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Amber Venz Box
Amber Venz Box launched the "More to Say" podcast in May (episodes drop on Tuesdays). Earlier this month, the founder kicked off New York Fashion Week with a creator event and launched major updates to its LTK Creator app, including a new Product Commission Comparison and dedicated Search Tab. [Photo: More to Say podcast/LTK]
The Last Word: Dallas-Based LTK’s Amber Venz Box On Competing With Tech Giants
by Quincy Preston | Sep 11, 2024
Dallas-based LTK is proving that North Texas startups can go toe-to-toe with Silicon Valley giants. In a recent interview with Axios, Amber Venz Box discussed the company's impressive growth in the creator economy space.
by David Seeley |
Apr 12, 2024
Based in Dallas and Fort Worth, the four local entrepreneurs pursue missions ranging from making healthy hair care accessible to all to turning locations into landmarks to blazing new trails in influencer marketing.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 24, 2023
Dallas-based LTK helped create the creator economy when it launched in 2011, launching a new category that monetized Instagram and allowed lifestyle creators to become entrepreneurs. It was valued at $2 billion just 10 years later. But when Venz Box first started the company, she had only $236 in her bank account, according to Fortune Magazine.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 27, 2022
Today Bloomberg reported that LTK is now allowing users to buy from influencer-curated virtual storefronts on LTK's app. Box's company has added in-app checkout to leverage the fact that influencers use the platform to make their videos and photos "shoppable."
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Amber Venz Box [Photo: Cherry]
Nails, Net Worth & Networking: How Amber Venz Box Is Empowering Women Through New Ventures
by Bella Pinera | Jun 16, 2021
A decade ago, Amber Venz Box founded rewardStyle and completely redefined the way influencers monetize their original digital content. Her newest business, Cherry, is on its way to doing the same—the app provides on-demand nail services from professional technicians, with the intent to support economic mobility for low-income women and their families. With a recent partnership from United Way Metropolitan Dallas, the organization's first impact investment in a for-profit venture, the app is now offered in all of Texas' zip codes.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 20, 2020
Five fellows from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' Social Innovation Accelerator will present their ideas in health, income, or education for the chance at $235,000 in funding. Tickets are on sale now for the all-virtual event on Oct. 28.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 16, 2020
Catherine “Kit” Ulrich, the former CPO of WeightWatchers and Shutterstock and the youngest-ever CPO of a publicly traded company, is the new general manager of rewardStyle's fast-growing influencer-driven consumer shopping app.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Sep 10, 2020
The influencer-driven LIKEtoKNOW.it app is rewardStyle's fastest-growing product. 5,000 retailers—from Chanel to Walmart and Adidas to Ulta—were integrated in the new LTK Shopping Video feature at launch.
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Terese Hunwick of Thayer-Carver and Golden Seeds speaks at the Mompreneur Brunch and Learn on May 24. [Photo: Grant Miller]
Here are 5 Essential Elements ‘Mompreneurs’ Need for Success
by Trey Bowles | May 29, 2018
The tips were given by female leaders at the first ever Mompreneur Brunch and Learn held recently at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center.
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by Heather Noel |
May 8, 2018
The AOL co-founder's traveling tour, designed to spur more growth in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the nation, made its first 2018 stop in Dallas Monday. Steve Case encouraged attendees to "seize the moment," and get engaged with helping local startups.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 31, 2018
They are fearless North Texas masterminds with a history of revolutionizing their industries: Joshua King, Amber Venz Box, Lance Crosby, Paul Bettner, Walter Voit, Joshua King, Will Rosellini, and Dave Copps. They share “secret weapons” and lessons learned — as well as the technology to watch.
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by Jewels Clark |
Dec 8, 2017
The Dallas entrepreneurs shared their startup story as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Global Perspectives series.
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Image courtesy of rewardStyle
RewardStyle’s Social Influencers to Spur $1B in Retail Sales
by Jewels Clark | Sep 20, 2017
RewardStyle influencers point their followers toward products in their posts, which in turn can impact retailers' online traffic, and, hopefully, translate into sales.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2017
Users of LikeToKnowIt can shop for clothing items, accessories, and home decor by simply taking a screenshot of the item.
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by Amanda Hayes |
Jun 10, 2016
Every day Dallas Innovates staffers scour websites looking for the most interesting stories about innovation and creativity.
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