The Shazam Story and Beyond with co-founder of Shazam, Dhiraj Mukherjee & miPic founder Carl Thomas

Aug 8, 2019, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

We invited the co-founder of Shazam, Dhiraj Mukherjee to share the Shazam story from its humble beginnings to the IPO and beyond. But most importantly will talk about how Dhiraj ended up getting involved with Carl Thomas and MiPic, a custom print platform and app for artists, photographers and designers to turn their Likes into Cash. It's a great story.

In-person event

About this event

We invited the co-founder of Shazam, Dhiraj Mukherjee to share the Shazam story from its humble beginnings to the IPO.

Dhiraj Mukherjee is one of the cofounders of the music identifying service, Shazam. He completed his Master's at Stanford University in 1997 and currently serves as the Head of Banking Innovation for Virgin Money in the United Kingdom. Prior to starting Shazam, Dhiraj worked in consulting for Bain & Company and as a Project Manager for Viant Corp.

Most importantly we will talk about serendipity and how Dhiraj ended up getting involved with Carl Thomas and MiPic. It's an incredible story. 

Carl Thomas is the founder and CEO of miPic, a custom print platform and app for artists, photographers and designers to turn their Likes into Cash by selling their pics as awesome print and lifestyle products. Prior to founding miPic, Carl received RIBA Chartered Architect status in 2013 at PRP Architects in London following completion of his Masters in Architecture at the University of Liverpool.

miPic won Virgin Voom’s Pitch to Rich in 2014 pitching to Sir Richard Branson before funding the company through Crowdfunding and Venture Capital investment.

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Speakers

  • Dhiraj Mukherjee

    Shazam

    Co-founder

  • Carl Thomas

    miPic

    Founder/CEO

When

When

Thursday, August 8, 2019
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM UTC

Organizers

  • Prem Sangeet Petar Savic

    Supreme Factory

    London Director

  • James Lethem

    Nascence

    Co-Director

  • Sam Adekunle

    Grone Collective

    Head of Special Projects & Initiatives

  • Gabriel Pizzolante

    UK GAP Consulting

    Ambassador

Partner

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Wework Labs

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