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Brief me on Josh Boltuch
Josh Boltuch is currently the CEO of Fancy Hands, a business that connects virtual assistants to clients that need help with their business, and CEO of On Demand Ops, a company that connects machine automation with a network of thousands of American workers. Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
Findings
As mentioned above, Josh Boltuch is the CEO of both Fancy Hands and On Demand Ops. He went to Brown University and graduated with an English Degree in 2006. His professional network includes Nick Katz, Sergey Bestuzhev, and Andrea Teague. Below is a summary of Boltuch's experience, work history, business network, and interests.
Experience and work History
Boltuch graduated from Brown University with an English degree the same year that he co-founded AmieStreet. AmieStreet was a web-based social media store that Amazon acquired. In October 2011, he became the Chief Marketing Officer of Honest Buildings. Honest Buildings is a project management platform for owners and managers to ensure capital and construction projects are on time and on budget. He became the CEO of Fancy Hands in May 2014. Fancy Hands matches Virtual Assistants with clients that need administrative help with their businesses. It was created in 2010 and is based out of New York. Fancy Hands also provides assistance to other professionals as needed. Currently, he is also the CEO of On Demand Ops that was created to combine machine automation and American workers to deliver custom, effective solutions.
Business Network
Nick Katz is the CEO of ACASA in London, United Kingdom. ACASA builds foundational technology for the home. Prior to that, he was the co-founder of Locatable, a company that helps homeowners better manage their home using digital tools. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also on the Sustainability Task Force of Europe so it seems he shares interests with Boltuch.
Sergey Bestuzhev's current company, Results Repeat, has the mission to "save the world from bad marketing." He went to Temple University and lives in the Greater New York City Area. His connection to Boltuch is from when they worked together at Honest Buildings.
Ted Roden is the founder of Fancy Hands, so he worked closely with Boltuch when Boltuch was the CEO of that company. He is also a professor and NYU where he is currently teaching an interactive telecommunications program.
Amanda Teague is the current Project Manager and Coordinator of Fancy Hands and On Demand Ops so she also works closely with Boltuch. She started at Fancy Hands as a Virtual Assistant and was promoted in 2016.
Interests
Boltuch follows several groups online. They include: U.S. Green Building Council, Environment & Sustainability Network, Greenbiz, AIA New York, and VERGE. He is also bilingual, speaking Italian in addition to English. Some skills that are listed on his LinkedIn page are Online Marketing, Digital Marketing, and Online Advertising.
Contributions
In 2012, during his employment at Honest Buildings, Josh helped create a website that collected data on energy and building. It was used to produce green building technology. The site allowed users to look for buildings for sale or rent to see if they had any green feature, like solar panels.
Social Media
Boltuch's most recent post on Twitter was in May 2017, when he discussed what he learned from Fancy Hands that he is applying to On Demand Ops. In February 2017, he announced the launch of On Demand Ops by posting a Fancy Hands blog entry. Boltuch is not very active on Facebook, but he did mention his third wedding anniversary to his wife on September 20, 2016, and spends some time promoting Fancy Hands through employment advertisements. He also expresses an interest in politics, as he re-posted a video of a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas in July 2016 and pictures of him attending Barak Obama's inauguration in 2009. I was unable to access information on SnapChat or Instagram since those accounts are set to private.
VC's
Lerrer Hippeau Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund based out of New York City. It is an investor in Fancy Hands.
SV Angel is another company that invested in Fancy Hands. It is based out of San Francisco, CA. Ronald Conway is the founder at the company and has been involved in 790 start-ups.
Betaworks is a smaller investment company that invested in Fancy Hands in 2011. John Borthwick and Billy Chasen founded the company.
BoxGroup invested in Fancy Hands. Since they started in 2009, they have made over 250 investments. The founders are Adam Rothenburg and David Tisch.
There was no indication in publicly available sources, like LinkedIn, Crunchbase and general web searches, that specifically indicated a relationship between Boltuch and other VA CEO's.
Conclusion
As requested, I created a general brief on Josh Boltuch following the format of your previous request for Mike Christensen. Boltuch is presently the CEO of Fancy Hands and On Demand Ops. He was the co-founder of AmieStreet.com which was later acquired by Amazon. Boltuch follows several groups, some that suggest he is interested in sustainability and the environment. Josh has several people in his professional network. They are Nick Katz, Sergey Bestuzhev, Ted Roden, and Amanda Teague.