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.
Early life
Juliette Brindak was born in
New York City
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, and was raised in
Greenwich, Connecticut
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by Paul and Hermine Brindak. She is one of two children.
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.
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.
As of 2012, the website's value was $15 million, according to
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/con ...
which was an early investor.
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.
In 2012, Brindak was a speaker at TEDx Bay Area.
The same year, she launched ''Moms with Girls''.
In 2017, she became an executive producer of a
Youtube Premium
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original television series, Hyperlinked, based on her story (which includes a namesake character based on her).
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.
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
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...
.
References
External links
Juliette Brindak at TEDxBayArea
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Living people
1989 births
Greenwich High School alumni
American women chief executives
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
American company founders
American women company founders