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Kurt Frehner,
MANAGING PARTNER
Kurt has a proven track record of building businesses with companies such as Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Ashland, Inc. as well as with a number of start-up companies in the telecom and technology industries. Prior to founding Frehner-Jens, Kurt was the Director of Sales, Marketing, and Product Development for the Internet Products & Services division of Broadwing, a $2B telecommunications provider, where he helped deliver several broadband industry firsts, including the nation's first full-market deployment of "video-on-demand" over an IP network. Kurt's classic consumer marketing expertise from his days as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble combined with his practical application of this experience in building several start-up businesses enables him to quickly understand how to help companies accelerate ideas to market.
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Eric Jens,
MANAGING PARTNER
Eric's background is rich with experience in branding and marketing innovation across a spectrum of product categories (health/personal care, retail, and e-commerce/entertainment), including nine years with Procter & Gamble. As VP of Marketing for Hutchison Whampoa, Eric led the creation and implementation of the Hutchison Healthcare China expansion strategy to enter the US$4B nutrition supplement market. Prior to that, Eric worked for nine years at Procter & Gamble, and led P&G's Vidal Sassoon China launch. This new product achieved over US$100M in Year 1 sales and became one of only a handful of China consumer product launches to achieve profitability in the first year. Eric also created and launched a retail venture in China that is currently the largest charity store in China having contributed more than US$250,000 to support local children's charities.
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Cheryl Law,
PARTNER
Cheryl has extensive experience in market research, consumer insights, and strategic planning with Fortune 500 and start-up companies. During her 8 year tenure with Procter & Gamble, Cheryl led consumer research for the Pantene brand, which provided the foundation for its growth from a 2% share of the U.S. hair care category to global market leadership. For the past 4 years, Cheryl has led market research for Hotwire, a start-up in the online travel space. Under her leadership in translating consumer understanding into business strategy, the company established a compelling brand positioning and a consumer-centric business plan. This work not only resulted in a successful business launch, but led to the recent acquisition of Hotwire by Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI). With Frehner-Jens, Cheryl helps identify and answer the key questions that will drive the critical decisions to be made while accelerating a new idea to market.
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