Doreen Bloch is a startup strategy consultant, entrepreneur and author living in New York City (via Silicon Valley).

Doreen is the author of the book The Coolest Startups in America, and the co-founder of an early-stage technology startup. She is a graduate of the Haas School of Business undergraduate program at the University of California, Berkeley where she was awarded the Jack Larson Fellowship for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Doreen was most recently an Associate for FinTech startup AxialMarket and former Analyst on the Strategy & Marketing team at SecondMarket, where she worked on auctions for private companies' shares, including Facebook Inc.

She is the founder and former publisher and editor of Cal's award-winning and well-recognized fashion publication, BARE magazine. She also formerly served as a Director for the UC Haiti Initiative, a non-profit.

Doreen is a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Doreen's work has been featured by The New York Times, Inc.com, Under30CEO, Fox Business, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Forbes Women, Women 2.0, MSN's Business on Main, Feministing, LifeHack, Girls in Tech, The Daily Muse & more.