Named one of the 40 under 40 business leaders in Indiana, Yuri Cataldo brings years of experience in the arts, design, entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation, and publicity to his advising of founders, artists, and students.
He's an award-winning entrepreneur, the architect of the creative entrepreneurship program at Emerson College, and a Yale-trained set/costume designer with credits on Broadway, theater, dance, TV, movies, and opera.
In 2011 he founded IndigoH2O, the only multiple award-winning bottled alkaline water in the world and the 2015 best tasting water in the world. Through his efforts, IndigoH2O has been distributed all across the USA, Europe, and South America has been featured at the Oscars, Golden Globes, the Emmy's, the MTV VMA's, and in 160+ magazines and articles. (Forbes, CNN, BuzzFeed, INC, Playboy, Huffington Post, PBS, Indy Star, Boston Globe, etc.).
He works with and advises tech, blockchain, and creative companies on PR, marketing, product launches, and customer engagement. His efforts have resulted in 6 figure launches, 7 figures worth of free press for founders and products, and multiple awards for his clients and companies included Forbes 30 under 30, Discovery Channel, Tech Crunch, Forbes, and the Boston Globe.
He has been featured in various media outlets including Inc., Forbes, and The Boston Globe. He is a frequent speaker at Yale, MIT, Tufts, Princeton, Juilliard, and Stanford, as well as conferences throughout the world on the topics of the future of work, creative entrepreneurship, and corporate innovation.
He is lives in Boston and is on the board of Yale Boston and the startup Venturitas.
