Ali Ahmed
Cofounder & CEO @robomart
Startup mentor @founder-institute @singularity-university-1
Hardware & robotics expert @wefunder
Angel investor @airhouse-hq @marketbase @kiwibot
Cofounder & CEO @robomart
Startup mentor @founder-institute @singularity-university-1
Hardware & robotics expert @wefunder
Angel investor @airhouse-hq @marketbase @kiwibot
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Experience
Advisor
Dispatch
Founder, CEO
In 2015 I launched Dispatch, the first conversational commerce app in the UK which lets you get anything delivered in an hour just by sending an instant message. I took it... more to over £1 million in request value in its first year, with revenues growing at 18% per week, an average order size of £140, and a 40% repeat purchase rate.
Founder
I started Lutebox in 2011 with the vision to make online chat more natural, and built several patented products in messaging and video chat. Over six years Lutebox launched... more four apps, raised £2 million in funding and employed 38 people. Our flagship app was voted one of London’s top ten most loved apps by TheNextWeb.
Advisor
Exit
Strategy & Analytics
I spent a short stint working on strategy and analytics for the fastest growing internet company in history according to Forbes, a year before its IPO. I provided senior management... more with strategic insights and learnt first hand how to scale a tech startup to millions of users.
Rsm
Management Consultant
I advised the CEO and Chairman of one of the largest healthcare groups in Kuwait, on marketing and business development policy.
Glaxosmithkline
New Product Development Manager
I constructed the generics business for GSK Pakistan through the planning and development of the 21 product portfolio and crafted market entry strategies after conducting... more a detailed industry audit. I was promoted to Assistant Manager within three months of joining.
Founder
Employee
Advisor
Education
About
Achievements
• Voted one of the 'Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech' by KPMG & DiversityUK
• Endorsed by Tech City UK as an 'Exceptional Talent' in digital technology
• Invited to 10 Downing Street to receive award for the Startup Games
• Presented Robomart to the Crown Prince of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan
• Presented Lutebox to the President of Portugal, H.E. Aníbal Cavaco Silva
• Mentor to startups on the Lisbon Challenge, Wayra and the National Incubation Center
• Awarded patent US 8,943,141 B2 for Social Networking System and Methods of Implementation
• Member of the Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators and high achievers
• Accepted onto the cross-disciplinary HighWire PhD at Lancaster University
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Locations
Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
'Boo Hoo: A Dot Com Story' by Ernst Malmsten
If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
Exactly what I'm doing right now.
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Persist.
What's your super power?
Super Grit.
What words of wisdom do you live by?
True entrepreneurs find a way.