Darius Monsef
Internet Astronaut, Entrepreneur & Creative Consultant
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://FriendsCall.Me/dariusmonsef |
| Industries: | Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public speaking, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Location: | Portland, OR USA |
| Groups: | Startup Now! Oregon |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | bootstrapper, community builder, creative consultant, entrepreneur, internet astronaut, social media strategist |
FEATURED STARTUP
COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is the biggest color resource on the web. Rated as one of the top communities, COLOURlovers allows creative individuals to share color ideas and inspiration for hobby interests as well as commercial projects.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Profitable
FULL BIO
Darius A Monsef IV is an internet astronaut, entrepreneur and creative consultant. He is the creator and executive editor of www.COLOURlovers.com, the worlds biggest color community. Along with building COLOURlovers, Darius consults for various startups as well as top-shelf brands on aspects of social media, community building and online communications.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Microsoft Live Labs |
| Position: | Photosynth Community Organizer |
| Time period: | September 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Growing community around the innovative technology and directing features on www.photosynth.com |
| Employer: | COLOURlovers |
| Position: | Founder & Executive Editor |
| Time period: | November 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Created and built a global color resource and design inspiration community. |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | December 2008 - Inc. Magazine COLOURlovers valued at $1.5-5 million
--http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081201/whats-your-company-w... April 2008 - The Oregonian Newspaper Profile --http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/bas... |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Nominee for Community Website of the Year - 2008 & 2007
One of TIME's 50 Best Websites of 2008 Color & Design Blog called the “The blog to watch” by ABCNews.com Communication Arts Magazine says COLOURlovers is “Tomorrow’s trends today.” Franciscan Award for Exemplary Leadership from St. Bonaventure University Received Key to the City of Biloxi, MS for Non-Profit Work |
Darius' Startups (3)
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COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is the biggest color resource on the web. Rated as one of the top communities, COLOURlovers allows creative individuals to share color ideas and inspiration for hobby interests as well as commercial projects.
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Internet Astronauts
When you launch an internet startup, you either rocket to the stars or crash and burn on they way down... Internet Astronauts is a resource for bootstrapping startups and a 4 month LaunchCamp for Portland startups.
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FriendsCall.Me
[Acquired by Knowem.com] FriendsCall.Me helps you organize your profiles and manage your personal brands... which is a fancy webspeak way of saying "making sure the name you use on line is yours everywhere you want it to be...
Darius' Contacts (11)
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Didier Tranchier
Advanced Engineering graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, with MBA from Columbia and PhD in Computer Science from Rennes University. President and Founder of Adelit.
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Steve Woodward
CEO of Nozzl Media, Inc. Journalist for more than 30 years, covering tech, business, health care and science.
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Kasper Hulthin
Entrepreneur | CEO at Hoist | Co-founder at Toyrex