Allyson Downey is an entrepreneur, writer, MBA, and parent who has built a career on the power of trusted advice.

She is the CEO of Stellar, which helps brands increase sales by 40% by building an authentic, honest base of consumer reviews for their product launches. In 2013, she launched weeSpring, a Techstars-backed startup that helps new and expecting parents collect advice from their friends about what they need for their baby.  weeSpring has received accolades from TechCrunch, Mashable, CNBC, and the Daily Mail, and it was heralded as “Yelp for baby products” by InStyle magazine.

She is also the author of Here's the Plan, the pregnancy and parenting guide to your professional life.  Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Time, Fortune, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, and others, and she has appeared on ABC World News Now, Power Pitch on CNBC, and other outlets.

She serves on the boards of The Crafters Box and Tot Squad and is an advisor to Trust & Will.

Allyson has an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MFA from Columbia University's School of the Arts, and a BA from Colby College. She lives in Boulder with her husband and two children.

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