Eran Lagon

Eran Lagon

Head of Business Development at KonoLive, Board Member at KitchenBug, Entrepreneur at heart.

Israel

Current
  • Head of Business Development at Konolive
  • Board Member at KitchenBug
Past
Education
  • Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha
  • MAMRAM
Connections
352 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Eran Lagon’s Summary

Accomplished BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE with strong, hands-on experience in product-related, strategic marketing planning and execution, and technical aspects of the Internet, Media, and Software arenas.

Eran Lagon’s Specialties:

Business Development, Marketing Strategies, Deals and Agreement Negotiations, Competitive Analysis, Product Planning and Execution, Due Diligences and Startup Evaluations.


Eran Lagon’s Experience

  • Head of Business Development

    Konolive

    (Internet industry)

    2008Present (1 year)

  • Board Member

    KitchenBug

    (Internet industry)

    2007Present (2 years)

    KitchenBug is a social recipe applications. Collect all your recipes and store them in one place, and share them with people you care about.
    Currently running under private beta.
    www.kitchenbug.com

  • Business Development and Marketing Executive

    VesTopia

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    20072008 (1 year)

    • Served as part of the strategic management team, and took part in the definition and execution of the company’s roadmap and day-to-day activities. Reported directly to the company CEO and served as a liaison between the company’s marketing requirements and the R&D team. Directly managed the company’s Product Team.
    • Head of the Marketing Department. Established a marketing strategy, both short and long term, which involved guerilla marketing and traditional media approach respectively. Oversaw the daily marketing activities and was in charge of the marketing budget.
    • Product marketing and product development. Was in charge of the entire life-cycle of target market definition, research, product development and product definition.
    • Actively participated in the company’s activities since its inception.

  • Business Development, Director of Business Products

    ICQ/AOL

    (Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

    January 20052007 (2 years)

    • Handling ICQ's International Business Development and in charge for ICQ's business to products aspects: deal flow and deal making, products definition, and the creation and execution of the product marketing plans in a B2B2C environment.
    • In charge of the business execution of highly strategic products, and managing the business, legal, marketing, pricing, and product aspects.
    • Developed the guidelines for ICQ's Local Strategic Partnership Plan that directs the different territory managers into a practical execution of marketing, advertising, and premium services implementation plans. Responsible for communicating the business aspects internally to the different departments in order to align ICQ business needs.
    • Created different sales kits and presentations for premium services, standard and non-standard marketing products, and gained vast knowledge and hands-on experience with various marketing techniques.
    • Gained a close familiarity with the latest Web companies, products, and strategies.

  • Account Manager and Solution Architect

    ECTel (Formerly Elron Telesoft)

    (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

    20042005 (1 year)

    • Managed the pre/post-sale activities of different accounts, and handled the projects execution for clients such as E-Plus (Germany), MIRS/Motorola, Cellcom, and other international telecom operators.
    • In charge of interpreting customer business requirements into product and software extensions as well as software solution offerings. The process involved answering potential projects tenders, interacting with customers, and activating different business and technology departments inside the company. Provided the company customers with a tailored revenue assurance solution, and took care of the deployment and software integration according to the business and technical requirements, which in some cases resulted savings of more than $500K.

  • Business Development Executive, Co-Founder

    Ceedo (Formerly Navicula)

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    19992003 (4 years)

    • Co-founded the company and took it from a garage startup, through a VC capital raise, to sales activities in Europe and the US.
    • Took an active part in the fund-raising processes for over $6M and gained extensive hands-on experience in due-diligence activities and patent registration.
    • Responsible for planning and deploying new-customer accounts both in the European and the Israeli market. Created, approached, and managed new corporate accounts and leads.
    • In charge of creating the company’s marketing documented brand, web site content, and corporate presentations. Produced a considerable amount of company’s documents such as the company’s business plan, product brochures, briefs etc.


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Eran Lagon’s Interests:

Classical and Jazz Music Philosophy Jogging


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