Founder & CEO at Crafted Play, Inc
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Founder & CEO at 42 Friends
- Advisor at Nurturing Wisdom
- Past
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- Founder at JobCoin
- Co-Editor at Freshwater Venture
- Co-Founder / CEO at Inventables LLC
- Co-Founder / CTO at Lever Works LLC
- Connections
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Keith Schacht’s Summary
I'm convinced that Facebook has built the greatest platform since Microsoft Windows. Just like Windows standardized the experience for users across lots of different applications while simultaneously giving developers amazing building blocks, Facebook has struck this same perfect balance for social web applications.
I'm focused 100% on my new company, Crafted Play, launching apps on Facebook and figuring out how to build a huge business on top of this platform, and similar ones that emerge—amazing times!
Prior to this, I spent 4 years with the company Inventables that I co-founded. Inventables has a unique way of helping consumer product companies come up with new product ideas. Our clients include the world's biggest consumer product companies: Nike, Proctor & Gamble, Motorola, BMW, Kraft, and many others.
Recent Accolades:
-- Spoke at Graphing Social Patterns (O'Reilly conference)
Past Accolades:
-- BusinessWeek a “Top 20 Entrepreneurs Under 25” (Dec 2005)
-- TED conference speaker (Feb 2006 & Feb 2005)
-- Forbes write-up, “Gadgets to Go” (July 2006)
-- Crain's Chicago Business profile (July 2006)
-- LA Times product concept feature (May 2006)
-- Business 2.0 company profile (Feb 2004)
-- Fortune write-up, "Inside-The-Box Thinking" (Oct 2004)
-- Spoke at CommunityNext (Oct 2007)
-- Spoke at Snap Summit (Oct 2007)
Prior to all this, I studied computer science and psychology at the University of Illinois. There I co-founded a boutique software development firm that was sold to Leo Media in 2001.
I've been involved in software development and the internet since the BBS I started in '94. It's been a fascinating ~10 years, can't wait to see what's in store for the next 10!
"The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours."
-- Ayn Rand from Atlas Shrugged
Keith Schacht’s Experience
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Founder & CEO
42 Friends
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Developing applications on top of Facebook and other social networks. Top apps: Growing Gifts and Hatching Eggs (on FB).
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Advisor
Nurturing Wisdom
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years)
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Founder
JobCoin
(Internet industry)
September 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 1 month)
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Co-Editor
Freshwater Venture
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Mapping inland entrepreneurial activity
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Co-Founder / CEO
Inventables LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
April 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 3 months)
Inventables (www.inventables.com) helps consumer product companies come up with new product ideas by researching new materials and technologies and keeping companies informed.
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Co-Founder / CTO
Lever Works LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Lever Works developed and supported custom web-based software. The company was sold at the end of 2001 to Leo Media.
Additional Information
Keith Schacht’s Websites:
Keith Schacht’s Honors:
* Named by BusinessWeek as one of the top 20 entrepreneurs under 25
* Featured in Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0 for the work done with Inventables LLC
* Speaker at TED Conference, in addition to numerous other tradeshows and venues
Keith Schacht’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- business deals
