Name Deepen Shah | Role Developer | |
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Born March 4, 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-03-04 ) Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. Residence New York, New York, U.S. Occupation software designer, web developer, software architect, computer programmer, entrepreneur, non-violent activist, non-violence advocate Education New York University Stern School of Business | ||
Exclusive Interview With World smallest comedian(संसारको सब भन्दा सानो कलाकार)Actor Deepen Shah
Deepen Shah (born March 4, 1984) is an American web developer and businessman known as the creator of buzzd, and eztxtmsg (acquired by Omnicom's BBDO ad agency in 2006.
Contents
- Exclusive Interview With World smallest comedian Actor Deepen Shah
- Early life
- Career
- eztxtmsg
- FanBridge
- buzzd
- Non violence advocacy
- References
Early life
Shah grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. By age 11, he had become interested in computer hacking and computer programming. Shah got involved within the computer hacking culture of 2600 and other hacker organizations. Shah ran several online web businesses while attending high school at Livingston High School and Newark Academy. He graduated from New York University Stern School of Business's in 2006, where he majored in finance and information systems. Shah sold his first start-up company eztxtmsg to Omnicom's BBDO ad agency as he was graduating.
Career
Deepen Shah was mentioned in various publications regarding location-based services and mobile technology. Those publications include the New York Times, New York Times Bits Blog]], Forbes Magazine and TechCrunch
eztxtmsg
eztxtmsg was founded by Shah in 2006 while at NYU. It was the one of the first self-serve application service provider mass SMS/text messaging tools for business. eztxtmsg was featured in 'Inc Magazine's "Five Ideas to Watch". Shah created eztxtmsg to allow small businesses to send text messages to customers about sales, coupons and offers. In 2005, eztxtmsg worked with singer John Legend's Show Me Campaign to help raise awareness for education.
FanBridge
Shah co-founded FanBridge in 2006 with people he met in college.
buzzd
Shah co-founded and was chief technology officer of the mobile social cityguide, buzzd in 2007. He raised $3.2 million in venture capital from BlackBerry Partners Fund, ff Venture Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Greycroft and Monitor Ventures. In 2010, buzzd pivoted to the platform "LocalResponse," to help brands reach consumers across aggregate location-based services.
Non-violence advocacy
Shah is an outspoken advocate of non-violence and has been involved with the Temple of Understanding, a 501(c)(3) United Nations non-governmental organization, in promoting inter-faith discussion and dialogue. He spoke at the United Nations and organized youth events on the topic of non-violence and humanity.