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Rachel is a serial entrepreneur and is currently Founder & CEO of Comparz.com. Comparz.com is the "Yelp" of business services. Rachel also launched and grew the Data Services business at U.S. Cellular to a $100 Million business. Rachel’s was also previously Founder & CEO of econfidant.com, a dating and relationship advice site, which was sold to Innovive. Rachel also led Product Management at crowdsourcing site InnoCentive.com and had a consulting practice dedicated to online customer acquisition and strategic business growth. Rachel also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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