Digital Media Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- CEO, Founder at Bantr
- Past
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- Business Development at Massive (Microsoft)
- Senior Product Manager at Massive Incorporated (acquired by Microsoft Corporation)
- Strategic Marketing Manager at Comcast Corporation
- Program Manager at Microsoft
- Education
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- Harvard Business School
- Stanford University
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Ephraim Luft’s Summary
Working on a start up, Bantr, that I founded in August 2007 with Mike Greenfield, a classmate of mine from Stanford.
I have spent my career in developing technologies and services in the digital media sector. Previously had leadership roles in product management and business development at Massive Incorporated, an in-game ad network acquired by Microsoft in May 2006. Prior to that worked on products for the cable industry at both Microsoft and Comcast.
Interested in exploring potential partnerships for my company, Bantr, and meeting other people that share the same professional interests as me.
Expertise: entrepreneurship, building and managing next generation ad networks, consumer internet, social networking, product management, and negotiations.
Ephraim Luft’s Experience
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CEO, Founder
Bantr
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
Bantr is a San Francisco-based start up backed by some of the top angel investors in Silicon Valley. Our first product is Circle of Friends, one of the fastest growing application on Facebook. Circle of Friends, launched in September, has almost 7 million users, and is adding over 50,000 new users per day. And we have lots more cool stuff to come...
We're looking for strong back-end engineers. Also always interested in talking to smart analytics folks (needless to say, we have lots of data). Ping me if you're interested or know someone who might be -- there aren't a whole lot of opportunities to join a company where the ratio of registered users to employees is more than one millon to one :) -
Business Development
Massive (Microsoft)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Online Media industry)
October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)
Lead business development in North America and EMEA for leading in-game advertising network. Manage contract negotiations, content acquisition, pipeline strategy and greenlight process.
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Senior Product Manager
Massive Incorporated (acquired by Microsoft Corporation)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)
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Strategic Marketing Manager
Comcast Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CMCSA; Broadcast Media industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
Worked on nationwide roll out of DVR products.
Performed in depth analysis of opportunities in the iTV sector and presented to Comcast upper management through customer interviews and market research. -
Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
Worked in various capacities on Microsoft TV product line. Responsibilities included project management, product definition and partner management.
Lead program manager for MSTV IPG, low end product in Microsoft product line. Led product team to deliver release to American and Latin American Cable MSOs. Managed relationships with software vendors.
Ephraim Luft’s Education
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Harvard Business School
MBA, 2003 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- VP of Education High Technology and New Media Club, Social VP of Jewish Students Association, Entertainment and Media Club, Section E
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Stanford University
BS, Computer Science, 1996 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Stanford-in-Florence (Fall 1998)
Ephraim Luft’s Contact Settings
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