Ashkan Karbasfrooshan
CEO at WatchMojo
Montreal, Canada AreaInternet
Current
WatchMojo.com, Mediapost, TechCrunch
Previous
IGN Entertainment, AskMen.com a unit of News Corp. and IGN Entertainment, Mamma.com
Education
Concordia University
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Background
Summary
Ernst & Young 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in Media Category.
Track record of launching, building and scaling content companies with advertising supported models:
- Previous company sold to News Corp.
- Existing company WatchMojo bootstrapped to leadership position in online video market.
Specialties:- Formulation of Content Direction in Text or Video
- Scaling of Content Creation
- Developing Distribution Models for Text and Video Content
- Advertising Models for Content
- Licensing Models for Content
- Video Content Strategy
- Sales Management
- Human Resources
- Marketing and Advertising
- Strategy & Competition
- User Acquisition Models
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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Experience
CEO
WatchMojo.com
January 2006 – Present (7 years 4 months)
WatchMojo.com is one of the largest producers, publishers and syndicators of online video for the web, wireless and out-of-home digital markets, covering the People, Places and Trends that have shaped history.
Company reaches 75 million consumers per month across multiple platforms, with 1.4 billion all-time views online.
WatchMojo has never raised outside capital, is privately-held, profitable and independent.
Author of 2 books:
- Course to Success: Everything You Need To Succeed Beyond School
- The Confessions of Alexander the Great: 33 Lessons in Greatness
Contributor
Mediapost
February 2010 – Present (3 years 3 months)
Publish weekly column on strategy, financing and M&A in new media and online video industries.
Contributor
TechCrunch
October 2009 – Present (3 years 7 months)
Publish weekly column on new media, online video, deals and entrepreneurship.
Moderator and Panelist
Industry Conferences
January 2006 – Present (7 years 4 months)
Panelist/Moderator at Digital Hollywood, Streaming Media conferences.
Sales Manager
IGN Entertainment
June 2005 – December 2005 (7 months)
Following IGN Entertainment's acquisition of AskMen, integrated AskMen's sales force into IGN Entertainment.
Set record for annual sales in 2005, with $2-3M in one year and record one-month $100,000 deal with Johnnie Walker in December 2005 (over $300,000 in last month, for a run rate of $3.6M).
Resigned in December 2005 to pursue new venture.
VP Sales, Writer, Spokesperson, Interviewer
AskMen.com a unit of News Corp. and IGN Entertainment
September 2000 – December 2005 (5 years 4 months)
- In charge of ad sales, generated $8M.
- Wrote 1,000 columns, featured on MSN.com and AOL.com, amongst others.
- Resident celeb interviewer, interviewed the likes of Joe Montana and Hugh Hefner
- Spokesperson, quoted in Forbes, BBC and many more.
Mgr, Investor Relations
Mamma.com
January 2000 – September 2000 (9 months)
Supported CEO and CFO in strategic planning and corporate development.
Courses
Concordia University
finance advertising
Skills & Expertise
Most endorsed for...
41Video
30Advertising
27Content Strategy
25Digital Media
11Strategic Planning
11Media Analysis
7Mergers
5Business Valuation
5M&A experience
5Mergers & Acquisitions
Ashkan also knows about...
4Sales Management
3Human Resources
3Video Advertising
3New Media
2Web Video
2Strategy
1video
1Inter-personal
1SEO
1Digital Strategy
1Strategic Partnerships
1Start-ups
1Monetization
1Analytics
1Blogging
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Education
Concordia University
Commerce, Finance
1996 – 1999
Activities and Societies: Served as a teacher's assistant, lecturing finance and web marketing at both Concordia's John Molson School of Business and McGill's Management program. Finance and Investments Student Assocation, VP Communications
(Open)1 course
Additional Info
Interests
Finance, Advertising, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Public Speaking, Writing
Advice for Contacting Ashkan
ash@watchmojo.com
514-827-2532
Recommendations Given (2)
Julius Ramirez
Director, Publisher Development
Julius is a tireless, meticulous and courteous professional in the new media space who is always a pleasure to work with no matter what the circumstances.
As a publisher myself, Julius was my counterpart at AdBrite, and I worked with him to serve many marketers and deliver multiple advertising campaigns; it was nice to know that I could count on someone like him to get...more
April 2, 2011, Ashkan was with another company when working with Julius at AdBrite
John Lisovitch
Vice President Business Development
John and I struck a distribution deal while he was at Wizzard, I am glad that we did, because subsequently I got to learn more about him, his wealth of experience and the amazing rolodex he has built over the years.
John would add a lot to any established media or tech company or startup.
April 27, 2009, Ashkan was with another company when working with John at Wizzard Software
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