded 9th Ward Field of Dreams to support the construction of a state-of-the-art... Read More →

Alexandre Douzet is the Chief Executive Officer of TheLadders, the premier online job-matching service for career-driven professionals, where he is responsible for the company strategy, global business operations, and product development.  He co-founded the company in 2003 with Marc Cenedella and Andrew Koch, and grew the member base to more... Read More →

Brian Schechter is the co-founder and co-CEO of HowAboutWe.com, overseeing marketing, business development and sales. With co-founder and best friend Aaron Schildkrout, Brian built HowAboutWe to support every aspect of modern love.  On HowAboutWe Dating, singles post date ideas... Read More →