Ryan Graves – Ryan is cursed by what he calls, entrepreneurial anxiety. There are to many business ideas with not enough time to build them all! In 2008 Ryan founded SocialDreamium a social web startup and as a San Diego, CA native he claims he will eventually return home. He loves learning about new technologies and actively follows the web and startup communities. Ryan currently lives in Milwaukee working in a management development program with GE. Ryan also writes a column for Magazine S0H0 called ‘Growth 2.0′. He has a bachelors degree in Economics from Miami University in Ohio. Ryan’s dream is definitely in action.
email: ryan[at]socialdreamium.com
blog: ryanagraves.com
twitter: @ryangraves
Blake Samic – Blake’s passions include design, tech, travel, and startups. He moved 8 times before he was 15 years old, and landed in Ohio, where he studied Manufacturing Engineering at Miami University. Blake is a recent graduate of a GE leadership program, and now lives in Milwaukee, specializing in Business Intelligence and collaboration. In the last year, job opportunities have given him a chance to live in Shanghai, China and Brussels, Belgium. Blake is continually impressed by people who can see the big picture and focus their energy to make positive changes.
email: blake.samic[at]gmail.com
blog: blakesamic.com
twitter: @blakesamic
Amber Rae Lambke – Amber believes in dreaming things up and making things happen. Amber started using a computer at the age of four, and at twelve, launched an online e-magazine which garnered 5K subscribers and two corporate sponsors. Social media has always played a large role in her life; in fact, it helped her land a new job in SF as the Marketing Manager of Leverage Software, an enterprise social network provider. Amber studied Strategic Communication, Marketing and Interactive Media at Miami University.
twitter: @amber_rae
Dave Cohn – Dave first worked in journalism writing for Wired Magazine. By following technology, specifically the build up of Web 2.0 after the first bust, he realized many of the trends he was following can and should be applied to journalism. Dave founded the ‘crowdsourced’ journalism website Spot.us in 2008.
twitter: @digidave
