Soraya Darabi
Cofounder of Foodspotting. In a prior life, the Manager of Social Media + Digital Partnerships at The New York Times.
I invest in 5 startups a year
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Entrepreneur, Tech Stars mentor, advisor. I'm helpful for recruitment purposes, product feedback, launch strategy, organic growth, customer acquisition, business development and marketing (partnerships, social, word of mouth, seo / sem, paid, pr /events, community).
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(Bio, paraphrased): Darabi has her finger firmly on the pulse of today's media landscape. At 23, she landed a self-described "dream job" as Manager of Digital Partnerships & Social Media at The New York Times, where she positioned the brand across new platforms, established award-winning campaigns. Darabi taught senior reporters & execs how to use social, how to leverage it. In fact, Nick Kristof credits Darabi as being "the only reason why he has millions of followers." Her profound understanding of new media makes it easy to see why she made the cover of Fast Company's "Most Creative People in Business" issue, the cover of Brandweek's "Digital" issue in 2011. Never one to rest on her laurels, Darabi continued to expand her influence as a co-founder of Foodspotting, a social mobile app, which boasts two million + downloads and was named a Wired app of the year. She speaks about technology on-air, sits on the 'Digital Advisory Board' for brands like GE, is a Tech Stars mentor in NYC.
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