CANCELED: Innovation Roadmap
press release: Speakers from across the country who have used an entrepreneurial approach to push boundaries and spur innovation share their stories. Whether they built a startup from scratch or worked within a company to effect change, speakers will share firsthand accounts of their challenges and triumphs. Hosted by WARF. Free.
Erica Gruen is a leader in the fields of marketing and brand-building in media and entertainment, and is well-known for masterminding and serving as president and CEO of The Food Network. Today, Gruen is a principal at Quantum Media and creates brand, content and business development strategies for the world’s largest media and entertainment companies as well as for emerging startups. She also works as a senior advisor at Oaklins, Desilva+Phillips and is president of Erica Gruen Consulting and Sand & Stars Productions LLC. Gruen also serves as advisor to and investor in leading educational tech, music tech, green tech and food tech ventures. Erica received a B.A. in psychology and English with honors from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.