Business
Ray Leach - Chief Executive Officer, JumpStart Inc.
- Item Number
- 123
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 250 USD to jackieStevenson
- Number of Bids
- 8 - Bid History
Item Description
(Ray Leach is donating one hour of his time to the winning bidder.)
Ray is founding CEO of JumpStart Inc. Under Ray’s leadership, the Cleveland-based organization gained national recognition for its innovative model and economic impact in Northeast Ohio, leading to its launch of JumpStart America. One of the first implantation partners of the Startup America Partnership, Ray is leading JumpStart America’s effort to build public, private, and philanthropic partnerships in all 50 states to grow entrepreneurial ecosystems and transform regional economies. An expert in information technologies, Ray began his career at IBM before founding and bootstrapping two startup companies. Both were sold to Multigraphics Inc. in 1997, after which Ray became Vice President of Sales there. In 2000, he founded Capella Investments, Inc., an investment and management consulting firm focused on startup IT companies. Just prior to JumpStart, Ray taught workshops at the MIT Sloan School of Management while earning his MBA as a Sloan Fellow. He also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for CommonAngels, Boston’s largest angel investor organization. Ray is a member of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which supports the national innovation strategy by developing policies that foster entrepreneurship. He also serves on the Public Policy Subcommittee of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds. In Ohio, Ray is a leader of the Northeast Ohio Venture Capital Task Force, a Charter Member of the Ohio chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs and serves on multiple private company and community boards. In addition to receiving his MBA at MIT, Ray earned a BA in Finance from the University of Akron.
Item Special Note
(Ray Leach is donating one hour of his time to the winning bidder.)
The executives will meet with the winning bidders at a time convenient to both parties, on or before December 1, 2011, except in the case of some celebrities which may carry over to the first quarter of 2012.
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The winning bidder is responsible for all travel expenses to attend this meeting.
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