Carl Potak is a District Leader at SGI-USA. Colleagues describe them as "My experience interning for StartupDevKit was incredible, and I believe much of that positive experience can be attributed to working with Carl. Carl managed me directly during my time with StartupDevKit and the amount I learned from him during that time is remarkable. Carl’s skill-set when it comes to startups is unmatched. He’s well versed in everything from product development and management strategies to outsourcing and public relations. He’s a jack of all trades and having the opportunity to work so closely with someone of his caliber was an absolute pleasure. I couldn’t be any happier with my StartupDevKit internship experience. Carl’s mentorship, guidance, and advice are all things I value tremendously and made my internship very special. I can’t thank him enough for everything he’s done for me. I look forward to implementing what he has taught me in my own life and touching base with him throughout the course of my career. " and "I met Carl when he took the first of three courses he took from me while a student at Binghamton University. This gave me the opportunity to get to know Carl very well in the past four years or so. Carl stood out from his fellow students immediately with his energy and enthusiasm. He was very eager to gain mastery of the course materials and he made trenchant comments in class discussion, attaining a leadership role in the classroom. He is an active and ambitious young man, with a clear sense of direction, and he is deeply engaged in politics and in matters of social justice. He is also very talented in conducting academic research. Carl and I have discussed a number of projects that he considered pursuing to advance the body of knowledge in politics. He is especially enthusiastic about solving the puzzle of low participation in politics among young people – he hypothesizes education and social conditioning play a critical role, and wishes to devise ways to test and further specify the hypothesis. Carl also has an entrepreneurial bent. He conceived an idea which he thought was promising, and decided to launch an online business. In an astonishingly short time he has devised a business plan, assembled a management team, and had attracted sufficient investment capital to commence operations before the financial collapse of 2008 dissolved the capital. Despite the outcome, I find this remarkably impressive. I encourage you to get to know Carl Potak – you will be glad you did."