Juliette Brindak
{{Short description|American businesswoman}}
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| occupation = Co-Founder & CEO of Miss O and Friends, LLC{{cite web |title=Juliette Brindak, co-founder and CEO, Miss O & Friends LLC |url=http://inspiration.entrepreneur.com/clipper/inspirational.entrepreneurs/women-entrepreneurs-12668/15557.html |work=Entrepreneur |access-date=November 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221200942/http://inspiration.entrepreneur.com/clipper/inspirational.entrepreneurs/women-entrepreneurs-12668/15557.html |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}
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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.{{cite web |title=Interview With Juliette Brindak – Founder Of Miss O and Friends|url=http://www.retireat21.com/interview/interview-with-juliette-brindak-founder-of-miss-o-and-friends |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205020127/http://www.retireat21.com/interview/interview-with-juliette-brindak-founder-of-miss-o-and-friends |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |publisher=Retire At 21 |access-date=November 14, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Juliette Brindak Worth $15 Million at 21 Years Old - ThirdAge|url=http://www.thirdage.com/news/juliette-brindak-worth-15-million-21-years-old_10-21-2010|publisher=ThirdAge|date=October 21, 2010|access-date=November 14, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427103454/http://www.thirdage.com/news/juliette-brindak-worth-15-million-21-years-old_10-21-2010|archive-date=April 27, 2012}}
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.{{cite web |title=Juliette – Q&A – Million Dollar Intern – BBC HD – BBC Nordic |url=http://www.bbcnordic.com/million-dollar-intern/q-and-a/juliette/ |publisher=BBC |access-date=November 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124072826/http://www.bbcnordic.com/million-dollar-intern/q-and-a/juliette |archive-date=November 24, 2013 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/coolest-college-start-ups-2011/miss-o-and-friends-tween-online-community.html|title=America's Coolest College Start-Ups of 2011|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|first=Christine|date=2011-03-01|publisher=Inc. Magazine|access-date=November 14, 2013}}{{cite web |title=What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/juliette-brindak-created-miss-o-and-friends-2012-6 |publisher=Inc Magazine |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=November 14, 2013}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/coolest-college-start-ups-2011/miss-o-and-friends-tween-online-community.html|title=An Online Community for Tweens|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|first=Christine|date=2011-03-01|website=Inc.com|access-date=2019-11-02}}
As of 2012, the website's value was $15 million, according to Procter & Gamble which was an early investor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/juliette-brindak-created-miss-o-and-friends-2012-6|title=What A Tween Startup Founder Learned When She Went To College|last=Cortez|first=Samantha|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-11-02}} The company is based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut and has employees across the United States and Canada. Inc. Magazine named Miss O and Friend “Coolest College Start Ups.{{Cite web|url=https://yec.co/members/profile/Juliette-Brindak-Blake-Co-Founder-Miss-O-and-Friends/e7b8e1ea-292e-4a27-873f-508695cd4b0f|title=Juliette Brindak Blake, Official Member of Young Entrepreneur Council|website=Young Entrepreneur Council|access-date=2019-11-02}}
In 2012, Brindak was a speaker at TEDx Bay Area. The same year, she launched Moms with Girls.{{Cite web|url=https://thestoryexchange.org/teenager-turned-doodles-milliondollar-business/|title=How a Teenager Turned Doodles into a Million-Dollar Tween Website|date=2017-04-17|website=The Story Exchange|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-02}}
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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/juliette-brindak-hyperlinked-interview|title=How a 16-Year-Old Girl Started a Multimillion Dollar Social Network|last=Webster|first=Emma Sarran|date=2017-05-31|website=Teen Vogue|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}}
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.{{Cite book|title=Write on! The Miss O & friends collection of rockin' fiction|date=2006|publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications|others=Brindak, Hermine|isbn=0823029409|location=New York, NY|oclc=70791179}}
Personal life
On August 6, 2016 she married Christian Joseph Blake of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Brindak received her BA in anthropology and public health at Washington University in St. Louis.
References
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External links
- [http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Juliette-Brindak-at-TEDxBayArea Juliette Brindak at TEDxBayArea]
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