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    Shane Neman

    Shane Neman

    Founder of EZ Texting & JoonBug. Serial entrepreneur and investor in Technology, Real Estate & Hospitality.

    Miami New York University '99
    shaneneman.com
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    Experience
    Neman Real Estate Ventures
    Neman Real Estate Ventures
    Founder, Principal 2001 - Present (over 25 years)
    In 1999 I purchased my first property in NYC, an apartment on Central Park South that I renovated and resold within a few months. Since then, I have consistently increased... more my portfolio of real estate holdings with over 15 years of real estate management and investment experience focusing on a wide range of property types in the Unites States. Holdings include over 20 large commercial shopping centers, distressed properties, luxury vacation homes, large residential buildings and hotels.
    CallFire
    CallFire
    Chief Product Officer & Director of Corp Development 2012 - 2014 (about 2 years)
    Since late 2012, I have helped drive product revenues up by 20%+ YOY. While overseeing East Coast operations and leading a team of 15+, I spearhead full cycle product development... more including user experience design. In addition to corporate development initiatives, I have also led telecom litigation issues and FCC matters.
    Spearheaded the companies' M&A activity and acquisitions strategy. I initiated, sourced and closed the successful acquisition of Fire Text UK by CallFire in November of 2014.
    EZ Texting
    EZ Texting
    Founder, CEO & Founder 2005 - 2014 (about 9 years)
    Over the course of seven years, I grew our customer base from 0 to over 50,000+ SMBs throughout the US and Canada including such brands as The Home Depot, Public Storage,... more Pepsi, The Container Store, The VA and Uber. EzTexting.com now helps tens of thousands of businesses around the world build affordable and effective SMS Text Message Marketing campaigns using our SaaS platform.
    Joonbug
    Joonbug
    Founder, CEO and Founder 2001 - 2008 (about 7 years)
    In 2001 I created JoonBug.com; the only events and media company of its kind at the time. Joonbug.com married online media (event, music and lifestyle content and photos)... more with actual events targeted for young urban professionals and tastemakers.
    Within 7 years I increased revenues from 0 to 25M+, built a user database to over 1M, and a company of over 75 employees in our NYC based office in Chelsea.
    In 2008, the company was sold to long time competitor.
    Founder
    Neman Real Estate Ventures, Joonbug, EZ Texting
    Employee
    CallFire
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    Projects
    CallFire
    Cloud Communications Software
    Over 4 Billion Messages Delivered Sign Up For Free Use text and phone call reminders to develop customer relationships and alert them to new opportunities.… · More Easily send personalized messages to all of your prospects and customers in minutes, not hours. Activate lead lists, track advertising performance, and shorten collection cycles.
    Ez Texting
    Leading CPaaS Platform
    PHP, MongoDB, PostgreSQL · We believe an SMS marketing service should be easy to use, easy to afford, and easy to customize, which is why we make… · More launching a custom SMS marketing campaign fun, inexpensive, and fast. With EZ Texting, your marketing team can send bulk SMS campaigns in the United States and Canada for low cost and no hassle.

    Founder and Developer
     
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    About
    Achievements

    Sole founder of two bootstrapped highly profitable Tech companies which I successfully exited with no VC investments.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Programming Business Development Corporate Development Mergers & Acquisitions Telecommunications SaaS Mobile SMS/MMS Email And Sms Marketing Event Production Event Promotion Real Estate Investing Real Estate Management
    What I'm Looking For

    I actively invest in Tech & Real Estate Ventures. I also purchase mature Apps and SaaS companies with $1M+ revenues.

    Describe what you're looking for in a company.
    Locations
    Miami New York City
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    Its not considered business related but if you can master it then it will help you a lot more than any business book can: The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis

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

    Exactly what I am doing now.

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Don't worry so much

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    I tried to make a self portrait once - but that didnt really work out very well

    Which founders or startups do you most admire?

    1. Twilio
    2. New Relic
    3. Atlassian

    What's your super power?

    Letting go of the past and living in the now.

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

    Email me.

    What words of wisdom do you live by?

    Make yourself uncomfortable.

    What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

    Anything that can spur growth.

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    Computer Science 101

    What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

    Learned Guitar

    What's an obstacle you've overcome?

    Too many to list. But mostly realizing that there is no such things as obstacles.

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