Neel Desai Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

I work with IDEA, Northeastern's Venture Accelerator and Center for Entrepreneurship Education as an Alum and Entrepreneur in Residence. I act as a sounding board to ventures at the earliest stage of their development.

Tiny angel investor in the following 👇🏽- Liquid Death - https://liquiddeath.com/- Carry - https://carrymoney.com/- SafetyKit- https://www.getsafetykit.com- Hadrius - https://www.hadrius.com/- BusRight - https://busright.com/- Loop Me In - https://www.loopmein.me/- Kredete - https://www.kredete.io/- RetailReady -https://www.retailreadyai.com/- Revin -https://www.revin.ai/- Glaze - https://www.shopglaze.com/- LP in search fund - https://www.stonestepspartners.com/

London, England, Gb

Joined Paddle as part of the ProfitWell acquisition ($200M exit). Led the post-merger integration of all ProfitWell products with Paddle. Also led various go-to-market initiatives around pricing/packaging, customer success, and sales engineering for transitioning the ProfitWell products into Paddle.

Boston, Ma, Us

Acquired for $200M in cash and equity transaction. 100% bootstrapped with $0 raised in funding. Our customers, the team, and the journey we took will always hold a special place in my heart.Led team of four PMs across three product lines generating eight figure ARR.

Boston, Ma, Us

Owned roadmap and product development of ProfitWell Metrics and ProfitWell Retain. Also led strategy and execution of Product-led revenue efforts, resulting in >120% net dollar retention and millions in ARR. Act as a player-coach to three PMs.Some examples of our work:https://www.profitwell.com/reactivationshttps://www.profitwell.com/hubspothttps://www.profitwell.com/term-optimizationhttps://www.profitwell.com/smshttps://www.profitwell.com/security

Boston, Ma, Us

Awarded 2019 ProfitWell MVP by exec team. Joined team as the first Product Manger to research, scope, develop and launch its products, reporting to the CPO.Wore a number of other hats including sales engineering, product marketing, customer success, customer support, and starred on hit show "ProfitWell Report.”Some examples of our work:https://www.profitwell.com/benchmarkshttps://www.profitwell.com/engagementhttps://www.profitwell.com/mobilehttps://www.profitwell.com/churn-reduction-software

Boston, Ma, Us

Advise CEO and the management team to continue improving venture experience.

Boston, Ma, Us

(1 year term)•Led management team of 25 in the areas of investments, operations, marketing, events, and tech•Led coaching team of 30 MBA students and young alumni to consult ventures in their growth•Oversaw the deployment of $250K to seed-stage startups •"Green-light" the advancement of over 200 ventures moving through the program•Fundraised and procure in-kind services from corporate partners to further establish IDEA's position and visibility in Boston's venture community•Appointed for a year-long tenure as CEO by the Dean of D'amore Mckim School of Business IDEA is Northeastern University's venture accelerator that serves more than 200 startup companies founded by Northeastern University students, alumni, and faculty. Our mission is twofold: to educate entrepreneurs and launch successful businesses. The program provides a platform for early-stage ventures to accelerate their growth with a business planning framework, hands-on coaching, industry and investor connections, and non-equity seed funding. Launched ventures have gone on to raise over $100 million in funding.

Boston, Ma, Us

(1 year term)The SPARK Boston Council, formerly ONEin3, is a City of Boston initiative that empowers millennials to play a greater role in planning for the future of our city. Council Members serve as the Mayor’s advisors on policies and programs and ambassadors to the rest of Boston’s large and diverse millennial population.

Boston, Ma, Us

•Assisted Professor Dennis Shaughnessy as a teaching assistant to develop and run summer program in Cape Town, South Africa•Taught students about global development and how business, innovation and entrepreneurship can lift families out of poverty•Enabled students to work as business consultants to micro-enterprises in the poor townships outside of Cape Town.

Williston, Vermont, Us

•Founded the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in an effort to assist residents of the community with technology literacy •Acquired funding from the U.S. Department of State to develop workshops focusing on technology literacy•Enabled the organization to have an impact of over $20,000 through partnerships with eight high schools, 1000+ student volunteer hours, and 300 community members •Partnered with AARP, Senator Patrick Leahy, and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation for events

Boston, Ma, Us

•Assisting faculty to develop and run summer program in Mumbai, Lucknow, New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Tilonia, Pune and Aurangabad, India •Particular focus on social entrepreneurship and sustainable development through practicing human centered design thinking and innovation in the informal economy

Boston, Ma, Us

• Sat on the Referenda Reform Committee, responsible for the largest overhaul of the student referenda process and proposing alternative process • Vice-Chaired the Finance Board, board of students responsible for allocating $2 million+ to various student groups on campus (2014)• Represented the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its students' interests.

•Oversaw all employer engagements to develop strategic partnerships and analytics based consulting assignments •Managed and lead enterprise customer development, leading to 52 defined project requirements, with partners including Forrester, Citizens Bank, EMC, Rue La La, and IDC •Worked alongside analytics managers to identify areas of improvement in the areas of data extraction, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, and statistical analysis•Led the initial development and discovery work for "xCases," a product designed to be a dynamic and real time data science case studyLevel is a platform to learn the foundational skills in data analytics. Level aligns it's curriculum to industry by integrating projects from leading employers.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Developed a fitness-wearable enterprise offering for a premier European soccer team and presented its go-to-market strategy to client within a three person team• Developed novel joint business ventures between the largest mobile device manufacturer and a top three wireless network provider leading to a well-defined go-to-market strategy within a three person team• Traveled alongside Senior Partner to assist with delivery of new business models strategy presentation to SVP of Product at a leading mobile device manufacture, enabling client to re-define existing suite of products and services and consider expanding operations into emerging global regions • Conducted research in areas such as mobile devices, software, and services for the largest mobile device manufacturer, enabling the client to evaluate the impact of mobile ecosystems in an IP infringement arbitration case • Conducted due diligence for a premier private equity firm deterring $100 million+ investment within a three person team• Assisted with customer discovery and creative venture financing for an early stage software analytics start-up alongside Partner at firm • Conducted research to assist in developing a model to forecast shipments of cellular enabled wearables for a top three wireless network provider within a three person team leading to a well defined TAMEndeavour Partners is a strategy consulting firm that enables companies operating in mobile and digital markets to maximize their value by offering insight into their future ecosystem. Endeavour helps its clients anticipate the future, navigate the resulting opportunities and innovate for growth. Its clients include device manufacturers, network operators, infrastructure providers, and financial investors. Endeavour also serves companies in the (many) industries that are increasingly impacted by mobile technology, such as retail, healthcare, media and transportation.

• Conducted hearings for students who had violated the student code of conduct• Responsible for deciding sanctions ranging from deferred suspension to expulsion from the University

• Designed and implemented a process for the legal office to convert all estate planning operations to be paperless• Assisted attorney's with assorted IT and operational initiatives within firm

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Served as one of thirty U.S. Senate Pages, nominated by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy• Assisted the Senate Democratic Party members with various tasks around the Senate Chamber• Elected as Vice President of the Senate Page School

Rutherford, New Jersey, Us

• Tutored students ages 5-18 in mathematics and reading comprehension

Montpelier, Vermont, Us

•Assisted Vermont state legislature to streamline house and senate chamber communication in the State House

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Economics W/ Minor In Global Social Entrepreneurship, International Affairs

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