Primary Job Title Co-founder & CEO Primary Organization CircleClick
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Female Also Known As Mother of Startups
Website www.anneaholaward.com Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn Twitter View on Twitter
Anne Ahola Ward is chief executive officer at CircleClick Media. Dubbed “The Mother of Startups” by CNN, Ward is an Entrepreneur, Futurist, and published O’Reilly author. Ward has more recently led the way for advances in blockchain technology. She was the first woman to complete an STO under the ERC 884 standard.
She is best known for her
strategic growth science capabilities as an SEO for many successful startups. Ward was an early entrant into the field of search engine optimization and in 2009 co-founded leading digital marketing agency, CircleClick. Ward has worked to devise social media strategies for world-renowned enterprises as well as startups (at nearly every stage of growth). Ward was named one of Entrepreneur's "27 Top Masters of Marketing that everyone can learn from" in 2014, and "Top 50 Inspirational Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2017." As a web developer she helped build Apple's Distinguished Educator community, which was one of the first true influencer programs to exist. She's also been invited to join social media influencer programs for Comedy Central, Funny or Die and the elite IBM Futurist Program. Ward is a Silicon Valley tech industry leader who frequently speaks on the topics of community, privacy and social media at conferences and on television.
Worked with brands and celebrities such as Heroku, Twilio, Inc. magazine, Samsung, Apple, HP, Farmer's Insurance, JG Wentworth, UploadVR, Dr. Phil McGraw (Path to Recovery), A&E Intervention's Ken Seeley and Rikki Rockett from Poison.
-More than 45 TV appearances speaking about tech -92% hit rate for growth on any given project -Sold $10M+ in products -Increased revenue significantly for countless startups -Helped secure Series A funding for dozens of startups