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Katie Schuller Bleakie is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with 20+ years of experience in start-ups, management, and strategic planning. She has held various leadership positions, including Managing Director at Golden Seeds Fund LP, Team Advisor at Asita Advisory Team, and Executive in Residence at Simmons College Graduate School of Management. Katie has also founded and managed several companies, including Bill Blass New York, and has served on the board of Gracious Eloise.

Experience

    • Managing Director
      • May 2010 - Present
      • Boston

      Golden Seeds is an Angel investor group began by women for the support of women centric business start-ups. We are the fourth largest venture group in the United States.

  • Asita Advisory Team 2012-2013
    • New York & California
    • Team Advisor
      • Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
      • New York & California

      Asita is a Global incubator for guiding and launching women owned businesses

    • Executive in Residence 2010-2012
      • Oct 2010 - Oct 2012

      This summer I had the unique experience of co-teaching an MBA class in entrepreneurship.

    • Board Member
      • 2010 - 2012

      As an investor I was named to the board of Gracious Eloise by Golden Seeds. I oversaw the strategic planning efforts of the company & assisted with the financial planning activites. I advised on hiring and firing issues & guided the to achieve milestones.

    • Founding Partner/ President &COO
      • Dec 2005 - Jan 2008

      With my partner, I built our finnacials, wrote our business plan & rasied over $5million from Private Equity to start Bill Blass New York. I then with in 9 months, assembled my upper management team, built out 12,000sq. feet of office space in the heart of the garment district, designed, manufacture, & sold our first line, hired & trained a sales force across the United States.

    • Regional Manager
      • 1995 - 2002

      Hired in the begining of Worth's second year of business, I managed a 10 State sales force & our New York showroom sales. In 4 years I took my region from #3 to #1 in sales dollars by hiring new managers & sales consultants I quadrupled sales in my in my region.

Education

  • 1991 - 1994
    Simmons College - Simmons School of Management
    MBA, Finance/ Accounting
  • The University of Texas at Austin
    BJ, Journalism

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