Howard Love is the founder and CEO of LoveToKnow. He founded LoveToKnow Media in 2005 with a mission to make the world a smarter place. He is chairman of the board of directors of GigaOm. He is an advisor to PhilQuo Ventures. He is co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of FlexJobs. Served on the board of directors of goSeek and 10 Foot Wave. He has been a successful entrepreneur for over twenty-five years. He has founded or co-founded more than 15 companies, including LoveToKnow Media, FlexJobs, PageWise, DealBase and Knowingly (current owner of Gigaom). In addition to building companies, he invests in early stage ventures and has made more than 50 such investments, including OpenTable (IPO), Trulia (IPO), Titan Aerospace (sold to Google), HotelTonight and many others. He founded his first company, Inmark Development, as a student at Colgate University. Inmark Development was sold as Rogue Wave and subsequently went public. Since then, Love has founded or co-founded more than 15 companies. Love is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship at conferences, summits and events in North America and abroad, including Techtoberfest, Start-Up Grind, Start-Up Week, Tech Stars, Plug & Play, Capital Factory, and Slush Helsinki and the Spanish government. His debut bestselling book, The Start-Up J Curve, has been recognized by Entrepreneur, Inc, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Worth and is an Amazon bestseller.