Christopher Deutsch
Member Since
2010
Christopher Deutsch began his entrepreneurial career in tech in the mid-90s as a founding team member at Vstore, a pioneering ecommerce technology startup, where he helped form and grow the company through several rounds of venture funding. He was later Co-Founder & Director of Product Development for Clickthebutton, a New York-based price comparison service that marketed products from 300 leading online stores to more than 30 million consumers. Leveraging his entrepreneurial experience, Christopher co-founded C9 Innovations, a business accelerator, where he identified highly scalable start-up companies and developed strategies for accelerating their growth. As Director of Business Development and part of the original founding team at Vcommerce, an enterprise-class e-commerce platform that powered Overstock & Target.com, he developed strategic partnerships with Google, PayPal, Omniture and RightNow Technologies. Christopher was later Co-Founder & Director of Business Development for Specialty Retail Shops, where he managed the M&A candidate pipeline for niche online retailers and assisted in numerous PR and Marketing activities. After SRS, he was Co-Founder & VP of Business Development at RouteCloud and helped develop Protector, a family safety technology platform and a joint venture with TASER International. He next co-developed Vatican Wars, a Facebook-based social game that explores the intersection of religion, politics and social issues. Christopher is currently Co-Founder of EventMob, an application that enables people to be more spontaneous with their social planning, and VP of Strategic Alliances and a founding team member at Chattrspace, a web-based video broadcast platform.
Christopher received his BA in Economics from Vassar College, where he was Vice President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, captain of the lacrosse team, an all-conference rugby player and a member of both the basketball and sailing teams. He previously coached lacrosse at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale and led the team to five state title games and three championships in six years. He also founded Lax Scout, an athletic recruiting organization that garnered widespread recognition from sources such as Sports Illustrated for helping high school students in 28 states, Canada and Australia. Christopher is the founding member of the Arizona Chapter of Gen Next, a founding board member of the Phoenix Vassar Club and a frequent speaker at Thunderbird Business School's entrepreneurship program.