#101: Zach Schleien | Capital Allocation In Marketing | Quarantine Dating | Filter Off

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Summary

In this episode, Eric Schleien interviews Zach Schleien, the
founder of Filter Off which was recently featured in The New York
Times.


You can read other articles about Filter Off below:


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Virtual Dating Is The New Normal 



Zach Schleien built his first company going into senior year of
college called BeginU, a platform for college students to find
projects and work opportunities to develop their skills.
Following BeginU, he then launched his second company, Top Romp
an online dating blog that reviewed hacks and apps for the modern
dater.


Zach then pursued his Masters in Information Management from
Syracuse University where he soon launched his third company,
LIFT Protein Muffins. Starting LIFT was where he first dipped his
toe into crowdfunding, raising over $5,000 in 30 days on
Kickstarter. That Summer he worked for bitly as a Data Analyst.
While in school, he co-authored the book, Hacking The Internship
Process, which became #2 bestseller for internships on Amazon.
One year later he sold his first company, Top Romp. Following
graduation, he secured a job in IT with Johnson & Johnson.


After his friend’s passing with mental illness, Zach dedicated
himself to helping people with mental illness. He launched a
$9,500 project on CaringCrowd (a crowdfunding platform for
non-profits) with the funds going to the National Alliance on
Mental Illness – NAMI New Jersey. He attained his goal within 2
1/2 weeks. The proceeds went to the NAMI Basics program, which
supported 360 parents with children who have a mental illness.
Zach wanted to do more, so he teamed up with his best
friend David, and launched the mental health Slack
community, 18percent. With mental health awareness month
coming up, he launched another project with the goal to raise
$30,000 on CaringCrowd to support 600 families where at least one
member of their family had a mental illness. The funds would go
to NAMI El Dorado. He attained this mark within 3 weeks.


Zach’s passion for helping people, combined with his love for
entrepreneurship has helped him grow these companies and
non-profits, allowing them to hit their crowdfunding goals. Zach
currently runs, Filter Off.


 
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