Bryan Janeczko

Bryan Janeczko has over 15 years of executive leadership in innovation and developing scalable growth strategies for emerging companies that leverage a digital-first strategy.

Working at numerous startups, Janeczko got his start as an entrepreneur in 2003 when he co-founded and served as the co-CEO of NuKitchen. After raising several million dollars in venture capital, Janeczko helped build a scalable order management system, providing national distribution capabilities, which lead to 100% year over year revenue growth for 5 years.

After selling the business operations to Nutrisystem in a multi-million dollar transaction, Janeczko moved on to found the Wicked Start Innovation LLC in 2009.

Janeczko has served as the Director of The Founder Institute (2011-2016) and in 2017 he founded Gro Academy, an on-demand startup accelerator, that transforms your big idea into a big business, from concept to launch.

Beginning in August 2018, Janeczko assumed the position of Portfolio Company CEO & Joint Venture Partner at Loeb.nyc.

Janeczko is also well-known as a co-founder and advisory board member of StartOut, a nonprofit with the mission of growing and scaling LGBTQ founded business ventures.

Janeczko holds a Bachelor of Science from Marquette University and an MBA from New York University-Stern School of Business.