Juliette Brindak Blake is an American businesswoman and co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the all-girl tween and teen social networking site, Miss O & Friends.[3][4]
Early life
Juliette Brindak was born in New York City, and was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut by Paul and Hermine Brindak. She is one of two children.[5]
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.[6][7] The company was inspired by drawings which Brindak did when she was ten. Miss O and Friends is a socialization site for tween and young teen girls. The content is created by the user community. In 2011, Miss O and Friends was ranked the #3 girls-only website, according to Alexa data.[8]
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.[6] Inc. Magazine named Miss O and Friend “Coolest College Start Ups.[10]
In 2012, Brindak was a speaker at TEDx Bay Area.[10] The same year, she launched Moms with Girls.[11]
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).[12]
In 2024, Miss O and Friends was changed to be a page advertising a new project called Moxies.
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.[13][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.[8]
External links
References
- Ali Nichols Gray. Wedding of Juliette Rosalie Brindak and Christian Joseph Blake February 11, 2017^
- Juliette Brindak, co-founder and CEO, Miss O & Friends LLC Entrepreneur, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- Interview With Juliette Brindak – Founder Of Miss O and Friends Retire At 21, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- Juliette Brindak Worth $15 Million at 21 Years Old - ThirdAge ThirdAge, October 21, 2010, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- Juliette – Q&A – Million Dollar Intern – BBC HD – BBC Nordic BBC, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- Christine Lagorio-Chafkin. America's Coolest College Start-Ups of 2011 Inc. Magazine, 2011-03-01, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College Inc Magazine, June 28, 2012, retrieved November 14, 2013^
- Christine Lagorio-Chafkin. An Online Community for Tweens Inc.com, 2011-03-01, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- Samantha Cortez. What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College Business Insider, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- Juliette Brindak Blake, Official Member of Young Entrepreneur Council Young Entrepreneur Council, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- How a Teenager Turned Doodles into a Million-Dollar Tween Website The Story Exchange, 2017-04-17, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- Emma Sarran Webster. How a 16-Year-Old Girl Started a Multimillion Dollar Social Network Teen Vogue, 2017-05-31, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- Write on! The Miss O & friends collection of rockin' fiction Watson-Guptill Publications, 2006^