Warren Friesner

Mentor & Judge @ MassChallenge

About

I have 14 years of experience as a litigation attorney, 6 years in the food business, including 2 years with an Internet startup, the last few months as COO. I've been President of Clear Light Interactive Corp. for the past 18 years. Most of my current efforts have been directed towards our own project––an innovative language learning portal called "Language Hero", which includes a "first-to-market" video chat application, designed to get students, who speak different languages having low-stress face-to-face real-life conversations with each other in their respective learning languages. We believe that our portal concept represents a significant advance in the area of language teaching and learning and democratizes language acquisition. Interested? My long term goal is to be able to generate sufficient resources to engage in longer meditation retreats and do more to support both my spiritual teachers and the Buddhist community, which has nurtured me. Additionally I'd like to be able to support other non-buddhist projects which help people overcome obstacles in their lives, and which focus on preventing the ecosystems of this planet from being systematically destroyed. Specialties: Ideating/Developing conceptual frameworks for web and graphic design projects Website usability and functionality, information architecture, project management, negotiation and contract formation. Content creation.

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Internet

Skill

Information Architecture, ChatGPT, Google Workspace, Case Studies, Marketing Materials, Constructive Feedback, Proofreading, Fact-checking, Text Editing, Editorial, Editorial Process, Connectivity, Build Strong Relationships, Design Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Usability Testing, Wireframing, Visual Design, Social Media Communications, Project Management

Experience

Mentor & Judge

MassChallenge

2022-8 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

CEO

EZ Speak Inc.

2022-4 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

New York, New York, United States

EZ Speak is a language learning LMS with a laser-like focus on getting beginners speaking conversationally from Day 1.

President

getcoffeeclub.com

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

Coffee Club sells artisan coffee from Taiwan's top roasters as well as rare and unique coffees grown in Taiwan and around the world.

President

Clear Light Interactive Corp.

2000-10 - Present · 26 yrs

New York, Taipei

Clear Light is a full-service graphic, app, and web design and development firm based in New York. In addition to offering a full spectrum of graphic design services, from Corp. ID to marketing materials to industrial packaging solutions, we also specialize in designing and building fully dynamic websites with content management systems.

Co-Founder – CEO

Language Hero

2015-10 - 2022-7 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Greater New York City Area

Language Hero is developing AI_fueled chat applications that provide the only efficient and cost-effective way to learn to speak a new language available either online or through an app. We're based in NYC and Taipei and are currently developing our app for Universities and Language Schools. We welcome exchanges of ideas in this field. Feel free to connect or message me.

Co-Founder – CEO

Eventfully.com & Eventfully Deals.com

2012-2 - 2014-7 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Greater New York City Area

Events configuration portal that allowed users to custom-configure up to 21 Events services, and view lists of vendors providing these services, their ratings, pricing, etc. It included vendor contact and negotiation software, project management software, and customizable Evite and Photo/video remembrance websites for customers. Eventfullydeals.com sold preconfigured searchable events deals.

President

On the Rise Bakers, Inc.

1997-6 - 2001-10 · 4 yrs 5 mos

On the Rise Bakers produced food items for specialty stores and supermarkets, including mini-quiches, flatbreads, filled pockets, individual pizza, hors d'oeuvres and other specialty items

COO

NYCravings

1999-6 - 2000-10 · 1 yr 5 mos

Greater New York City Area

I became involved with the majority shareholder of this Internet startup and, together with my future business partner at Clear Light Interactive Corp. designed the nycravings.com website, wrote significant parts of the business plan, pitched it to investors, received 3M commitment, and was its COO.