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BY EMILY PACHECO

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*Co-Founder of Yodle
Ben Rubenstein

BEN RUBENSTEIN

TODAY, YODLE HELPS MORE THAN 50,000

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS IN 250 DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES FIND AND KEEP CUSTOMERS
SIMPLY AND PROFITABLY.

THEY ALSO WORK WITH LARGER FRANCHISES

AND MULTI-LOCATION BUSINESSES TO CREATE
SCALABLE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT
MEET EACH LOCATION'S UNIQUE NEEDS.

THEY HONOR TO HAVE WON MULTIPLE

AWARDS FOR THEIR BUSINESS GROWTH, JOB
CREATION, TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, AND
CULTURE.

*Owner of interqueen.com
Lauren Berger

Lauren Berger is known as "The Intern Queen" and

Chief Executive Officer of InternQueen.com.

She has been internationally recognized for her work

with young people and her entrepreneurial spirit has
attracted millions of job and internship seekers.

Recently, Berger has been featured on The Today

Show, Fox & Friends, The New York Times, The New
York Post, Teen Vogue, Bloomberg, LA Weekly, and
more.

Lauren Berger created Intern Queen Inc. in 2009,

after successfully completing 15 internships and
college and recognizing a need for more internship
resources.

Her online platform, www.internqueen.com, serves as

the home of the business and allows students access
to apply for any internship they want free of charge.

*CEO/owner of Duxter Inc.

Adam Lieb

Adam Lieb is the Founder and CEO of Duxter

Inc. , the LinkedIn for Gamers.

Duxter is a funded startup in Seattle,

Washington, poised to be the next big thing
in gaming. Rather than listen to the
conventional wisdom that playing games was
a waste of time, Adam turned his passion into
business.

After starting his first gaming company at 11,

bringing in tens of thousands of dollars selling
virtual goods at 13, and building his first
million dollar business by 20, Adam founded
Duxter, his largest and most prosperous
venture yet. Adam believes in challenging the
status quo and following your passion.

*CEO of Cyan Pictures

Joshua Bryce Newman

Joshua served as Managing Partner of the techfocused Silicon Ivy Venture Fund and as CEO of
the Oscar-winning film finance company Cyan
Pictures.

He founded the tech companies Sharkbyte

(which made back-end trading systems for
hedge funds)

Powerdime.com (a web-based loyalty

marketing company that grew to the 104th
largest site on the Internet before being
acquired and no longer in service)

CrossFit NYC (the first CrossFit box on the East

Coast, and the largest in the world).

*CEO of Hulu
Mike Hopkins

Huluis an American online company and partially ad-supported

streaming service offering a selection of TV shows, clips, movies,
and other streaming media on Hulu.com. Hulu subscribers can
access episodes in HD (when available) fromABC, theCW,Fox,
andNBCthe day after they air, via Internet-connected devices. Hulu
offers both a free service (only available on PCs and laptops) and, for
a monthly subscription fee, a more extensive Hulu-Plus service
available not only on computers and laptops, but as well on Internetconnected game consoles,set-top boxes, smartphones, tablets, TVs,
and other devices.

Mike Hopkins is Chief Executive Officer of Hulu. While President of

Distribution for Fox Networks, he oversaw Fox Networks broadcast
distribution, and the strategy, sales and marketing for Fox's 45 linear
and non-linear U.S. cable networks. His team also developed many
of the television industry's leading authenticated and digital video
products, including BTN2Go, FXNOW, FOX Sports Go, and FOX NOW.
Hopkins served as a member of the Hulu board for over two years
prior to being named CEO. Hopkins graduated with an MBA from
UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Bachelor's from
California State University, Long Beach.

*President of AKT
Alex Tchekmeian

Alex has combined his entertainment and music

background with his entrepreneurial spirit to find
success in a wide range of business ventures.

Tchekmeian's drive and ambition led to the

founding of AKT, a flourishing enterprise
comprised of multiple brands catering to the
merchandising and design industries.

Alex and AKT have been recognized by

publications such as Inc. Magazine, Business
Week, Orlando Business Journal and Chicken Soup
For The Soul.Alex lives in Winter Park, Florida but
can also be found traveling coast to coast visiting
with clients.

*Owner of Bilingual Birdies

Sarah Farzam

Sarah Farzam, the mama bird. She started

Bilingual Birdies at the ripe old age of 24 by
passing out fliers in the park.

She began with one location, three kids (two of

which were her twin nieces), and a whole lot of
heart.

With the help of some friends the company has

grown to 40 locations with a staff of nearly 20 that
educates 1,700 children per week in New York City.
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his Mexican-Iranian-Jewish entrepreneur also

teaches yoga on the side weekly and is
determined to learn to play jarana (a Mexican
guitar) and Cajon (a Peruvian percussion

*President of Novatek and Med tech

Amy Castronova

Amy Castronova, President of Novatek

Communications, Inc., a training and documentation
company serving the medical device industry, was
named to the MedTech Association Board of
Directors.

The conference, MEDTECH 2015, is the largest

gathering of executives and senior leaders from New
York States bioscience and medical technology
(Bio/Med) industry. The association consists of more
than 100 pharmaceutical, biotech and medical
technology companies, their suppliers and service
providers, and research universities.

*Owner of Doing Everything Different

Dave Lars

A clothing line promoting a positive message, inspiring

change, progression, and following your own vision to achieve
your goals.

Backed by many celebrities, athletes, business people,

students, and just about anyone who shares the story of their
own life and what it takes to work hard, struggle, to have
hope, and to achieve the goals they are striving for.

To Doing Everything Different is not just about making

clothes. They seek to represent progression, change, forward
thinking, and positivity and want to be embraced by anyone
who shares the story of what it takes to work hard, struggle,
to have hope, and to achieve the goal they are striving for.

*Founder & CEO, Wendell Charles Financial Evan

Kirkpatrick

Wendell Charles Financial is an independent financial services firm providing a

custom experience for each individual, family, or institution. WCF was founded
in January 2011 by Evan Kirkpatrick and named for his grandfather, Wendell
Charles Kirkpatrick, a retired physician and philanthropist.

Evan works directly with clients to develop holistic financialplans and

investment strategies.

Prior to founding Wendell Charles, Evan began his career at a global Fortune
100 firm & ran the investment division of a boutique wealth management &
corporate benefits company.

In addition to writing his Influential Capital column at Forbes, Evans work has
been featured in media outlets such as Entrepreneur, Inc., the Wall Street
Journal, & on CBS radio. Evan is a 2x recipient of the Empact100 award which
honors the top 100 entrepreneurs in the United States under the age of 35 in a
ceremony held at the United Nations headquarters.

Evan is also passionate about philanthropy, serving as a board member ofTwo

Feet Project, a non-profit aiding & equipping underprivileged youth in Nairobi,
Kenya.

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