Jen Friel
| Jen Friel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 8, 1984 West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Chief Revenue Officer, DropIn, Inc. and Blogger |
Jen Friel (born December 8, 1984) is the CRO of DropIn, Inc. and creator of Talk Nerdy to Me, Lover, a new media relationship blog.
Early life
Friel's first job was as the owner of Computers Anonymous, which she started at age eight, and was later a model for Snorg Tees [1] Following that, Friel held various positions in movie marketing and indirect cellular activation sales—later becoming a personality on startup LiveVideo.com, while working for one of the principals at MySpace. Friel later worked as part of the team that built the Throwback.to (an IAC property) social media presence, growing the site from 4,000 likes to over 500K in less than 9 months, with a routine reach of over 9.4 million.[2]
Talk Nerdy to Me, Lover
Friel founded the blog, Talk Nerdy to Me, Lover,[3] which was founded after Friel sold most of her possessions and bartered via social media to make ends meet over the course of one year. Friel describes how she visited 12 states with $10 to her name, crashed the 2010 Grammy Awards to meet Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com, danced on stage with Prince, and went out on over 103 dates in nine months documenting the organic root of attraction using the OkCupid algorithm.[4][5] Friel was also part of the Ford Fiesta Movement, a social media marketing campaign for the Ford Fiesta.[6][7]
Television career
Friel was a part of Comcast's first “social television” network called Vidblogger Nation, which ran for three seasons in over 50 million homes. Friel also appeared on The Price is Right in March 2005 and Deal Or No Deal #16 for five episodes.
West Texas Investors Club
Friel was featured on the first season of the CNBC show "West Texas Investors Club", where she pitched her app, Whats Up The App, LLC. She received a $50,000 investment from Rooster McConaughey and Butch Gilliam, and sold WUTA in July 2015 to local business owners in Islamorada, FL.[8]
Talk Nerdy to Me
The rights to Friel's blog, Talk Nerdy to Me, Lover,[9] were optioned as a put pilot by CBS in a bidding war in late 2015. The multi-camera comedy currently has Morgan Murphy ("2 Broke Girls") serving as writer-producer, and Bill Wrubel ("Modern Family") as executive producer. Jerry Bruckheimer TV is producing with Warner Bros TV. The series will feature the adventures of four women — two computer programmers, a musician and a doctor — who share a house on the canals in Venice, CA.[10]
DropIn
Friel is the Chief Revenue Officer of DropIn, Inc., a remote on-demand video inspection platform that creates live video feeds of any place in the world, at any time. The service caters to the insurance and automotive industries.
Public speaking
Friel speaks nationally at conferences such as The Women Powering Technology Summit, The Social Media Strategies Summit, and the 20sb conference and has been a California State University "Professor For A Day" for two consecutive years.
References
- ↑ "Why Are You Waving, Run". Snorg Tees. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ Grant, Elaine (1 January 2013). "Jen FRIEL, SuperNerd". Hartford Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ↑ Hardigree, Matt (2 May 2012). "Don't You Want To Know What This Nerdy Relationship Blogger Thinks About The Dodge Dart?". Jalopnik.
- ↑ Spark, David (27 September 2012). "One Woman's Views on Algorithms as Foreplay".
- ↑ Fathelbab, Mo. "'Nerdy Secrets' Live Recording 10/31 Plus Episodes 3 and 4!". Buzz Focus. Buzz Focus. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ "Ford Launches Chapter 2 of the Fiesta Movement". Ford.com. Ford Automotive.
- ↑ Arellano, Joel (March 3, 2010). "Ford Fiesta Movement, Take Two". Automotive.com.
- ↑ Wadlow, Kevin (12 September 2015). "Tavernier's Friel wows 'West Texas' investors, gets buy-in". Florida Keys Keynoter. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ Baruth, Jack. "Jen Friel, Sam The Eagle, TTAC's Disinvitation To The Dodge Dart, And The Slut Event Horizon". The Truth About Cars. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (31 August 2015). "'Talk Nerdy To Me' Blog-Inspired Comedy From Jerry Bruckheimer TV Gets CBS Production Commitment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 May 2016.