Robert Gaafar

Current

• CEO at Carrot Creative

Education

• Quinnipiac University - School of Business
• Quinnipiac University - School of Business

Connections

102 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Robert Gaafar’s Summary

Robert is a passionate serial entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded and is currently the CEO of Carrot Creative, a successful social media firm, which has worked with such notables as MLB.com, Weber Shandwick, Dave Matthews Band, and Teach The People, a TechCrunch 40 finalist. In 2007, he co-founded Dank Apps, Inc., which received funding from Bay Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Also, he taught the class, “Business 2.0” at Quinnipiac University, which discusses the role of social media in the business world (Spring '08). In 2007, he received his MBA in Finance from Quinnipiac University and received his B.S. in Finance and B.S. in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management in 2005 from Quinnipiac University.

Robert Gaafar’s Specialties:

Startups, social media, graphical user experience, social networking, Facebook app development, and marketing

Robert Gaafar’s Experience

• CEO

  Carrot Creative

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  New media marketing firm specializing in design & application development and grassroots marketing. Some of our most notable clients are:
  • MLB.com
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Crayola

Robert Gaafar’s Education

• Quinnipiac University - School of Business

  MBA , Finance , 2005 — 2007

• Quinnipiac University - School of Business

  B.S. , Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management & Finance , 2001 — 2005

  Magna Cum Laude

  Activities and Societies:

  SIFE

Additional Information

Robert Gaafar’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Robert Gaafar’s Interests:

Social media, green energy, politics, gadgets, social entrepreneurship, teaching, lifting, playing sports, Mets, Knicks, & Giants.

Robert Gaafar’s Honors:

2007 Connecticut Business Plan Competition, 1st Place

Robert Gaafar’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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