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With Soraya Darabi (Co-founder, Zady).
Wed, Dec 03, 2014 @ 06:30 PM   $10   Pivotal Labs, 625 Ave of the Americas, 2nd Fl
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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<H2 STYLE="color: #444 !important; margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font: normal normal normal 22px/24px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;"><STRONG>Soraya Darabi</STRONG>, Zady.com</H2>
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<DIV CLASS="column">Soraya Darabi is the co-founder of <SPAN STYLE="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%);">Zady.com</SPAN>, a shopping platform and lifestyle destination for the next generation of consumers who care about the origins of the items they purchase. Zady launched to rave reviews in August 2013, and was featured on the cover of The Wall Street Journal's Off Duty section with an article entitled: <SPAN STYLE="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%);">Feel-Good Fashion: The New Black</SPAN>.<BR> <BR> What Whole Foods has done for the organic food movement, Zady does for sourced products. Zady is amongst the first online retailers to seamlessly integrate commerce, rich media content and social media to provide customers with a dynamic shopping experience. On Zady, customers can learn about the conscious consumer movement and purchase beautiful goods that were created with craftsmanship and artisanship - qualities that have been sacrificed in a world of cheap prices and fast production. Early this year, Zady was named one of <SPAN STYLE="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%);">The World</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%);">'s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Retail </SPAN>by Fast Company and one of <SPAN STYLE="color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 100.000000%);">22 Instagram Accounts Fashionistas Should Follow in 2014 </SPAN>by Buzzfeed.com.<BR> <BR> Having begun her career as Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media at The New York Times, Soraya quickly became recognized as a thought leader with her finger on the pulse of today's ever- changing digital landscape. While at The New York Times, Soraya positioned the global news leader on networks such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, partnered with startups large and small, and established award-winning campaigns. She was also tasked with teaching journalists and chief executives alike how to best use and leverage social media. Renowned Times columnist Nicholas Kristof credits Darabi as being "the only reason why he has [millions] of followers on Twitter."<BR> <BR> Following her tenure at the Times, Soraya served as Product Lead for drop.io, a real-time online sharing, collaboration, and presentation service (acquired by Facebook). She then went on to co-found the mobile application Foodspotting, named by Apple and Wired Magazine as an app of the year before being acquired by Open Table.<BR> <BR> Soraya was recently featured on the cover of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business issue, and Brandweek's Hot Digital issue, and was named one of Inc. Magazine's "30 Under 30," and included in AdAge's 25 People in Media to Follow on Twitter.<BR> <BR> Soraya received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Georgetown University.</DIV>
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<H2 STYLE="color: #444 !important; margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font: normal normal normal 22px/24px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;"><STRONG>Peter Crysdale</STRONG>, New York City Chapter Director</H2>
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<P STYLE="float: right; color: #444; font: normal normal normal 12px/20px Helvetica, arial, sans-serif !important; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; width: 450px;">Peter is the Founder/CEO of <A TITLE="StrategyHack" HREF="http://www.strategyhack.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">StrategyHack</A>, running marketing strategy hackathons for startups and professional marketers. He has a diverse background with 8+ years experience spanning engineering, social good and technology startups. In his spare time, he enjoys day dreaming and cross country skiing. <BR><BR>Email: <A HREF="mailto:peter@startupgrind.com" REL="nofollow">peter@startupgrind.com</A> | Twitter: <A HREF="http://twitter.com/PCrysdale" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">@PCrysdale</A></P>
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<H2 STYLE="color: #444 !important; margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font: normal normal normal 22px/24px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;"><STRONG>Joshua Ness</STRONG>, Director of Marketing & Operations</H2>
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<P STYLE="float: right; color: #444; font: normal normal normal 12px/20px Helvetica, arial, sans-serif !important; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; width: 450px;">Josh is a growth strategistin the New York City startup community. He's currently the strategy lead for a strategy startup, and he thinks that'spretty meta.<BR><BR>Email: <A HREF="mailto:josh@startupgrind.com" REL="nofollow">josh@startupgrind.com</A> | Twitter: <A HREF="http://twitter.com/jcness" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">@jcness</A></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 5px 0 !important; padding: 0 !important;">AlleyWatch is a media property focused on the advancement of the tech and startup ecosystem in New York and beyond. AlleyWatch is the trusted voice of venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, accelerators, startup employees, thought leaders, event organizers, corporate executives, academics, city officials, PR/press and tech enthusiasts.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 5px 0 !important; padding: 0 !important;">Pivotal Labs is the agile development services unit of Pivotal, the software company at the intersection of Big Data, PaaS and Agile. For more than 25 years, Pivotal Labs has remained at the forefront of agile development by building highly reliable, scalable software for innovative leaders and emerging companies across multiple industries.</P>
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