Fehzan Ali

Independent Investor, Technologist, and Entrepreneur · 1 appearance on the record.

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Fehzan Ali co-founded Adscend Media in 2009 at age 19, bootstrapping the rewarded advertising platform to eight-figure run rates and over $100 million in total revenue before guiding it through an acquisition. Today, he operates as a private fundamental investor deploying capital into early-stage software companies and emerging markets.

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Disclosure
Ali: Adscend Media Processes $700,000 in Monthly Media Spend
“We're doing approximately 700,000 dollars a month currently in media spend.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 2:47 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
Disclosure
Ali: Adscend Media Takes a 30% Cut of Processed Media Spend
“So we sit in the middle, we create the technology and the algorithms to maximize revenue and ROI for everybody in the process, and as a result, we take a rough share of roughly 30%.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 4:07 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
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Ali: Adscend Managed $13M in Annual Desktop Ad Spend
“So the aggregate amount of spend that we're managing top line is thirteen million, and we kept 30% of that thirteen million.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 9:22 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
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Ali: Mobile Accounts for 95% of Adscend Media's Revenue
“And of course, mobile has taken off and is actually 95% of our revenue today.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 11:22 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
Disclosure
Ali: Adscend Media Was Bootstrapped With Just $10,000
“Bootstrap the company with about 10,000 dollars to start and pretty much just been reinvesting the profits.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 12:27 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
Disclosure
Ali: Adscend Acquired Slice App Users for a $2 CPA
“So we just finished up a really big campaign with a company called slice and they do like, they're basically like a shopping assistant and package tracker app top rated on the, on, on the app market. And we were acquiring users for them that were linking their…”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 3:24 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219
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Ali: Adscend Media Employs Around 20 Full-Time Staff
“Currently we have about 20.”
Fehzan Ali Apr 2, 2016 ▶ 11:33 26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
26 and Managing $8.4m In Adspend with Fehzan Ali of Adscendmedia.com EP 219 Apr 2, 2016 7m
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