22 May May 22, 2015 – Mobile Guru, Uber Investor Nihal Mehta & Hollywood Producer Maury Rogow
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Nihal Mehta – Mobile Entrepreneur, Uber & AirBnB Investor, and Founding General Partner of ENIAC Ventures
Nihal Mehta is a Founding General Partner of Eniac Ventures, a mobile venture firm. He founded five startups and has invested in more than 100 since 1999, Nihal is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies for media properties and consumer brands. As the founding CEO, Nihal grew LocalResponse’s revenues 2153% over a three year period, which placed the company at #204 (#14 in NYC) on the 2014 Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies and #67 on the 2013 Forbes list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Prior to LocalResponse, Nihal founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies, which was acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal’s investment portfolio includes Admob (sold to Google), Airbnb, HotelTonight, Swiftkey, Tapad & Uber. In 2013, Nihal was named a semi-finalist for “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young, and in 2012 a top 100 “Coolest People in NY Tech,” by Business Insider. VentureBeat named him a “NYC tech influencer” and New York Enterprise Report named him a top 10 New York City “Game Changer.”
Maury Rogow – CEO of Rip Media Group, Produced 400+ commercials, 3 Feature Films, 80 brand launches & Author of Rise of the Entrepreneur
Maury Rogow has successfully launching products and grown revenue at high-tech companies like AT&T, Lucent, Cisco Systems, GeoTel, Watchfire, and Avaya. Eight years ago, he started Rip Media Group to help new companies increase sales by producing branded commercials, and amplify brands globally with digital marketing campaigns. His company, Rip Media Group, has produced over 400 commercial videos and product launches. We help start ups as well as worldwide brands. He is also author of “Rise of the Entrepreneur,” “90 Seconds to Impress,” and “The 6 Lessons for Producing a Winning Commercial.”
