Join the Startup Grind Irvine, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, as we host Naushad Huda, Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder/CEO XTOPOLY that sold to Vincit. Admission includes food, so please plan on arriving to munch & network.
Naushad is a passionate entrepreneur, band and digital strategist. His self proclaimed 'thing' is understanding a company's business goals & customers, observing trends, and then creating digital solutions (product or services) that strengthen the relationship between brand and customer . His 9 year old strategy, UX/UI agency XTOPOLY was acquired June 2017 by Vincit.
Vincit is a global 400+ person custom software and design studio. Based in Finland, public on Nasdaq, opened U.S. offices in Palo Alto and Irvine November 2016.
Naushad has his passion project I LIKE THIS GRAPE, a media company whose goal is to make wine relatable to modern consumers and part of culture. He also advises a couple of startups and is on the board for the American Advertising Federation.
[Must be 18+ to attend]
XTOPOLY, Vincit, I LIKE THIS GRAPE
Founder & CEO
Over the last 12 years, Naushad quit his law firm job, founded and sold a multi-award winning digital strategy, UX/UI agency, presented to and won the business of Fortune 200 customers (e.g. T-Mobile, Google, Yamaha), and received a number of professional awards. Along the way he learned how to observe, communicate with, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve business goals focused primari…
Over the last 12 years, Naushad quit his law firm job, founded and sold a multi-award winning digital strategy, UX/UI agency, presented to and won the business of Fortune 200 customers (e.g. T-Mobile, Google, Yamaha), and received a number of professional awards. Along the way he learned how to observe, communicate with, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve business goals focused primarily on technology.
Naushad’s spoken at industry respected events (e.g. Advertising Week in NYC), guest lectured inside classrooms at Universities, been interviewed by local and national media, and had a number of deep conversations with culturally intriguing personalities such as Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Chef Masaharu Morimoto.
Currently he’s the director of strategy and praetorships at Vincit, a global custom software and design studio based in Finland (acquirers of XTOPOLY). Naushad has his passion project I LIKE THIS GRAPE, a media company whose goal is to make wine relatable to modern consumers and part of culture. He also advises a couple of startups and is on the board for the American Advertising Federation.
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