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Build a business you’d never want to sell
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Nima Elyassi-rad
Vice President GTM at Shippo
San Francisco, California
Overview
Nima Elyassi-Rad is a Ferris Wheel Operator with a diverse background in real estate, competitive analysis, strategic planning, and sales operations. With experience as Vice President of GTM at Shippo and as an Executive In Residence at Canvas Ventures, Nima has demonstrated expertise in business development, operations management, and entrepreneurship.
Work Experience
Private Investor
2015 - Current
Companies: * Shippo https://shippo.com/ * Bitrefill https://bitrefill.com/ * Autosquared https://autosquared.ai/ * HOVER https://hover.to/ * MintGreen https://mintgreen.co/ * Showpad https://showpad.com/ * and more Funds: * Tenacity Venture Capital https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/in-raging-bear-market-tenacity-raises-oversubscribed-fund-in-record-time-301580320.html * Handful of Angellist syndicates
Vice President GTM
2023 - 2025
Your global friendly shipping platform. Long games only.
Vice President of Global Business Development and Sales
2023 - 2023
Head Of Business Development
2022 - 2023
Principal Business Development
2019 - 2022
Shippo is a shipping platform with tools for label creation, tracking, and carrier comparisons, saving time and cost.
Raised $154,275,000.00 from Uncork Capital, Empede Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Co-Founder
2017 - 2021
⚽️ is an immigrant. We tell stories about our planet’s universal Esperanto. Stories that celebrate and unite people through our shared history. https://eterno.boutique/blogs/get-in-you-beauty https://eterno.boutique/collections/boutique https://Instagram.com/eternoHQ
Eterno's purpose is to share the history and culture of soccer with the rest of the globe.
Investor
2016 - 2017
The Great Experiment: help founders build real businesses. http://www.indie.vc/
Executive In Residence
2015 - 2016
Met with A LOT of founders. Mapped markets. Did due diligence. Supported portfolio companies. Enhanced gif game. http://www.canvas.vc/
Canvas Ventures is an early-growth fund focusing on AI transforming digital health and fintech.
Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships
2014 - 2015
Defined one KPI to focus the ship(po). Responsible for business (not engineering or product), group push-ups, 80s & 90s Hip Hop and whiskey. Worked with some of the best humans I know. Made friends for life. https://goshippo.com/
Shippo is a shipping platform with tools for label creation, tracking, and carrier comparisons, saving time and cost.
Raised $154,275,000.00 from Uncork Capital, Empede Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Marketplace Operations
2013 - 2014
Developed an outbound sales process. Executed sales campaigns. Grew revenue 47x. Took out the trash. Started a special relationship with dried mangos. https://recruitloop.com/
Head of Sales Intelligence
2011 - 2013
Directed the launch of Groupon’s largest sales campaign. Helped grow revenue $300M YoY. Managed a team of 70. Lead Management and Sales Campaigns for 650 sales reps. Shared tea and healthy snacks with all. https://www.groupon.com/
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies.
Raised $1,387,000,000.00 from MIG Capital, RTP Global and Atairos.
Co-founder / Portfolio Manager
2008 - 2008
Designed two model portfolios: outperformed the S&P 500 by 35% and 27%, respectively. Covered costs with wins but lost 6% on the principal in the end while S&P 500 lost 37%. Strategy = long volatility. A good call in 2008.
Various
2001 - 2008
2001-2004: * Ian's Pizza: one of the best businesses I'm lucky and grateful to have been a part of; * Hip Hop Radio DJ for 3.5 years; * DJ Promoter for 3.5 years; * An organizer for the largest Hip Hop conference in the country at the time; * Sold electronics at Best Buy: huge hit with audiophiles and grandmas; * Scraped and painted; * Telemarketed: yep I was one of those people calling you at 6pm, every night. Hustled. Period. 2004-2008: * Tried to start five businesses. None ever got off the ground. Learned a TON; * To pay the bills while attempting to start businesses, I worked temp, part-time and full-time jobs, 9-5. * Worked on business ideas pretty much from 630pm to midnight...every day; * To validate one of the five ideas, I got a job at Whole Foods as a buyer. Alas, thegreenerway.com never came to fruition. In hindsight, life-changing experiences. https://badgerherald.com/news/2002/04/18/hip-hop-conference-c/ https://ianspizza.com/ https://wsum.org/ https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
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