Name Aaron Bare | ||
Dr aaron bare sports medicine shoulder and knee specialist
Aaron D. Bare is an entrepreneur, Business School Professor and keynote speaker on entrepreneurship and innovation. Bare has also sold 6 companies from the National Association of Sales Professionals with over 60,000 members to a cultural assessment tool used by Fortune 500 companies to a global job board with over 10 million monthly unique visitors. He is currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Professor of Innovation at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Founder of Buzz Mouth, an international digital and business strategy firm based in Phoenix with clients such as Coca-Cola, Google, Dell, Comedy Central, Dannon, Harley-Davidson and the Arizona Science Center. In the past, Aaron has worked with storied brands like Facebook, Nike, Disney, LinkedIn and Microsoft. Aaron has raised over $90 million with companies he has been part of becoming experienced in the process to work with Angel Investors, Private Equity and Venture Capital.
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- Dr aaron bare sports medicine shoulder and knee specialist
- Education and personal projects
- Notable projects
- Speaking topics
- References
Bare is an entrepreneur and investor in over 40 privately held companies. He was selected as an Arizona "35 under 35" Entrepreneurs and "40 under 40" Leaders To Watch by the Business Journal. Previously he has been awarded a National Video Award, Addy's, WebAwards, Telly's, as well as being selected as the Kennedy 2007 Most Innovative Company of the Year, 2008 Comerica Business of the Year, and 2008 Arizona Small Business Innovator of the Year. Growing up Bare was the Indiana Ciphering Champ and earned the NJEA National Journalism Award for Graphic Design.
Bare has been a keynote speaker at the TI 2012 Conference, Hyper Island, WPO/YPO Disruption Conference, Vistage CEO Network, Entrepreneurs Organization, Arizona Venture Capital Conference, Thunderbird's Global Sales Summit, Tulane Law School, LSU Law School, ASU Law School, Thunderbird European MBA and the Thunderbird Honors Graduation Ceremony. Bare is a member of PTTOW, an exclusive invite-only marketing conference that represents over $1.4 Trillion in advertising spend targeted at 18- to 24-year-olds in North America, which includes brands such as Red Bull and Quicksilver.
Bare has also been featured in Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Readers Digest, The Business Journal, Wall Street Journal, Impact Magazine, Thunderbird Alumni, Inquirer, World at Work, Biz AZ Magazine, Human Resource Executive, Spring Wise Trend Watchers, Killer Startups, Talent Management Magazine, Marketing Profs, Essence Magazine, Power Broker Magazine, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Management, Journal News and the Arizona Republic.
Education and personal projects
Bare is a former management consultant with Accenture and money manager with the Vanguard Group. His education includes a BS (honors) in Business Administration from Indiana Institute of Technology, where he was 3-year Captain of the Soccer team on a Full-Ride Scholarship and studied in 10 countries participating in Semester at Sea circumnavigating the globe. Aaron also has an MA in Latin American Studies with emphasis on Economic Development from Indiana University and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, graduating Beta Gamma Sigma. He has participated in Executive Education at Harvard Law School, Stanford D-School, Columbia Business School, and Cornell Design School.
Aaron is a member of Gen-Next, delegate at Google Ideas Think/Do Tank, part of the Kaufmann Entrepreneurial Speaker Series and is on the Boards of the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation, Junior Achievement and the Urban League. He is currently finishing a book called "Launching Disruption" on entrepreneurship, innovation and new business models. He also has traveled to over 60 countries and enjoys frequent business and leisure trips to Latin America. He lives in Phoenix with his wife Jenn, daughter Bali and dog Buddy.
Notable projects
EventMob - Mobile App to organize friends into Mobs to easily create spontaneous events