Co-Founder
CurrentCo-founded and grew without investment a multimillion dollar gaming business with a focus on making classic games more engaging. Over 2 billion games played yearly.
Jan 2020 - Present
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Neal Taparia Email & Phone Number
Entrepreneur and Investor
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Unwind Media
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@imagineeasy.com
9 phones found area 847, 212, 630, 914, 347, 646, and 408
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Neal Taparia is listed as Entrepreneur and Investor at Unwind Media, based in New York, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at imagineeasy.com, phone signal with area code 847, 212, 630, 914, 347, 646, 408, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Neal Taparia.
Neal Taparia previously worked as Co-Founder at Unwind Media and Co-Founder at Sota Partners. Neal Taparia holds Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics And Religion from Northwestern University.
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About Neal Taparia
I've co-founded and scaled two multimillion dollar businesses, without investment. The first, Imagine Easy Solutions, was an edtech software business which I sold to Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) in 2016. I successfully further scaled it as an executive there, playing a key role in Chegg’s growth from $500M in market cap to $5B in three years.My latest venture, Unwind Media, is a gaming company which takes a new twist to classic games and now gets over 2 billion games played yearly.I also invest and advise startups through SOTA Partners, with a focus on consumer internet businesses.
Listed skills include Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Online Marketing, New Business Development, and 18 others.
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6 roles · 21 years
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Co-Founder
Current
Sota Partners
We incubate new businesses, and invest and advise in great teams:-Impossible Foods (plant based meat)-FullStack Academy (coding bootcamp - exited to Zovio)-Transfr VR (adaptive VR training and reskilling)-Tutored by Teachers (Augmenting teacher workfoce, backed by GSV)-Clover Food Lab (cult-following, locally sourced fast casual vegetarian chain)-Vemo (income sharing agreements)-Beam Jobs (tech enabled recruiting)
Jun 2019 - Present
Contributor
I wrote about Entrepreneurship on Forbes. You can see my articles here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nealtaparia/
Jul 2014 - Sep 2021
General Manager / Vice President
Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) acquired Imagine Easy Solutions, the company I co-founded and was the co-CEO. I continued to scale the business as an executive there helping Chegg's stock go from $4.00 to $40.00 in three years.Highlights include acquiring 2 more companies for our business unit, and leading key partnerships including one with Purdue University (a first for Chegg).
May 2016 - Jun 2019
Co-Founder / Co-Ceo (Acquired By Chegg)
-Grew business to over $20M in revenue and 60 employees without investment, and scaled further post-acquisition-Provided strategic direction, vision and execution of Saas, Ad-enabled, and B2B business lines-Made 4 accretive acquisitions rolling up the space-Launched some of the most popular brands in the education space like EasyBib.com-Business sold to Chegg May 2016 (https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/02/chegg-acquires-imagine-easy-solutions-the-company-behind-easybib-bibme-and-citation-machine/).
Feb 2001 - May 2016
Investment Banking Analyst
I was part of Lehman Brothers' 2006 investment banking class. I was able to join their private equity group. We worked on multi-million dollar individual fund investments, secondary fund investments, and co-investments in company buyouts.I left Lehman Brothers to work on Imagine Easy Solutions fulltime just 8 months before their collapse.
2006 - 2008
~2 yrs
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Neal Taparia education
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Northwestern University
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What company does Neal Taparia work for?
Neal Taparia works for Unwind Media.
What is Neal Taparia's role at Unwind Media?
Neal Taparia is listed as Entrepreneur and Investor at Unwind Media.
What is Neal Taparia's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @imagineeasy.com for Neal Taparia at Unwind Media.
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AeroLeads has found 9 phone signal(s) with area code 847, 212, 630, 914, 347, 646, 408 for Neal Taparia at Unwind Media.
Where is Neal Taparia based?
Neal Taparia is based in New York, United States while working with Unwind Media.
What companies has Neal Taparia worked for?
Neal Taparia has worked for Unwind Media, Sota Partners, Forbes, Chegg, and Imagine Easy Solutions.
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What schools did Neal Taparia attend?
Neal Taparia holds Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics And Religion from Northwestern University.
What skills is Neal Taparia known for?
Neal Taparia is listed with skills including Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Online Marketing, New Business Development, Product Development, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, and Social Media.
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