Hi, You've Found Kareem Mayan
I'm a product and marketing focused entrepreneur who ships.
I co-founded SocialWOD and eduFire and built profitable web apps at ESPN, FIM, and ALS.net
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Previously
- I'll help you find your life purpose
- EasyCal - a web booking calendar (and the EasyCal small business advice blog)
- NiceTips - Travel advice for independent travelers, backpackers, and digital nomads (offline)
From Kareem Mayan's Weblog
- "People are always ready to admit a man’s ability after he gets there."
- “I need a plan.”
- "Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they..."
- Steve Jobs liked my writing. I first helped him out on some of...
- "Imagine for a moment that the life you currently have is taken away from you. Everything in it –..."
About Me
Work
- Co-Founder, SocialWOD and CrossFit Gyms(current)
- Heading up product development at ChimpFund.com (2008-2011)
- Co-founded eduFire, where teachers use live video to teach students around the globe (2007-08)
- Director of Product Dev at FOX Interactive Media (FIM) Labs, where I did product R&D and prototyping for sites like MySpace. Led product development of the first sports social network (2005-07)
- On team that built ESPN's fantasy sports game engine. Helped grow ESPN Insider, a subscription product, by 25% in 6 months (2002-05)
- Developer at ALS.net, helping the small non-profit raise money and search for a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease (2001-02)
Also...
- Advise WorldBlu on tech and business strategy (current)
- Moderated Creative Good peer learning and leadership network of Fortune 2000 directors and managers (2006)
- Brought together Los Angeles community of 85 techies as a co-organizer of LA’s first Barcamp “unconference” (2006)
- Learned how to improve key metrics by improving a business's customer experience in Creative Good’s year-long Fellows Program (2005)
Personal
- Born and raised in Toronto, Canada
- McGill University graduate with a degree in psychology and computer science
- Lived in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Boston, West Hartford CT, Santa Monica CA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Budapest, Hungary
- Currently: Vancouver, BC
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