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    George Burke

    George Burke

    Crypto pioneer, angel investor, tech founder

    Entrepreneur San Francisco New Jersey Institute ...
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    Experience
    Portal
    Portal
    Founder, COO/CMO 2018 - Present (about 8 years)
    Trade fast without risking your coins or your privacy.
    Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup
    Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup
    Lead Organizer 2019 - Present (over 7 years)
    The historic original. 1st and longest-running meetup in the world for bitcoin/crypto/blockchain. Established in 2011 and pioneered by Roger Ver, Andreas Antonopolous and... more others. Educated thousands; launched dozens of today's crypto leaders.
    FreshPay
    FreshPay
    Founder, Product / Marketing / Business Development 2013 - 2016 (over 2 years)
    With a Metropolitan Bank card issuing contract, FreshPay built the first working debit card prototype to help consumers spend digital currencies like bitcoins in the real... more world.
    Crypto Street
    Crypto Street
    Founder, CMO 2013 (4 months)
    Company was acquired in 2014.
    The first "meta exchange" for bitcoins & altcoins, aggregating order book volume across multiple exchanges.
    tryFuel.com
    tryFuel.com
    Founder, CMO 2016 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    Every day, 6.8M fit, health-conscious Americans struggle with WHAT and HOW MUCH to eat for peak health. Fuel optimizes your health using the right foods, in the right amounts,... more hyper-personalized to your unique body, genetics and lifestyle, delivered nationwide.
    - The first company delivering meals continually customized to consumer bioinformatics and biomarkers.
    - 6-figure MRR its first year.
    - 500 Startups graduate
    eBookDaily
    eBookDaily
    Founder, CEO, Product / Marketing 2012 - 2013 (10 months)
    Company was acquired.
    Launched to capitalize on Amazon Affiliate revenue and readers’ love of free kindle books. Designed product concept, revenue model, and member retention.... more Executed growth strategy. Conceptualized, launched, and positive cash-flow in under one month. Sold company within first year.
    • Achieved astounding 50% email open rate with users returning every other day on average
    • Extremely high Amazon Affiliate revenue at $1 monthly per member
    BookSwim
    BookSwim
    Founder, CPO / CMO 2006 - 2011 (over 4 years)
    Company has been acquired.

    • Hired and managed 40+ employees
    • Established direct marketing initiatives, marketing plan, acquisition & ROI metrics, and brand... more image.
    • Organically acquired thousands of members through self-implemented SEO techniques and PR outreach.
    • Established business and warehouse operations; 2-way inventory logistics w/ 100,000 SKUs. Developed inventory buying algorithm.
    Lumistones
    Lumistones
    Advisor
    Sessions.edu
    Sessions.edu
    Online Marketing Manager 2006 (5 months)
    • Conceived, executed, managed, and tracked all internet marketing initiatives including affiliate campaigns, media buying, website QA, and search engine optimization.
    • Managed... more online marketing budgets and outsourced vendors.
    • Ran analytics and conversion diagnostics
    • Implemented and tracked SEO keyword and linkback campaigns. Brought Sessions.edu to the #1 Google organic result for “online school” keyword during May 2006.
    Circular Orb
    Circular Orb
    Founder, Digital Strategist / Project Manager 2004 - 2006 (almost 2 years)
    Company acquired.
    Web development agency concentrating in e-commerce for merchants.
    Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    Web designer, Aviation Department 2002 - 2004 (over 1 year)
    Portal
    Portal
    COO
    Founder
    tryFuel.com, FreshPay, eBookDaily, Portal, BookSwim, Circular Orb, Crypto Street
    Employee
    Sessions.edu, Portal, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Lumistones
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Fuel: Intelligent, Personalized Nutrition
    Fine tune to your health with hyper-personalized meals
    Configure your nutrition based on your genetics, biomarkers and behavior. Enjoy custom made meals to enhance your health. Automatically track your nutrition,… · More behavior and health markers in real time get deep, actionable insights into your health.
    Manoj Duggirala
    Chandra Duggirala
    With Chandra Duggirala, Manoj Duggirala
    SF Peak Performance Meetup
    Bay Area's largest biohacking/wearables/wellness tech meetup
    Organizer
    Jimmy Cruz
    Yoshio Goto
    Laura Day
    Kayla Matheus
    Theresa Cable
    With Theresa Cable, Kayla Matheus, Laura Day, Yoshio Goto, Jimmy Cruz
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Launched and sold three companies.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Marketing Bitcoin Sales and Marketing Marketing Management All skills in the marketing industry Growth Hacking Revenue Growth Business Development Product Management Consumer Internet Subscription Models Customer Retention Social Media Marketing crypto currencies Payments Product Development Consumer Products Wearable Technology Health and Wellness Retention Food Service Advertising Beta Testing Billing Buying Certified Public Accountant Client prospecting Consulting Diagnostics E-Commerce Email Inventory Logistics Management Purchasing Risk Analysis Sales Software Software Development Test WEB Web Development Web Technologies
    Locations
    New York City New Jersey
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