Juliette Brindak
Juliette Brindak Blake | |
|---|---|
| Born | Juliette Rosalie Brindak[1] 1989 New York, New York, USA |
| Education | Greenwich High School Washington University |
| Occupation(s) | Co-Founder & CEO of Miss O and Friends, LLC[2] |
Juliette Brindak Blake is an American businesswoman and co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the all-girl tween and teen social networking site, Miss O & Friends.[3][4]
Early life[edit]
Juliette Brindak was born in New York City, and was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut by Paul and Hermine Brindak. She is one of two children.[5]
Life and career[edit]
Miss O & Friends[edit]
Brindak runs Miss O & Friends, which she began as a hobby since 2005 when she was 16 years old.[6][7] The company was inspired by drawings which Brindak did when she was ten.[8] Miss O and Friends is a socialization site for tween and young teen girls. The content is created by the user community. In 2011, Miss O and Friends was ranked the #3 girls-only website, according to Alexa data.[9]
As of 2012, the website's value was $15 million, according to Procter & Gamble which was an early investor.[8] The company is based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut and has employees across the United States and Canada.[6] Inc. Magazine named Miss O and Friend “Coolest College Start Ups.[10]
In 2012, Brindak was a speaker at TEDx Bay Area.[10] The same year, she launched Moms with Girls.[11]
In 2017, she became an executive producer of a Youtube Premium original television series, Hyperlinked, based on her story (which includes a namesake character based on her).[12]
Bibliography[edit]
Miss O & Friends: Write On! The Miss O & Friends Collection of Rockin' Fiction, Watson-Guptill, 2006, a compilation of stories submitted by users of the site.[13][8]
Personal life[edit]
On August 6, 2016 she married Christian Joseph Blake of Greenwich, Connecticut.[1]
Brindak received her BA in anthropology and public health at Washington University in St. Louis.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ali Nichols Gray (February 11, 2017). "Wedding of Juliette Rosalie Brindak and Christian Joseph Blake".
- ^ "Juliette Brindak, co-founder and CEO, Miss O & Friends LLC". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ "Interview With Juliette Brindak – Founder Of Miss O and Friends". Retire At 21. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ "Juliette Brindak Worth $15 Million at 21 Years Old - ThirdAge". ThirdAge. October 21, 2010. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ "Juliette – Q&A – Million Dollar Intern – BBC HD – BBC Nordic". BBC. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "America's Coolest College Start-Ups of 2011". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Inc Magazine. June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ a b c Cortez, Samantha. "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "An Online Community for Tweens". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ a b "Juliette Brindak Blake, Official Member of Young Entrepreneur Council". Young Entrepreneur Council. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "How a Teenager Turned Doodles into a Million-Dollar Tween Website". The Story Exchange. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ Webster, Emma Sarran (2017-05-31). "How a 16-Year-Old Girl Started a Multimillion Dollar Social Network". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ Write on! The Miss O & friends collection of rockin' fiction. Brindak, Hermine. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications. 2006. ISBN 0823029409. OCLC 70791179.
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