CHRISTIAN BUSCH
NAPALI PARTNERS LLC
New York, NY
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Company Description: Napali Partners provides international startups with advice, guidance, support and office space for entering the US Market. Their primary client is the German Government for which they run a program called German Accelerator in NYC.
Professional Profile: After graduating from business school in Germany, Christian spent 5 years with Bertelsmann (largest European media firm) in London, New York and Germany. He then went to work at two startups, and when after selling the second, ran M&A and general management for the acquiring company. He set up what became Napali in 2013 to advise and consult other clients.
Reasons for Joining: Learned of EO at a Websummit in Lisbon in 2017 and wants to learn and improve, as well as network with other business owners.
Hobbies/Interests: Personally interested in water conservation and ocean water cleanliness. Professionally interested in Cannabis/THC/CBD. Enjoys traveling, reading, beachtime, and photography.
Born/Raised/Family: Born and raised in Munich to an entrepreneurial family. Christian has a 2 year old daughter named Siena.
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ALEXANDRA COOLEY
GREENWORKS LENDING
New York, NY
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Company Description: Founded in 2015, Greeworks Lending is a lender of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE). They provide financing to small and midsize commercial and industrial property owners who want to reduce operating costs through installing clean energy measures such as rooftop solar, energy efficiency, or building hardening.
Professional Profile: Alexandra always expected to go into public service, but her senior thesis changed her focus to address climate change, where her first job was with a British Strategy consulting firm that analyzed traditional energy projects and how policy influenced global investor returns. She returned to the states for her MBA and then joined the Connecticut Green Bank, a "startup" state energy. In 2015 she founded Greenworks Lending to scale C-Pace to building owners across the US.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, Pre-law. Yale MBA/Forestry and Environmental Management Program.
Learned About EO: Attended MomentumAVL, a summit for leaders of positive impact companies, and one of the session facilitators mentioned EO as a valuable resource for founders.
Reasons for Joining: Alexandra was craving mentorship and learning from the experience of others in areas she's struggled as an entrepreneur. She looks forward to the EO structure to help problem solve as well as contributing in helping others as well.
Hobbies/Interests: Family and friends come first, and she also enjoys seeing dance productions as she danced ballet for 15 years. Plays tennis, hikes, and skis, and now learning about art history, as her husband's family has been in the art world for several generations.
Born/Raised/Family: Born in San Francisco, raised in Westport, CT. Married with a newborn daughter, she and her husband split their time between Manhattan and Lyme, CT where they have been restoring an antique farmhouse.
Passions: Climate change mitigation, animal adoption, gender equality.
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BRAD GINSBURG
GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS WORKS
New York, NY
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Company Description: Global Communication Works, (GCOMWorks) is a full-service branding, public relations, and reputation management firm based in Houston TX with national and international clients. Brad operates the NYC boutique PR agency, GCW Partners.
Professional Profile: With a Bachelor degree in Communications and Digital Media from the University of Denver, Brad worked for FKM Agency and William Morris Endeavors before heading to NY.
Reasons for Joining: His mother, Suzy Ginsberg, is a long-term EO Houston member, and Brad was in their Accelerator Program. He's attended EO events for many years there and looks forward to learning and growing with EONY, while attending once in a lifetime events and engaging with members globally as well.
Hobbies/Interests: Snowboarding, golf, food, cooking, concerts, scuba, and anythings outdoors.
Born/Raised/Family: Born and raised in Houston, TX.
Passions: Educating and promoting social goodness. His agency partners with Habitat for Humanity, and he supports other social causes for the environment. He lives by the mantra, "Ultra positivity, all day".
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Company Description: Elektrika manufactures Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) machines to be sold through a network of distributors worldwide. The firm has added increased clinical acceptance, with a focus on international sales and software support for electronic health records since Jesse took over this family business in the early 2000s.
Professional Profile: Jesse worked at a software startup and also spent time in academia before assuming the lead role at Elektrika.
Education: Bachelors in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, with additional Masters in computer science from MIT.
Reasons for Joining: Initially heard about EO from Javier Colayco, a former EONY member, and was encouraged to apply by Aaron Kim of EONY. Running a small business, Jesse finds the lack of exposure to a variety of people too insular. He hopes to find a breadth of different viewpoints and ideas, and friends with whom he can talk to about shop and life.
Hobbies/Interests: Creative writing and game development.
Born/Raised/Family: Born and raised in Long Island where he now works and lives with his wife and one year old daughter.
Passions: Politically driven by environmental concerns.
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SHIRIN PETERS
BETHANY MEDICAL CLINIC OF
NEW YORK
New York, NY
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Company Description: Bethany Medical Clinic of New York is a medical practice with a multi-disciplinary approach to care with convenient and accessible medical and skin care. Their goal is to keep waiting time to a minimum, and maximize the high level of expertise during each appointment. Shirin is the founder and Medical Director for the practice with 5 locations in Manhattan.
Professional Profile: Shirin knew she didn't want to go into the hospital system after her residency and decided to set up her own practice. First she rented office space from another doctor in her off hours, and when that doctor decided to move, sold her practice to Shirin. She then had over 3,000 patients and started hiring other doctors and opened new locations. With the additional staff and growing business, 8 years later, she has a team of 12 providers and 5 clinics.
Education: UNC Chapel Hill, New York Medical College.
Reasons for Joining: Learned about EO from Eric Schweiger, MD. Eager to draw on the wealth of knowledge of other entrepreneurs who have faced similar challenges starting and running a NYC based business.
Hobbies/Interests: Art, drawing and painting, being outdoors, hiking, and kayaking, but now time is mostly spent with her 2 young sons and husband walking around NYC and discovering new places.
Born/Raised: Born and raised in London, raised by her grandmother, moved to North Carolina with her father to attend college. Moved to NY for medical school.
Passions: Social justice, and an interest in the mission to end discrimination and inequality. Loves stories about underdogs winning, and she wants to have a helping hand in more of those stories. Also helping others to improve all aspects of mental and physical health.
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JAN SIDERIUS
NEGOMETRIX
Brooklyn, NY
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Company Description: Founded in 2000, Negometrix initially was a multicriteria decision sourcing platform for hospitals. Now it has grown to adding clients from national ministries, countries, municipalities, and private companies. It has grown into a perfect digital solution for automating, sourcing and contracting, start to finish.
Professional/ Educational Profile: Jan's education includes a University Degree in Medicine from the Netherlands, and a Management degree, from MIT Sloan. He previously held senior management positions in the hospital supply industry.
Reasons for Joining: Referred by EONY member DJ Van Styrum, Jan is just starting out in NYC, and as a previously Dutch network, feels the need to connect locally to entrepreneurs and resources.
Hobbies/Interests: Running, sailing, bicycling, and played on the over 50 Dutch National Field Hockey Team. Also loves history and culture of NYC.
Born/Raised: Born in Netherlands, lived in San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago. Married with 4 young adult children.
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DANIEL SNOW
THE SNOW AGENCY
Edgewater, NJ
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Company Description: The Snow Agency is an advertising agency that services social media and e-commerce brands looking to grow. Social Cadre is the holding company for a variety of his brands. They also operate RapTV, the largest social media following to bring rap news and culture to the masses.
Professional Profile: Daniel graduated from Ramapo College with a biology degree. During college he started growing his social media profiles after learning about a friend making money with his twitter profile. Before long he started growing his following and monetized his pages while studying for the Dental Admissions test. He decided this was his future, and "Social Cadre" was born.
Reasons for Joining: Daniel met Doug Mellinger, one of the chapter's founding members at an Entrepreneur Summit at the Deloitte Conference, and wants to connect and form relationships with other entrepreneurs in the New York area.
Hobbies/Interests: Basketball, football, real estate, private equity, growing brands, fitness and movies.
Born/Raised/Family: Born in Freehold,NJ, his brother, an orthodontist, is his business partner. He lives and works in Edgewater NJ.
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