Ben fischman biography

          Benjamin Fischman General Information.

        1. Benjamin Fischman General Information.
        2. Fishman is an adjunct assistance professor for security studies at Georgetown University.
        3. A longtime entrepreneur, Fischman founded LIDS Corporation, the exclusive retailer of sports caps, in , as a junior at Boston University.
        4. Ben Fishman is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and an adjunct assistant professor of security studies at Georgetown.
        5. Ben Fishman is Former Mng Dir:Early-Stage Investments at Continental Grain Co. See Ben Fishman's compensation, career history, education, & memberships.

          6. A longtime entrepreneur, Fischman founded LIDS Corporation, the exclusive retailer of sports caps, in , as a junior at Boston University.!

          Rue La La’s Founder Returns With M.Gemi, Direct-To-Consumer Italian Footwear

          Serial entrepreneur and the former founder and CEO of the members-only shopping site Rue La La, Ben Fischman, is back today with a new startup in the e-commerce space.

          Called M.Gemi and backed by $14 million in seed and Series A funding, the new company is focused on reinventing the women’s luxury footwear industry by giving factories in Italy the ability to sell handcrafted shoes – similar in quality to high-end brands – directly to the consumer both online and on mobile.

          The startup is the first to emerge from Launch, a Boston-based “venture-building vehicle,” not a venture firm, as Fischman describes it, which is backed by both himself and fellow Rue La La founding team member Ted McNamara.

          While similar in some respects to incubators like Betaworks, the idea with Launch is to provide early funding for e-commerce businesses and others which represent opportunities in the c