Austin, Texas - United States
IndustryProfessional Training
Bio
Naveed is a startup and education strategist. He is the founder of The Start (thestart.io), a 4-week online bootcamp for aspiring entrepreneurs and was most recently working on Growth & Strategy Initiatives at Reactor Core, a network of the world's top coding schools. Previously, Naveed was the Chief Strategy Officer at DonorNation.org, a philanthropic marketplace that helps to support local schools and businesses committed to the greater good. In this role, he helped in pivoting the company to the education market, hiring key executives, and raising seed financing. Prior to DonorNation.org, Naveed co-founded Rally.org (originally Piryx.com), a social giving platform that has been used by 60,000 non-profits, political campaigns and social entrepreneurs around the globe raising nearly a billion dollars in fundraising volume. He oversaw the platform and developer strategy at Rally.org, in addition to wearing many hats throughout the founding and growth phases. Rally.org received backing from leading venture capitalists including Floodgate Fund, Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Google Ventures. Naveed currently gives back through his leadership roles with several non-profit organizations, including serving as an advisor to the Thiel Fellowship and as the National Program Manager for the Professional Ventures Program at the Ismaili Professionals Network leading the IPN BootCamp and IPN LaunchPad initiatives. Naveed received his Bachelor of Science in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007; graduating with High Honors and receiving the Eva Stevenson Woods Endowed Presidential Scholarship and GSD&M Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising.