Daniel Cotlar was a near founding Chief Marketing Officer at Blinds.com. He led the company from startup days to more than $200mm in annual sales before selling the company to the Home Depot in 2014, staying on through 2017 to position it for success within the Home Depot.

With a career spanning from startups to Fortune 100, and an MBA from Rice University, Daniel has presented marketing and strategy topics at Rice and the University of Houston, as well as industry conferences. Today he supports future business leaders as an investor, advisor and board member of start-ups including Braincheck, Spruce, Synapse, and Tiff’s Treats.