Jess Ruhfus
Founder & CEO at Collabosaurus
Jess Ruhfus is founder and CEO of Collabosaurus, a matchmaking platform that connects brands for marketing partnerships and collaborations. She conceived the idea in 2014 while teaching small businesses about DIY marketing partnerships, after starting her career in fashion publicity and film. She launched Collabosaurus in April 2015 at age 24, and the platform now connects more than 8,000 brands, including Porsche, ASOS and Olay. Ruhfus won the 2019 B&T 30 Under 30 award for Entrepreneurship and has spoken at events for Apple, Vogue and General Assembly. On Unfunded, she discussed bootstrapping, fundraising and reinventing her approach to marketing.
In their own words
From Resilience & Reinvention: Jess Ruhfus on Bootstrapping, Fundraising, and Navigating Modern Marketing · UnfundedI love the challenge of how are you going to make the biggest possible impact for the smallest possible cost?
Career
- Now Founder & CEO · Collabosaurus
- Earlier PR/communications · Boutique fashion PR firm (Sydney)
Sources: shedefined.com.au
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