Farhad Mohit

Current

• Founder and CEO at DotSpots, Inc

Past

• Founder, Chairman & CPO at Shopzilla
• Founder, Chairman & CEO at BizRate.com

Education

• University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
• University of California, Los Angeles

Connections

127 connections

Industry

Internet

Farhad Mohit’s Summary

Today, I'm working on my latest venture, DotSpots, which could make my other ideas to date look like child's play... :)

In 1999 I started Shopzilla and helped manage it through the bubble of 2000, to proofitability by 2003, and a successful acquisition for $565MM by EW Scripps (SSP) in 2005. In the process Shopzilla became and remains one of the largest, fastest growing and most successful shopping search engines in the world, helping millions of consumers make smarter buying decisions from tens of thousands of online stores, each day.

In 1996 I founded BizRate.com which has since become the largest customer feedback network in the world, garnering millions of customer ratings each month and helping tens of thousands of online stores establish trust with new customers, by display of our BizRate Certified medals.

Farhad Mohit’s Specialties:

SEM, SEO, Running large-scale internet business, negotiating with portals, algorithm based site optimization / software development, raising money, leading / motivating teams and having fun in the process.

Farhad Mohit’s Experience

• Founder and CEO

  DotSpots, Inc

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  The wisdom of crowds... everywhere.

• Founder, Chairman & CPO

  Shopzilla

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; SSP; Internet industry)

  January 2000 — February 2007 (7 years 2 months)

  Responsible at various times for Site Operations, SEM, Product Development, R&D, Marketing, PR and all strategic negotiations.

• Founder, Chairman & CEO

  BizRate.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1996 — February 2007 (10 years 9 months)

  Led the company from start-up through three rounds of venture funding, raising $77MM and setting the stage to take the company to profitablility.

Farhad Mohit’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

  MBA , Entrepreneurial Management , August 1994 — June 1996

• University of California, Los Angeles

  BS & BA , Math / Computer Science and Economics , September 1986 — June 1991

Additional Information

Farhad Mohit’s Groups:

•    Wharton School Alumni

Farhad Mohit’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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