Posts by Yuri Cataldo

MEET MAREK ZMYSLOWSKI: Marek Zmysłowski is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive, focused on online businesses in Frontier and Emerging Markets. He co-founded Jumia Travel – Africa’s Biggest Hotel Booking Portal listed on NYSE as part of Jumia Group and HotelOnline.co – a Travel Technology Company. In 2014, he was chosen as one of the Ten…

MEET GEORGE BIRRELL: After earning his master’s in taxation and scoring in the top 10% of his class on his CPA exam, George began his career in public accounting. 12 years in, he transitioned into controllership for an engineering firm. Even as his career evolved, as an innovator it was never far from George’s mind…

MEET ANNA RABORN: North Carolina native Anna Stephenson Raborn holds an undergraduate degree from Elon University and half a master’s from Boston University. She performed opera, oratorio, and musical theatre across the US and Europe before settling into Boston’s innovation ecosystem.  Anna is currently the Director of Business Development for Manifest Boston, and co-founder of…

MEET EMPRESS: At just four-years-old, EMPRESS’s life was changed when her hands touched the black and white keys on a keyboard for the first time. Her love for music evolved into a career as a professional dancer, and she was one of the youngest members of the San Francisco Ballet. As her talents developed, EMPRESS…

MEET KRISTEN SOETERS Formerly a classical ballerina, Kristen Elizabeth found her self stuck financially after 5yrs in the arts. Using the self-employed skills she developed as an artist she pivoted to emerge as a social entrepreneur and business mentor.  Always having a passion to create ripples of influence, Kristen was dissatisfied with her nonprofit classical ballet career and quickly…