Douglas Diemoz

Pixar, Inc. produces digital animation motion pictures. The firms animation studios combine creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Its computer animation studio creates a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. The company was founded by Edwin E. Catmull on February 3, 1986 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. operates warehouse clubs and superstores. The firm provides electronics, computers, office supplies, home and seasonal products, organic foods and meat, sports equipment. The company was founded on November 19, 1996 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Restoration Hardware, Inc. engages in the retail and provision of home furnishings. It offers furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, bathware, decor, outdoor, baby, child, and teen products. The company was founded by Stephen Gordon in 1980 and is headquartered in Corte Madera, CA.

Starwood Capital Group Management LLC (SCGM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Barry Sternlicht in 1991 and is a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group Holdings LP. SCGM provides investment advisory services primarily to real estate investment vehicles and related entities.

Contessa Premium Foods, Inc. processes and distributes premium seafood and frozen bagged convenience meals. Its branded and private-label products include frozen seafood products most notably shrimp, as well as convenience multi-serve bag meals and single serve entrees. The company also provides cooking tips and etiquette, seasonal ideas and recipe index services. Contessa Premium Foods was founded by John Z. Blazevich in January 1984 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ABP Corp. owns and operates bakeries. It offers beverages, breakfast sandwiches, hot breakfast, cold sandwiches, oven hot sandwiches, and soups. The company was founded by Louis Kane and Louis Rapuano in 1978 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

American Golf Corp. operates golf clubs. It engages in the provision of tennis courts, swimming pools, fitness facilities, dining rooms and spas. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center provides medical services. It offers patient care, biomedical research, teaching, and community services. It also provides organ transplantation, breast cancer care, and cardiac surgery services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Intimate Beauty Corp. provides cosmetics, fragnances and beauty products. It oversees the retailing of the Victoria's Secret Beauty line of cosmetics, 24 fragrances and other beauty products. The line is sold in about 500 stand-alone Victoria's Secret Beauty retail stores (operated by Intimate Beauty) as well as more than 500 of the Victoria's Secret lingerie stores, the Web site and the Victoria's Secret catalogs. It was established in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Council on Competitiveness is a nonpartisan organization that has been advocating for a competitiveness agenda for over three decades. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization aims to attract investment and talent, spur the commercialization of new ideas, and enhance productivity to raise the standard of living for all Americans. The council's members include CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors who provide real-world perspective to policymakers. The council believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans. Deborah L. Wince-Smith has been the CEO of the American company since 1993.

Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Service Management Group, Inc. provides research and consulting services. Its solutions include customer experience measurement, employee engagement, OmniView feedback, solutions overview, social monitoring, publishing and brand research. The company was founded by Andy Fromm and Bill fromm in 1991 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship education to middle school, high school, and postsecondary students in 30 states and 31 countries. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. NFTE aims to ignite the entrepreneurial mindset in students, empowering them to own their futures regardless of their family income, community resources, special needs, gender identity, race, or ethnicity. NFTE has educated over a million students through in-school, out-of-school, in-person, online, or hybrid programs. The company was founded in 1987 by Carl Press and Philip A. McNeill, and J.D. LaRock has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Crate & Barrel Canada, Inc. owns and operates home decorating stores. It offers a wide range of products including home furnishings such as china, glassware and metalware for kitchen and table. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Segment.io, Inc. provides customer data hub. It develops data application which is related to men's fashion, book subscription, food delivery, music streaming, banking, and women's fashion. The company was founded by Ilya Volodarsky, Peter Reinhardt, Calvin French-Owen, and Taylor Ian Storm in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Print Syndicate, Inc. operates as an e-commerce store that sells printed t-shirts and fashion and home decor goods. It interprets and converts social trends into digital designs, which are then marketed on printed objects (apparel, phone cases, housewares) and sold through its multiple e-commerce brands. The company was founded by Tanisha Robinson and Michael Limes in November 2012 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Salus Labs, Inc. provides technical recruiting applications. The company was founded by Harjeet Taggar, Ammon Bartram and Guillaume Luccisano and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Next Level Pizza, Inc. operates as pizza stores. It offers decorated pizza, The Classics, Make-A-Selfie, seasonal salads, breakfast, and dessert. The company was founded by Doug Ferriman in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Viewpost North America LLC engages in the provision of electronic invoice and payment services to businesses. It offers its services to create and send digital invoices; and receive digital invoices from suppliers. The company was founded by Max Eliscu in 2011 and is headquartered in Maitland, FL.

Mattermost, Inc. engages in enterprise-grade messaging solutions. It offers mattermost team edition and mattermost enterprise edition. The company offers group messaging, file sharing, custom emojis, and webhooks and commands. Mattermost was founded by Corey Hulen and Ian Tien in 2011 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Deel, Inc. engages in the development and operation of software platform for payments. The company was founded by Shuo Wang and Alexandre Bouaziz in 2018 and is headquartered in San Fransisco, CA.

MassChallenge, Inc. is non-profit accelerator founded in 2009. The company was founded by John Hawthorne and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Convictional Commerce, Inc. operates a business-to-business commerce platform. It offers onboarding, product and pricing management, and generating wholesale orders. The company was founded by Roger Kirkness and Chris Grouchy and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.