Not Just A Container: FinalistChristopher Kieran: Zoko

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is a web service that will provide networking and organizational tools for dinner co-ops. The Zoko system is based on reciprocity. If I cook dinner for 10 people, I can go to 10 dinner parties before I have to cook again. The founders belong to a group of about 300 people who do this in New Haven, Connecticut.

We want to bring our business to Brooklyn and build a Zoko Table in Dekalb Market. Zoko members will use the container as a place to host some of their dinner parties. We hope they could cook with ingredients from the market’s farm. When we’re not hosting meals, the container will be a space for people to come learn about dinner co-ops, sign-up, and talk about good food and community. It will also provide a workspace for the founders—

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“Problems began when the dinners simply got too big... We attempted using Google Groups for awhile,

but it wasn’t successful” Jared G. (Co-Founder of a former dining club,Tuesday Night Dinner in Brooklyn)

/ Chief Executive HostChristopher became interested in dinner co-ops as a graduate student in food

growing co-op. He gained startup experience while developing marketing and operations strategy for Cityscape Farms, a commercial scale urban farm using

sustainability consulting for Fortune 500 companies and national NGOs. While at Yale, Christopher managed several grant-making programs, including two for entrepreneurial ventures, with the Center for Business & the Environment. Before coming to Yale he lived in Fort Greene and worked at GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College.

/ FinanceAndrew spent two years working in India with Drishtee, a social enterprise connecting rural villages with mainstream markets. At Drishtee he helped conceive, pilot, and

has been a member of Yale’s “Veggie Dinner” co-op for the entirety of his time at Yale. He graduated cum laude from Villanova University with a degree in Economics and will receive his MBA this Spring.

/ Product DevelopmentBrad worked on the design, fabrication, assembly, and disassembly of KieranTimberlake’s Cellophane House for the MoMA in New York. The entire building was erected on-site in 16 days and was visited by over 750,000 people during the three-month “Home Delivery” exhibition. He received his Bachelors of Architecture with Distinction from Iowa State University and will graduate with a Masters of Architecture from Yale in May. He oversees Zoko’s branding and product development. Brad currently is Funding Chair of Yale’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate, sits on the board of Mory’s Restaurant in New Haven, and recently started “Soup Group” (based off of Zoko) at the Yale School of Architecture.

/ MarketingErika was an integral member of the team that launched GE’s ecomagination program. She was responsible for reaching over 70 million people with technology-

Queen of England. She completed a GE leadership program for communications, and was consistently rated top talent. Erika graduated summa cum laude from Gannon University, and will earn her MBA in May 2011 from the Yale School of Management. While at Yale, she launched the Human Capital Club, which quickly grew to 100 members.

$saves you timehelps you socialize helps you network saves you money shares recipes helps you organize

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