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玛伦•凯特•多诺万 • 年龄:28岁 • 头衔:CEO兼创始人 • 公司:虚拟助理服务网站Zirtual.com 需要有人帮助打理自己的个人生活?Zirtual创始人兼CEO玛伦•凯特•多诺万可以为你提供帮助。或者说,她的公司可以提供帮助。公司会将客户与经过审查的虚拟助手(远程工作,甚至可以执行客户从南极洲发回的命令)进行配对。多诺万曾是eBay上的一名畅销珠宝零售商。今年,她从扎珀斯(Zappos)CEO谢家华、拉斯维加斯科技基金(VegasTechFund)和梅菲尔德基金(Mayfield Fund)获得了200万美元的投资。这笔投资让她将总部从湾区搬到了拉斯维加斯。在谢家华雄心勃勃的改造计划“市中心计划”的推动下,拉斯维加斯呈现出生机勃勃的高科技场景。多诺万也成为其中的一员。创业阶段就能获得扎珀斯这样的大牌支持真不错。——C.D. (财富中文网) 译者:刘进龙/汪皓 |
Maren Kate Donovan • Age: 28 • Title: CEO & Founder • Company: Zirtual.com Need help running your life? Zirtual founder and CEO Maren Kate Donovan can assist with that. Or rather, her company can, by pairing clients with vetted virtual assistants who work remotely (even following orders from clients in Antarctica). Donovan, once a top-selling jewelry retailer on eBay, scored $2 million in funding this year from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, VegasTechFund, and Mayfield Fund. The investment lured her headquarters from the Bay Area to Las Vegas, where she joined a budding tech scene fueled by Hsieh's ambitious revitalization effort, the Downtown Project. In the entrepreneurial world, Zappos ain't a bad name to have standing behind you.-C.D. |