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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Consulting Clients
I consult with clients to solve their marketing and retention problems with code. See how I can help you acquire more customers and reduce churn.Previously
- I'll help you find your life purpose
- EasyCal - a web booking calendar (and the EasyCal small business advice blog)
- For two years I was a digital nomad
- NiceTips - Travel advice for independent travelers, backpackers, and digital nomads (offline)
From Kareem Mayan's Blog
From Tumblr
- "Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to..."
- "The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push..."
- "It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement."
- "The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In..."
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About Me
Work
- Co-Founder, SocialWOD(2011-present)
- Consulting Product Lead at ChimpFund.com (2008-present)
- 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 prototyped products for sites like MySpace. Led product development of the first sports social network (2005-07)
- Technical Producer on ESPN's fantasy sports game engine, which is responsible for seven figures in revenue annually. 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...
- Mentor at Grow Lab (2010-present)
- Advisor to WorldBlu on tech and business strategy (2006-10)
- Moderated Creative Good peer learning and leadership network of Fortune 2000 directors and managers (2006)
- Brought together community of 85 techies as 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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