Yu-kai Chou
Founder/CEO of RewardMe; Speaker/Lecturer at Stanford, Google etc on Social Media & Gamification.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://rewardme.com |
| Skills: | Business, Chinese, English, Entrepreneurship, Languages |
| Next step: | Raise Series A for RewardMe. |
| Location: | Mountain View, CA |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | entrepreneur, gamification, gamification, geolocation, social media, stanford, ucla |
| Schools: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
FULL BIO
Founder/CEO of RewardMe; Speaker/Lecturer at Stanford, Google etc on Social Media & Gamification.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | California Student Sustainability Coalition |
| Position: | Chair, Finance Committee |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - Monitored budget spending of $80,000 for green organization with over 30 chapters and 1000 members throughout California.
- Facilitated biweekly conference calls with over 7 members and following up with everyone's tasks throughout the week. - Directed and oversaw fundraising processes such as grant writing, Friends of CSSC donations, and Corporate Sponsorship. |
| Employer: | Future Delivery, LLC |
| Position: | Founder, Chief Executive Officer |
| Time period: | June 2007 - Present |
| Description: | - Conceptualized the application of virtual worlds used in productive settings seven months before it was understood by market.
- Secured founder of Google Adsense, founder of Google Earth, and former KPMG Partner in joining Advisory Board. - Recruited Navigant Consultant, Toshiba Senior Engineer, and Art Center Alumni in joining founding team. - Created 40-page business plan including projections, market research, sales strategy, organization, and competitor analysis. - Managed a lean budget to sustain operations efficiently for a company of 20 while establishing creative means of revenue. - Implemented culture that values passion, fun productivity, positive confrontation and innovation to empower employees. |
| Employer: | The Veridical Group, LLC |
| Position: | Partner, Consultant |
| Time period: | June 2007 - January 2008 |
| Description: | - Revived a struggling webhosting business by establishing better business systems, capabilities and expanding client base.
- Conceptualized original framework Octalysis as company’s backbone system, dividing a company into 8 essential sectors. - Spearheaded and coordinated a 50 page report and presentation on technological, financial, and competitive strategies. |
| Employer: | Bruin Consulting |
| Position: | Co-founder, Director of Professional Development |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | - Planned and pioneered with motivated team of 8 to host events every week to enhance the business reputation of UCLA.
- Attracted top consulting firms like Mckinsey and BCG to recruit at UCLA, while preparing students to interview for them. |
| Employer: | Professional Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi |
| Position: | VP Professional Activities |
| Time period: | September 2005 - December 2007 |
| Description: | - Led 19 members in reengineering the professional structure on culture, career, campus branding, corporate relations.
- Established the Resume Book, Sponsorship Packet, and Industry Guide, whiling coordinating professional speaker events. |
| Employer: | FD Network (http://www.FDnetwork.org) |
| Position: | President, Founder |
| Time period: | May 2005 - June 2007 |
| Description: | - Conceptualized and initiated a Professional Networking System with 412 members of different expertise and professions
including PhDs, Engineers, Designers, Government Officials, Game Designers, Investment Bankers and Religious Leaders. - Directed team of 7 to establish database system, website, technicalities, designs, PR, research, and applicant screening. - Initiated PR work including being quoted and featured by Chicago Tribune as well as four articles in Young Money. - Directly facilitated the success of over 40 members by providing necessary resources, information, and opportunities. |
| Employer: | Standurd, Online Electronics Retail |
| Position: | Sole Proprietor |
| Time period: | October 2004 - September 2005 |
| Description: | - Attained over 900 Positive and 0 Negative Feedbacks from customers through high-quality service, surviving large crises.
- Generated revenues up to $2100 a week by obtaining appealing deals with distributors and creative marketing. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
| Time period: | 2007 |
| Degree: | International Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Business, Entrepreneurship, NCAA, Green, Chess, String Quartets, SSBM. Making others more successful. |
| Memberships: | Associate of Entrepreneurship Association in Anderson, participating in various activities with MBA students. 2006-2008 |
Yu-kai's Startups (2)
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Future Delivery
Future Delivery creates a virtual world that makes people's real lives more successful
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RewardMe
RewardMe is the Social CRM for Local Commerce. We enable the "inevitable future" of socially connect and data-driven sales within local stores by creating a network of interconnected and interactive experiences between the POS, tablets, and phones.
Yu-kai's Contacts (7)
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Rade Glomazic
Currently a Doctoral candidate in Political science at the European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University of Peace. Have over ten years of professional experience working in socio-economic development activities and int. cooperation
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