Startup founder. Builder of ideas, businesses and things.

Dr. Amol Sarva

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Founder, builder, and ex-philosopher

// Aikito
Turnkey platform for commercial spaces.

// CornerUp
Marketplace for corner stores.

// Popular Change
Take a chance making something new.

// Knotel
Global flex office platform.

// Knote
Shared notes for teamwork.

// Halo Neuroscience
Unlock your potential. Neurotechnology headset that boosts brain function.

// 2007-2012 -- Peek --> http://getpeek.com

Peek created the world's first mass-market smart device.

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// Blog

http://amol.sarva.co

// Podcast

See https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-know/id1453324743

Cofounder

Taking a chance making something new that people need.

Invited founding member of community to address challenges and opportunities from new technologies and the business models they enable.

Global Vanguard

Collaborating with brilliant scientists on creating an objective Gender Identity and health platform

Chair

Developed and taught the course "Venturing to Change the World" about the ideas, process, frameworks, and context of startups and entrepreneurship. Starting Spring 2018, teaching the next level course: "Making History through Venturing". More at http://tiny.cc/venturing

Faculty

Brings people and ideas together on one dashboard http://knote.com

Co-founder and CEO

Knotel invented the flexible workspace platform for companies. Acquired by Newmark (the brokerage known as Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.)

Wearable neurostimulation technology that boosts brain function. (Acquired.)

Co-founder, founding CEO and President

Mentor

Occasionally visit with the management. Acquired by ADP.

Advisor

Investor, Director

Mentor at the R/GA Techstars Accelerator.

Senior Advisor

My Kickstarter-backed ABC book, Q is for Queens, now available at PS1 MoMA and stores around Queens.

http://www.qisforqueens.co

Author

Maker of the first mass market smartphone - a worldwide award winning $30 email & Internet gadget. The Peek cloud and featurephone stack was then built into a range of widely used apps by a range of global customers including Bharti SoftBank, MicroMax, Twitter, ZTE, Viber, Saavn, and Xobni.

Raised >$25mm in venture capital and acquired by our lead customer Bharti SoftBank.

Founder and CEO

Startup seeking to create open access for US wireless spectrum on C Block auctions. Succeeded in winning open requirements from FCC. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Ram Sriram and Best Buy

Mobile phone service by Digicel Group. Raised $18 million capital. Partnered with Verizon Wireless as network and Wal-Mart for national distribution. Merged by Digicel into another US wireless startup.

Co-founder, VP Product

Strategy consultant in telecommunications, wireless, media for new products, technologies, processes, organizational structures and financial structures. Led McKinsey project teams and advised multiple teams worldwide.

Served the top management of the largest telecom and wireless players in the world on a wide range of matters from fundamental strategy to operational execution.

Engagement Manager

Second person to join with John Tantum in early 2000 to develop a business plan for a new US mobile venture which became a JV between Virgin Group in UK and Sprint PCS to offer prepaid wireless phone service targeted at US 15-30 year old market.
- Principal responsibility for finance function including development of business plan, financial models, private placement, quantitative analysis of costs and product plan. 
- Negotiated key portions of joint-venture, audited Sprint PCS's cost structure.
- Led development of Virgin Mobile's data product suite, including WAP and SMS applications; negotiated exclusive relationship with MTV. For example, created the "Rescue Ring" and "Hit List".
IPO 2008, Acquired by Sprint PCS
- Left after $300mm capital committed and product launched.

Director, Finance and Corporate Development

Online telecom equipment exchange/auction site backed by Trinity Ventures.

Launch consultant

ISP with free PC bundle. Sold to Earthlink.

Director, Business Development

Internet and technology consulting and services. We made websites and CD-ROMs!