Makeable
Michael Kantrow is an accomplished entrepreneur and leader, currently serving as the Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Makeable LLC, where strategic business innovation intersects with design and technology. As a co-founder of Game Time Beverages, Inc., Kantrow develops inventive ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages. Active in the arts and technology sectors, Michael serves on the Board of Governors for The National Arts Club and the Board of Advisors for the Brooklyn Museum and Instructrr, while also being an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Additionally, Michael contributes to the LSU Alumni Association's Board of Directors and the Advisory Board of Podean, leveraging extensive business expertise gained from prior roles at Margeotes Fertitta Powell LLC and Performa. Michael holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in English Literature and French Language Studies from Louisiana State University.
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Makeable
We are One Part Agency, One Part Consultancy and All Parts Innovation–our Purpose is to help our clients and partners Defy Convention, Make What's Next and Grow Forward. We work with Fortune 500, mid-cap, private-equity and venture backed companies across almost every category and industry to conceive, design, develop and transform products, brands and businesses. Think of us as a special ops, innovation team that thrives when helping our clients tackle the biggest challenges, seize the greatest opportunities, and often times both. We work with some of the world's most innovative industry leaders and disruptors–including American Express, Coach, Dyson, Nickelodeon, Fujifilm, McCormick, UNIQLO, Penguin Random House, CBS, Jet.com, Sephora, The Weather Channel and FreshDirect. And we are also deeply committed to supporting change makers from arts, education and non-profit institutions and organizations with our partnership and services–including City Harvest, Success Academy, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Hudson River Park, the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, Celebrate the Beat and Creative Time. We're called Makeable for a reason–we take innovation to market, not PowerPoint. And that requires smaller, senior teams that include our client partners working hand in hand with us from zero to real. Our Imagine, Make and Grow innovation process is built to empower this approach and is battle tested over a decade of relentless collaboration. It's agile and iterative start to finish–from strategy, to design, through execution, production and/or technology development. Since our inception, we've helped conceive, design, build and launch over 95 products, experiences, brands and more and as a result, our work and team have been recognized by the industry, by the media and the public at large: -Fast Company -New York Times -AdAge -Adweek -Communication Arts -Esquire -The Webby's -The Effies -The Cannes Festival -The One Show -WWD -Entrepreneur Magazine -Inc. Magazine