George Burke

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Chief Marketing Officer at TryFuel.com

NGO / Public Service

Passionate problem solver specializing in wearables, wellness tech, meal delivery, and consumer products. Product manager, marketer, & executive with a proven ability to recognize and capitalize on commercial opportunities. Conceived, launched and successfully exited three companies. 13+ years of experience in consumer product development & growth marketing. Highlights: • Established the first “Netflix for books” with $6,500 investment. Acquired 20,000+ subscribers; $1.2M in 3rd year. Rented almost 500,000 books. Sold company in 2013. • Launched first "ebook lending service". Capitalized via crowdsale. Acquired 100k members without marketing expenditure. • Raised $675k and developed th...