Christopher Schroeder is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the author of "Startup Rising." In 2010, he wrote an op-ed for "The Washington Post "about the start-ups in Dubai, and was subsequently invited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to judge a start-up competition in Cairo one week before Tahrir Square. He is on the boards of advisors of the American University of Cairo School of Business and regional start-up resources Wamda and Oasis500. He lives in Washington, DC.