Board Member
Touraj Parang
Serial Entrepreneur; COO at Serve Robotics; Operating Partner @pearvc Venture Capital
Serial Entrepreneur; COO at Serve Robotics; Operating Partner @pearvc Venture Capital
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Experience
VP Corporate Development
Lead strategy, M&A and partnerships for several business units including Productivity, Domains, Telephony and Professional Web Services
Lox.ai (acquired by Postmates)
Founder, Founding Board Member
Advised on product strategy, partnerships and sale to Postmates within 1 year of founding
Exit
Founding COO, Advisor
Defined strategy, launched the marketplace and created the playbook for national expansion.
Exit
Jaxtr
Founder, Board Member & COO
Grew the company to over 10M users and raised $20M in financing. Won many awards for innovations in consumer web and telecommunications technologies.
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Founder
Employee
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Education
About
Achievements
As an Operating Partner at Pear Venture Capital (formerly Pejman Mar Ventures), I provide strategic guidance and operational advice to passionate entrepreneurial teams.
As VP Corporate Development at GoDaddy, I lead M&A and corporate strategy for several business units, with a focus on new product innovation and growth.
As VP Strategy and Corporate Development of Webs, repositioned one of the most popular website creation tools with over 40M users, successfully executed on its transformation into a leading SMB marketing solutions and led its strategic sale to Vistaprint in 2011.
As Co-Founder and COO of Jaxtr and UpCounsel, raised over $20 million from top tier venture capital firms, launched products serving millions of users and recruited over 60 employees.
I have actively participated in evaluation, negotiation and execution of over 150 M&A and venture financing transactions valued over $1.7 billion in aggregate.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
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Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
The Alchemist, Innovator's Dilemma, Shoe Dog, Information Rules, Propaganda
What's your favorite non-business book?
Notes from Underground, The Alchemist, Cat's Cradle, When Breath Becomes Air
If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
Philosophy
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Dream bigger and don't be shy about asking for help to achieve it.
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
Change careers every couple of years
Which founders or startups do you most admire?
Too many to mention
What's your super power?
Knowing that I don't have one, and therefore, I need to work 3 times as hard as the next guy
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
Descriptive LinkedIn message with a specific ask. DO NOT send the generic invite if you like to be taken seriously.
What words of wisdom do you live by?
"Be Water My Friend" -Bruce Lee
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