Northside Festival

Erin Griffith is a writer for Fortune. Previously she covered startups for PandoDaily. She’s also worked as staff writer for Adweek and a private equity blogger for peHUB. She's written for BBC, Salon, Cosmopolitan, Time Out New York, Huffington Post, and BUST.

Claire was inspired to launch Of a Kind in 2010 with business partner Erica Cerulo as a way to give emerging fashion designers a platform for exposure and give consumers like themselves a place to discover them. Before launching Of a Kind, Claire worked as an arts consultant... Read More →

Shauna Mei is the founder and CEO of AHAlife, named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2013. A curated marketplace for creative, inspiring objects, AHAlife merges exceptional design and content to provide the ultimate discovery experience. Mei’s hope is to inspire... Read More →

Kena Paranjape is BRIKA’s Co-founder and Crafter of Brand. A native Canadian, Kena previously designed a successful jewelry line and wrote a popular lifestyle blog, In Life and In Fashion. A world traveler, Kena has gone from India to France in the pursuit of fine-crafted goods. Kena earned her stripes developing the merchandising and marketing strategies for brands like Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Joe Fresh Style. She earned her BSc at McGill University and MBA... Read More →

Rachel Shechtman is a fourth generation entrepreneur who loves finding the next big thing almost as much as sharing it with her clients. In 2003 and with Bliss Spas as her first client, Rachel launched Cube Ventures, a retail and marketing consultancy that has worked with clients... Read More →