Juliette Brindak

Juliette Brindak Blake[3] is an American businesswoman and co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the all-girl tween and teen social networking site, Miss O & Friends.[4][5]

Juliette Brindak Blake
Born
Juliette Rosalie Brindak[1]

1989
New York, New York, USA
NationalityAmerican
EducationGreenwich High School
Washington University
OccupationCo-Founder & CEO of Miss O and Friends, LLC[2]
Home townGreenwich, Connecticut

Early life

Juliette Brindak was born in New York City, New York and was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut by Paul and Hermine Brindak. She is one of two children.[6]

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.[7][8] The company was inspired by drawings which Brindak did when she was ten.[9] 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.[10]

As of 2012, the website's value was $15 million, according to Procter & Gamble which was an early investor.[9] The company is based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut and has employees across the United States and Canada.[7] Inc. Magazine named Miss O and Friend “Coolest College Start Ups.[11]

In 2012, Brindak was a speaker at TEDx Bay Area.[11] The same year, she launched Moms with Girls.[12]

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).[13]

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.[14][9]

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.[10]

References
  1. 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. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8972078/
  4. "Interview With Juliette Brindak – Founder Of Miss O and Friends". Retire At 21. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  5. "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.
  6. "Juliette - Q&A - Million Dollar Intern - BBC HD - BBC Nordic". BBC. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  7. Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "America's Coolest College Start-Ups of 2011". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  8. "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Inc Magazine. June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  9. Cortez, Samantha. "What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  10. Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2011-03-01). "An Online Community for Tweens". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  11. "Juliette Brindak Blake, Official Member of Young Entrepreneur Council". Young Entrepreneur Council. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  12. "How a Teenager Turned Doodles into a Million-Dollar Tween Website". The Story Exchange. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  13. Webster, Emma Sarran (2017-05-31). "How a 16-Year-Old Girl Started a Multimillion Dollar Social Network". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  14. Write on! The Miss O & friends collection of rockin' fiction. Brindak, Hermine. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications. 2006. ISBN 0823029409. OCLC 70791179.CS1 maint: others (link)
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