Benjamin Hurt has extensive experience in marketing, public relations, business development, and launching socially conscious companies. He co-founded Impact Foods, where he handles marketing, PR, and partnerships to feed hungry children. At Prudentia Solutions, he tripled incoming projects through business development efforts. He also consulted for and helped launch BravoLog, an aviation management application. Currently, he is a Business Plan Advisor for a nonprofit that helps former prisoners through entrepreneurship and launched Dare To Give to couple business with philanthropy.

1. Benjamin Hurt • Benjamin.j.hurt@gmail.com • 729 Jones St #404 • San Francisco, CA 94109
WORK I’VE DONE
Impact Foods • July 09 – Present
I co-founded and launched a philanthropic company that feeds hungry
children. We developed the recipe for our first product, granola, and began
selling it this fall. Through the official partnership I secured with Feed The
Children, for every bag we sell we feed a hungry child for an entire day.
To help make my dream of launching a
socially conscious venture come true, I have
taken responsibility for the marketing, public relations, and
philanthropic partnership areas of our business. Starting a
business doesnʼt allow for such ridged roles however, so my
duties on any given day also include legal research,
organizing sample events, and becoming the executive
granola chef in my own kitchen.
Prudentia Solutions • March 09 – Present
To help Prudentia Solutions expand their business, I
revitalized their stagnant business development process and
tripled the amount of incoming projects.
When Prudentia hit a dry-spell of incoming projects, I
collaborated with the president and assisted them in
expanding their service offerings to include social media, user experience, and analytics
consulting. I also introduced and organized a customer referral program that continues to build
a constant stream of new projects.
BravoLog • March 09 – Oct 09
BravoLog is a web-based application that allows
you to manage all aspects of your aviation
experience. After analyzing the value of BravoLog
within the lucrative and niche aviation market
segment, I consulted the founder and facilitated a
restructuring of the pricing strategy.
Success in that small project led to an increase in
responsibility – I oversaw all marketing efforts and acted as a project manager for the remainder
of the development process. Those efforts led to BravoLog securing five-hundred paying
customers prior to product launch.
I am currently negotiating the exit sale of BravoLog to a strategic partner.

2. Lifetime Fitness • Aug 06 – Nov 07
As a supervisor, I organized and lead bi-weekly team meetings for 15 employees. In addition to
front-line interaction with customers, I delegated and completed back-office tasks such as
scheduling, inventory, and training. I also created and implemented a marketing plan involving
free samples that was so successful we plan to use it in my current granola business!
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University • December 2008
B.B.A. Management, Cox School of Business 3.6 GPA
While at SMU, I studied management and took special interest in
corporate culture, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
SMUʼs Cox School of Business is consistently listed as a Top 25
undergraduate program by BusinessWeek. I continue to stay in
touch with the network I built at SMU – ranging from janitors to the
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner, Alan
Shor.
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas • May 2004
In addition to receiving a good education from Jesuit, I gained something
much more valuable through their work-grant program for low-income
students. I participated in the program in order to offset some of my tuition
costs and gained a deep appreciation for service and the value of my
education. Jesuitʼs community service component introduced me to my
passion for service.
GIVING BACK
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
PEP is a nonprofit dedicated to affecting change through
entrepreneurship. I am currently a Business Plan Advisor for
PEP and love every minute of it. Of PEPʼs 500+ graduates,
more than 80% have been employed within 30 days of their
release.
Dare To Give, LLC
Dare To Give is a company I founded with the sole purpose of
coupling the concepts of business and philanthropy. It started out
simple with t-shirts – for every shirt we sold to on-campus groups or
local organizations, we donated $1 to the charity of their choice. Dare
To Give has since donated thousands of dollars and empowered
individuals to continue launching socially conscious ventures.