I fell backward into business. I spent most of my 20s playing music and avoiding adulthood. Everything began to click when I discovered eBay in 1999. After building a couple of successful businesses in the auction space, I took what I'd learned from growing those businesses with online marketing to start SmallBox in 2006. SmallBox has evolved over the years from a marketing agency into a strategic consultancy that helps mission-driven organizations with branding and design. In 2018, I left SmallBox to join the board management software company Boardable as its full-time CEO. In 2020 Boardable closed its Series A raising $8m to invest in team and product. Boardable currently serves over 2,000 organizations around the world and is growing quickly. In 2023, I left Boardable to join Opendate, a venue management and ticketing solution that was birthed out of the Vogue nightclub in Indianapolis during Covid. I am excited to be working with a great team and product! My personal mission is to create meaningful work for talented people who share my desire to use business as a force for good in this world. Along the way I have been involved as a founder or investor with a number of other businesses and nonprofits including Springboard Marketing, The Speak Easy, Musical Family Tree, Joyful Noise Recordings, Gravy Lab, Boardable, Adproval, Ripley's Auctions, and Brain Twins. I also serve, or have served, on the boards of several Indy-area nonprofits including The Speak Easy, Musical Family Tree, Big Car, United Way of Central Indiana, ProAct and the Indiana Independent Venue Alliance. More on these endeavors along with blogs and links at jebbanner.com (it's a little out of date).I live on the north side of Indianapolis with my wife Jenny and 3 beautiful daughters. In my spare time I play and record music, collect vinyl records, forage mushrooms, and cook as much as possible.