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    Arjun Rai, Serial Head of AI Products

    Arjun Rai, Serial Head of AI Products

    Founder and startup CEO for nearly a decade starting with ad tech to marketing software with AI. Side creative passions include carpentry, cooking etc. Learn more at ArjunRai.me.

    Entrepreneur New York City New York Institute of...
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    Experience
    Wrkbench.io
    Wrkbench.io
    Founder + CEO 2013 - 2016 (over 3 years)
    Wrkbench was a startup designed to help creatives visually collaborate on projects and manage tasks using a limitless whiteboard. The tool had the ability to place sticky... more notes, audio notes, PDFs, images and more directly onto pages and assign tasks to other members of a team. Think “Prezi for project management”.
    • Led a diverse team from napkin idea, wireframe to production app.
    • Raised $1.1M in seed funding through tech investors/VC.
    • Managed a team of software engineers, designers and support staff.
    • Created initiatives on branding and corporate culture within startup.
    • Led graphic design, user experience and user interface efforts for mobile SaaS app.
    Hawke Media
    Hawke Media
    Head of Product, Hawke.AI
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com
    Board Member
    SelfTact.com
    SelfTact.com
    Founder + CEO
    Acquired, owned and operated by SelfTact, Inc.)
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com
    Founder
    HelloWoofy.com (acquired, owned and operated by Zignite Labs, LLC.) is a smart marketing platform for small business owners, or “underdogs”, to use patented generative AI... more (11,115,356) to create, schedule and post marketing content to multiple mediums or channels at once.
    • Achieved a $23: ~$1000 CAC to LTV/Cart/Investment ratio
    • Obtained sales to capital raised ratio of $1:$1.6 .
    • Generated over to $1M in sales to date
    • Increased total API calls to over ~80M
    • Expanded customer base 21,900%
    • Raised over $1.8M in pre-seed funding through a robust network of investors and self financing (backed by funds 1517 and Quake Capital and investors Tim Draper, Steve Hayden, etc).
    • Found corporate partners (including Fortune 500 companies, such as Amazon and Google) resulting in over $250,000 resources.
    • Revenue generating with over 16,000 B2B members and users
    • Directed a team of software engineers, designers and a legal/finance professional.
    • Supervised design efforts for graphics, UI and UX for mobile/desktop app.
    • Successfully led a "turn around" effort with limited resources from concept to full product launch.
    Founder
     
    Employee
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com, SelfTact.com, Hawke Media, Wrkbench.io
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
     
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Social Media Marketing Driven By AI, Compliance and Voice Control | Hellowoofy.com - Woofy Social Media Marketing Driven by AI
    Hootsuite on Steroids
    One social media dashboard to rule them all. It's simple, it's organized, it's everything integrated into one place to help you manage multiple… · More social networks and keep your campaigns organized, while saving time and resources. Track performance with a glance. Our captivating art driven color-coded campaign schedules and design turns complicated insights into easy to digest format.
    Woofy.ai | Data Science for Marketers
    Visual Search Engine for Emojis, Hashtags, Words and Images
    Find the perfect emojis, hashtags, words and images for your social media copy
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Cold calling up billionaires while a teenage entrepreneur and getting mentorship/advice from a few. :)

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Managing Startups Internet Advertising Sales and Marketing Social Media Marketing Communications Marketing Communications Web Development Graphic Design User Interface Design User Experience Design Social Media Angel Investing Angel Funding Venture Capital Seed & Venture Capital Business Development User Interface Sketch Community Management Events Planning and Management Management Microsoft Adobe Illustrator Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) CSS HTML Planning Retail Start up Adobe Artificial Intelligence Email English language Equity French language Hindi Language Leadership
    Locations
    San Francisco Princeton New York City
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    Traction

    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Things a Little Bird Told Me

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Traveling

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Start early. Fail fast. GET BACK UP! Try again.

    What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

    Email me!

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    Engineering and Woodworking

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