Meet Our Team

Liz Hagelthorn is the CEO and Founder of SmarterLicense. Previously, Liz led creative for the largest pseudonymous meme network, overseeing strategy across 127 accounts amassing 300M followers, reaching 1.6 billion people per month. Most notably, Liz was the face and creator behind @girl and helped lead the networks acquisition in under two years. Liz previously held positions at Twitter, and works with high-profile initiatives brands, creators and celebrities to develop viral organic growth strategies.

As an expert on online influence, meme culture, technology, and organic virality, Liz's work focuses on pioneering new creative frontiers, aiming to empower the creation of more formats, remixes, derivative works and empowering previously unimagined ways to create and expand IP.

Liz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.

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