Beth Schoenfeldt

Summary

Beth has been a friend and mentor to entrepreneurs around the world for over ten years, contributing to the launch of thousands of businesses. Beth has successfully launched four profitable businesses culminating in her latest venture: FundedBuy. Due to her reputation as a cutting edge thinker and expert on starting and growing businesses, some of the world's top media have turned to Beth for her insights into the latest trends among entrepreneurs and startups. Beth has been featured in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Elle, the TODAY show, The Street, and MSNBC. In 2010 Beth received the Distinguished Alumnae Award presented by Columbia Business School and Columbia Women in Business. After graduating from Texas A&M with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and earning her MBA from Columbia University, Beth developed marketing and sales programs for major international brands including Clinique, American Express, and iBeauty.com. She went on to establish the highly successful learning solutions company FLOinc, then co-founded Ladies Who Launch (LWL). Beth grew this lifestyle and business-focused media company to over 53 cities and over 100,000 members. Beth left LWL to found Collective-E, a unique member-based entrepreneurs’ agency and brand community. With Beth’s latest venture FundedBuy, she has partnered with LaunchTime to build a platform that gives startups access to volume discounts and the very best service from top vendors. FundedBuy has already saved startups millions of dollars in operating costs and countless hours in research and negotiation. Recently, Beth joined the LaunchTime team as a Venture Partner. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Procurement, Business Strategy, Time & Money Saver