In 2001 I sold my car and stocks, to found The Keren Emrich Foundation in memory of my sister. With the help of many people, the foundation went on to build the first online health curriculum in wiki format, and ultimately scaled to $70M in distribution to over 250,000 children internationally under the name Road of Life.The program and its success was used as a social entrepreneurship case study in The New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Lean Entrepreneur.In 2016 the organization converted from an operating 501(c)3 into a donor-advised fund managed by the American Endowment Foundation and makes grants to:-pediatric cancer patient support-social entrepreneurs and innovators -digital civil liberties-mindfulness research & applicationIt also selectively invests its primary capital in promising social entrepreneurs focused on delivering financial and social returns.

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Problem – Medium sized ($20MM to $120MM) distributors have the inventory and desire to sell and scale online but usually not the expertise, free cash flow, or management capabilitiesAction – Created a technology, marketing and financial platform for medium sized businesses to enter e-­commerce swiftly and with minimal cost featuring a novel platform and package of technology, fees and revenue shareResult –Created $1M+ in enterprise value within 12 months. Company was acquired in 2011.

Problem – Private sales e-­‐commerce is one of the fastest growing models of enterprise value creation including companies like Gilt, HauteLook, and RueLaLa, but the model had not been used for home improvement productsAction – Created an online platform to market new daily sales to customers with new home improvement products every day. Signed exclusive online distribution agreement with Angie’s List (Nasdaq: ANGI) which led to doubling of customersResult – In less than 1 year BULX became the worlds first & largest private sales company for home improvement products. It was acquired by DealYard.com in 2011

Problem – There is no representation for the 95% of public speakers in the $2B public speaking industry. Action – Bootstrapped company to create an online platform to build inventory, then launched the world’s first online marketplace for public speakersResult – In under 3 years, with over 5000 speakers, SpeakerSite.com became the worlds largest online marketplace of public speakers and was larger than the National Speakers Association by membership. The company ceased operation in 2012.

Problem – There is an epidemic of diseases of excess in the United States: 1 in 3 American will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime, childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past 20 yearsAction – Created an online platform to curate educational content from health and education professionalsResult – In six years authored and distributed the curriculum over $70M of curriculum to over 250,000 children internationally

Organized and prepared research to understand the functions of two gene families, Transforming Growth FactorBeta (TGFß) and Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF), on mammalian embryogenesis, tumorigenesis, and lung development