Juliette Brindak Blake
Born
Juliette Rosalie Brindak[1]

1989
New York, New York, USA
EducationGreenwich 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

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

Miss O & Friends

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 safe socialization site for tween and young teen girls that aims to empower and help build self-esteem. The website is COPPA compliant safe. The content is created by the user community making it totally by girls, for girls. 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

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

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

  1. ^ a b Ali Nichols Gray (February 11, 2017). "Wedding of Juliette Rosalie Brindak and Christian Joseph Blake".
  2. ^ "Juliette Brindak, co-founder and CEO, Miss O & Friends LLC". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "Interview With Juliette Brindak – Founder Of Miss O and Friends". Retire At 21. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Juliette – Q&A – Million Dollar Intern – BBC HD – BBC Nordic". BBC. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "America's Coolest College Start-Ups of 2011". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  7. ^ "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Inc Magazine. June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c Cortez, Samantha. "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  9. ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "An Online Community for Tweens". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  10. ^ a b "Juliette Brindak Blake, Official Member of Young Entrepreneur Council". Young Entrepreneur Council. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  11. ^ "How a Teenager Turned Doodles into a Million-Dollar Tween Website". The Story Exchange. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  12. ^ Webster, Emma Sarran (2017-05-31). "How a 16-Year-Old Girl Started a Multimillion Dollar Social Network". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  13. ^ Write on! The Miss O & friends collection of rockin' fiction. Brindak, Hermine. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications. 2006. ISBN 0823029409. OCLC 70791179.((cite book)): CS1 maint: others (link)

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