Announcing Josh Metnick For Glappitnova
We’re excited to have Josh Metnick on our Marketplaces, and Currencies Shaping The Future forum held at WeWork River North on July 15th.
Josh Metnick is Chairman of Mysterious Source of Capital LLC, a venture capital fund focused on emerging software technologies. He serves as a director of several, primarily Chicago-based, technology startup companies. Josh recently served as the Chief Technology Officer for Wrapports LLC, the holding company for the Chicago Sun Times (CST) and other media properties. While at the CST, Josh oversaw several pioneering cryptocurrency implementations that were featured in the Wall Street Journal, Pando, Mashable, Coindesk,Business Insider and other publications worldwide.
Josh served as Chairman & CEO of Chicago.com, Inc. from 2002 until its acquisition by Wrapports in 2013. While at Chicago.com, Josh founded Associated Cities, a trade association of around 150 City.com websites. Mr. Metnick’s first Internet company, AIS.net, grew to become Chicago’s largest business ISP before it was acquired by Exodus Communications in January of 1999. He is a co-inventor of U.S. Software Patent No. 8,195,495, “Computer System and Method for Handling Encounters.” In 2000, Josh co-founded January Studios LLC with Jove Ventures to license the film rights to specific works of 1951 Nobel Literature Laureate Pär Lagerkvist. The company’s investors include Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage, Brett Icahn and Marc Rosen. Mr. Metnick earned his B.S in Finance from UIUC.edu, where he concurrently graduated from the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation.
Moderator
Seth Kravtiz (CEO, Technori)
Panelist
Corbett Drummey (CEO, Popular Pays)
Will Misloski (SVP of Marketing, Raise.com)
Josh Metnick (Serial Entrepreneur)
Wednesday July 15th, 2015
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Starts: 6:00pm
Wednesday July 15th, 2015
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Starts: 8:00pm
