The Team

Lara Feltin, Cofounder & CEO. Master matchmaker. Multi-tasker.

Lara's focus is on building Biznik into an award-winning social software company connecting forward-thinking business people world-wide. Lara was named one of Seattle's "Top 25 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs" by Seattle Business Monthly, and included in Seattle Magazine's 2008 Power Players list of "Most Influential People." In 2009 she was named among Seattle's Top 100 Women in Technology by Techflash. In 2010 Biznik earned a nomination for a Seattle 2.0 award in the category of Best Bootstrapped Startup.

Matt Lawrence, Director of Community. The first person between you and Biznik team. The most approachable of the bunch and a genuine people person.

Advisors & Contributors

Dan McComb, Cofounder. Filmmaker. Visionary. Married to Lara. It was Dan who wanted "Business networking that doesn't suck" so he built the first version of the social networking software and contributed his vision for 4 years. Visual Contact

Danny Bronski, legal counsel. Trusted advisor. Realist. With an MBA and a specialty in intellectual property and trademark, Danny advises the team on practical issues and keeps Biznik's i's dotted and t's crossed. Veritrademark

Andrew Lippert, CTO at large. Former Navy pilot and mission commander. Software development experience spans leadership roles at Amazon.com, Intel and multiple startups. Andrew advises Biznik's development team building & maintaining the Biznik engine with precision and mastery.

Karrie Kohlhaas, business cultivator. Ethnographer. Cultural creative. Business strategist extraordinaire. Karrie sees the forest from the trees and has helped us keep our eye on the ball. Thoughshot Consulting

John Adair, mobile & app developer. Fluent in multiple programming languages. John built v2 of Biznik.com. Escape Apps

Nadja Haldimann, user interface design. Creator of the Biznik logo. Nadja's application of minimalist Swiss design to the user interface kept the content-heavy site manageable. Gimbo Design