Preston Junger

Preston Junger

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With a distinguished career in scaling high-impact companies, Preston Junger is renowned…

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    International

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    Stockholm County, Sweden

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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    New York, New York, United States

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    Burlington, Vermont Area

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

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    University of Vermont

    Activities and Societies: Athlete (club soccer, basketball, broomball, tennis, football)/sports fan, Univ. of Vermont Alumni Career Networking, Univ. of Vermont NYC Alumni Committee Chairman, Univ. of Vermont Alumni Fundraising, Zogsports, Basketball City, NY Philanthropy, NYRR Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

    "Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."

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Volunteer Experience

  • Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Graphic

    Mentor

    Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

    - Present 6 years

    Coaching and mentoring the world's rising entrepreneurs.

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    Parent Ambassador

    Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY)

    - 3 years

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    NY Red Bulls Hoboken FC

    New York Red Bulls

    - 6 years 11 months

    Volunteer coach and advocate for New York Red Bulls Hoboken City Football Club (HCFC) competitive soccer program and Hoboken Youth Soccer Program recreational soccer.

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    Member

    United Soccer Coaches

    - Present 6 years 2 months

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    Volunteer Coach

    US Lacrosse

    - 4 years

    Hoboken Warriors Lacrosse Club

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    Mentor

    Nordic Innovation House - Silicon Valley

    - Present 8 years 11 months

    Paying homage to my Scandinavian ancestry and helping the best of the Nordics (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) scale to North America.

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    Mentor (startlab)

    Bank of Ireland

    - 3 years

    Helping Ireland/UK based growth companies with international expansion.

  • Bavarian US Offices for Economic Development Graphic

    Mentor

    Bavarian US Offices for Economic Development

    - 2 years

    Helping Bavarian based growth companies with international expansion.

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    Mentor

    Gouvernement du Québec – Carrières

    - 3 years

    Helping Canadian based growth companies with international expansion.


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    Mentor

    Innogate

    - 2 years

    Helping Turkey based growth companies with international expansion.

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    Private Beta Tester

    Sonos, Inc.

    - 4 years

    Beta tester to test and assess the next Sonos experience -- instrumental in helping release new software to millions of Sonos owners.

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    Advisor

    Permira

    - Present 7 years 1 month

    Yelp & local review expert working with Principal partner at Permira.

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    Mentor (Techstars)

    Alchemist

    - 2 years

    Helping blockchain and crypto growth companies with international expansion.

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    Mentor

    Antler

    - Present 5 years 8 months

    Antler is a global early-stage VC enabling exceptional founders to start great companies.

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    Member

    Revenue Collective

    - Present 5 years

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    Mentor

    German Accelerator

    - Present 7 years 11 months

    German Accelerator supports high-potential German startups in successfully entering the U.S. market.

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    Mentor

    NUMA New York

    - Present 7 years 11 months

    Helping non-U.S. based growth companies with international expansion.

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    Mentor @ Fast Track

    First Round Capital

    - Present 6 years 11 months

    Advisor within FRC's curated Mentor Network, working to help a number of awesome founders and executives solve their biggest challenges. Also a member of First Round Angel Track — a masterclass and community for angel investors

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    Advisor

    GAN

    - 2 years

    Early-stage investments to help your company grow wherever you are.

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    Lead Mentor

    Ellis Accelerator

    - 4 years

    Helping European based growth companies with international expansion.

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    Mentor

    Denmark in USA

    - Present 5 years 11 months

    Mentor to the very best Danish startups expanding to North America.

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    Advisor @ WeWork Labs

    WeWork

    - 5 years 3 months

    Conduct regular talks, coaching sessions and workshops focused on growth, ad & saas sales (Sweden, Singapore, Germany, France, Israel & United States).

    Inaugural advisor to WeWork's global startups enrolled in the Labs program until the program was terminated in June 2022.

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    Mentor

    Techstars

    - Present 7 years 11 months

    Mentor to Techstars rising companies and founders.

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    Team Videographer

    Veo Technologies

    - Present 2 years 11 months

    I own and operate a Veo 2 Camera and do volunteer filming, editing and distribution for several fútbol/soccer teams.

Publications

  • Lack of regulation and true governance are making cryptocurrency an easy target

    Coin Rivet

    In my column, I’ll explore emerging technologies (like blockchain, distributed ledgers and cryptocurrency) that are changing the world for the better and improving our lives. I will also highlight the challenges and solutions that all startups and founders face, including building the product, raising capital, growing a community, and most importantly what it takes to create a sales engine for your business. I will also interview some founders, investors and leaders you won’t want to miss.

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  • Podcast guest appearance

    Bet the Jockey

  • Podcast guest appearance

    The Bullpen Podcast (Blockchain & Crypto)

  • Podcast guest appearance

    Tough Decisions Podcast

  • Forget Yelp, Localvore is channeling Netflix in its relaunch as a recommendation engine for local foods

    AllYouCanTech

    AYCT: The new front page of Localvore.co looks like a sort of Yelp for local food and farmers. So, it’s more of a local food “discovery” platform now?

    DW: Localvore helps people find what locals love, not what tourists hate. We get that people would try to understand Localvore by positioning us within the context of other businesses, like Yelp or Groupon – but the reality is we’re trying to do things that those businesses never attempted or positioned as core parts of their brand. We’re…

    AYCT: The new front page of Localvore.co looks like a sort of Yelp for local food and farmers. So, it’s more of a local food “discovery” platform now?

    DW: Localvore helps people find what locals love, not what tourists hate. We get that people would try to understand Localvore by positioning us within the context of other businesses, like Yelp or Groupon – but the reality is we’re trying to do things that those businesses never attempted or positioned as core parts of their brand. We’re a different animal. We help people find the best in local food. 
Right off the bat, we’re creating and displaying connections between businesses that users know they can trust. So, for example, you can look at a restaurant’s profile, see what farms and producers they’re sourcing their food from, and trust that those farmers and producers have verified that information before it’s presented publicly.

    Other authors
    • Adam Bluestein
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  • New Deal: Burlington-Based Localvore Aims to Be the Anti-Yelp

    Seven Days

    Other authors
    • Seven Days
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  • Wide Open Media Group Hires Media and Publishing Veteran as VP of Sales

    Medium

    AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 24, 2017 — Wide Open Media Group, the leading publisher network dedicated to the Heartland of America, has officially announced the hiring of Preston Junger as Vice President of Sales. He will help bring brand awareness as well as new revenue and partnership opportunities to the company as its digital content-focused strategies continue to reach tens of millions of readers and followers across four web properties.

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  • Could Small Businesses Save a Small State? One Company Thinks So — Interview with Dan White, CEO and Co-Founder of Localvore

    startups.co

    I met the whole founding team (plus their recently hired CRO and head of Community Management, ex-Yelp leader and native Vermonter Preston Junger — and a very mournful looking dog named Trinket) there on a recent afternoon for an interview and craft beer — local, of course — from their Kegerator.

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  • Holiday Inn Express aims to drive mobile bookings via advertising

    Retaildive.com

    Other authors
    • Lauren Johnson
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  • Yelp to Start Offering Mobile Display Ads in Bid for Revenue

    AdAge

    Other authors
    • John McDermott
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