Entrepreneur, All-around nice guy; Founder: Photojojo, Jelly, ChangeThis
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at Photojojo
- Founder at Jelly
- Past
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- Founder at Creative Code
- Presidenté at The Daily Jolt
- Online Strategy and Customer Experience Consultant at Creative Good
- Jack-of-all-trades & Managing Editor at ChangeThis / Seth Godin
- Program Development Consultant at World Health Organization
- Interface Designer, Java Developer at Neuvis, Inc.
- Education
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- Amherst College
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Amit Gupta’s Summary
I am an entrepreneur. I enjoy using the Internet to help people have more fun.
* I founded and run Photojojo, a brand devoted to the intersection of photography and fun.
* I also started and organize Jelly, a casual coworking event that brings together tech workers and freelancers in dozens of cities around the world.
In the past..
* I helped create ChangeThis with Seth Godin, and served as Managing Editor.
* I organized tech industry and art events in NYC, like BarCamp, Facebook developer meetups, and bARTer.
* I founded The Daily Jolt, a profitable online campus-specific community site operating at over 100 college campuses.
Amit Gupta’s Specialties:
Online community, online marketing, web application development, photography, usability.
Amit Gupta’s Experience
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Founder
Photojojo
(Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
Photojojo is a brand devoted to the intersection of photography and fun. We publish a popular email newsletter, run an online store for photographers, and are beloved by our readers.
You may have seen us in the Wall Street Journal, PC World, the Washington Post, Wired, ReadyMade, Make, or MSNBC. -
Founder
Jelly
(Internet industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Jelly is a casual coworking event that brings together tech workers to work from a fun, creative, collaborative environment every couple weeks.
It started in NYC and has spread to dozens of other cities, with coverage in Wired, CNN, NPR, Current TV, and NBC's Today Show. -
Founder
Creative Code
(Internet industry)
May 1996 — December 2007 (11 years 8 months)
Help companies with their internet marketing strategy, web development, and design needs. Have worked with public and private companies, as well as individuals, to craft graphic identities, develop blogging/rss strategy, and augment internal strategic development efforts.
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Presidenté
The Daily Jolt
(Internet industry)
March 1999 — May 2006 (7 years 3 months)
I founded this profitable college portal while in college in 1999. I created and executed overall vision, co-wrote the business plan, recruited senior management, and raised financing.
We're now on about 100 college campuses and serve 500,000 students a month. I remained on the board until 2006, when I sold the company. -
Online Strategy and Customer Experience Consultant
Creative Good
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Work on projects to help Fortune 500 clients across a range of industries to improve their business metrics. Have worked on both internal and external projects, with organizations including the DMA, Pearson, and Apple.
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Jack-of-all-trades & Managing Editor
ChangeThis / Seth Godin
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Co-wrote business plan, helped create operating model and realize Seth's vision. Managed the creation of ChangeThis from idea to finished product and served as managing editor after launch.
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Program Development Consultant
World Health Organization
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Program Development industry)
September 2001 — December 2001 (4 months)
Worked for the WHO's Southeast Asia office, assisted with the development, revision, and real-world testing of a series of modules that represented the organization’s first effort to promote adolescent mental health in the area. Participating member countries include: Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives.
Conducted field tests of module drafts in Delhi public schools in English and Hindi. -
Interface Designer, Java Developer
Neuvis, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)
Researched and learned XML, JFC, and Swing to create the company's first Java interface generator for their Rapid Application Development (RAD) Business Platform. Also helped complete development of a web interface generator utilizing HTML, Javascript and DHTML.
Amit Gupta’s Education
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Amherst College
BA Cum Laude , Economics, Computer Science , 1997 — 2003
Note: I started as a member of the Class of 2001, but took 2 1/2 years off when I started my first company to raise money & run with it, and then spend a few months in India before finishing school.
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Amit Gupta’s Interests:
New technology, Web 2.0, blogs, RSS, social software, Apple, philosophy, photography
Amit Gupta’s Groups:
BarCamp, BarCamp NYC, GEL, Park Slope Food Coop, BObama
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Jelly
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