Yellow Brick

The next evolution of social media, combining the best of social networking and collaboration with the opportunity of crowdfunding.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Dallas, TX, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded December 2011
  • Employees 14
  • Website yellowbric.com

Company Summary

Yellow Brick™ is the next evolution in social media. It’s social that creates markets, beginning with crowdfunding. Private investment isn't just for the 1% anymore. Our technology makes everyone in the community an investor, allowing the community to vote with their dollars and be rewarded for it. We deliver efficient transparency, ensure compliance with regulations and manage communications between founders, investors, and professionals.

Team

  • Andrew Eckerman
    Founder & CEO

    Andrew leads Yellow Brick from a broad base of business experience driven by a passion for helping entrepreneurs and small business. His experience includes apprenticing with the CIO of the fastest growing bank in the U.S., advising and co-managing distressed businesses to successful turnarounds, and driving early stage technology companies in marketing roles. He is an accredited turnaround professional and holds an MS in finance and an MBA.

  • Scott Boeckle
    Founder and Director of Product Development

    Scott cut his teeth at Leo Burnett and several other large advertising firms before he launched his own agency. He has delivered strategic campaigns for Pepsi, Frito Lay, and Johnson and Johnson among others. Scott began investing in local businesses including QBOS, where he is the second largest shareholder.

  • Kevin LaFond
    Chief Marketing Officer

    Kevin is a pioneer in the interactive marketing space having advised hundreds of clients developing new methods for interactive and new media initiatives including Match.com, Expedia.com and Brinks Home Security. He brings world-class experience in online media, managed optimization, architecture and online strategy. Kevin is a small business owner and a serial entrepreneur very familiar with the challenges of funding and launching a great idea.

  • Ben Wright
    Chief Compliance Officer

    Ben advises clients on privacy, digital law and forensic investigations and teaches e-discovery, information technology and cyber-investigation law for SANS Institute. Mr. Wright is known for promoting screencast video as a technique to document legal investigations in social media and audit evidence in online trading platforms. Ben also brings experience introducing new technologies to the ecommerce community.

Previous Investors

  • Scott Boeckle
    Unconfirmed
    Andrew Eckerman
    Unconfirmed

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