Hazel Grace Dircksen

A consultant and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, Hazel Grace Dircksen has helped numerous companies leverage social networking tools to expand visibility and reach new audiences. Her most recent company, Socialbees, specializes in crafting optimized Facebook pages and ads that drive engagement from the right audience for your business - never trash traffic.

As an early adopter, product expert, and industry insider, Hazel Grace has organically gravitated toward social networking sites, from Friendster to Facebook and everything in between. Her technical savvy, forward thinking, and personal connections to numerous social networking companies allows her to immediately cut through the clutter to see the true potential in a particular product and, ultimately, the business value for her clients.

Prior to debuting Socialbees, Hazel Grace was an award winning fashion designer and later launched FashionIV (a social fashion site that was a Facebook Developer Platform launch partner at F8 2007), via the San Francisco Ladies Who Launch Incubator Program. She went on to become the Ladies Who Launch Silicon Valley leader and San Francisco co-leader where she continues helping female entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses.

Her clients include: Closet Couture (a TechCrunch50 startup), The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Andy Baldwin, Ladies Who Launch, Savor the Success, 29-Day Giving Challenge, Feel Your Boobies, Twist Studios, Milestones Events, Slap Energy Drinks, Urban Darling, Lula Lu and Peternity.

When she's not working on a project for one of her many clients, you can find Hazel Grace on MySpace (member at the 500,000 mark), Yelp (Elite member for the past three years), Facebook (first GEO network user-ask about her top secret Facebook account!), and Twitter... just to name a few.