Imran Sayeed
MIT Sloan School of Management, Faculty, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Career Highlights
Co-founded first company at the age of 19 and took it public at 23
Part of the entrepreneurship and innovation faculty at MIT Sloan since 2005 where I teach “Scaling new ventures to $100MM+” and “Disruptive technologies and new business platforms”. Students from my class have started multiple unicorns including Hubspot and Bitsight
Founding Global President of an entrepreneurship and leadership support group which we’ve grown from 100 people in Boston to 10,000+ entrepreneurs and leaders in 15 cities around the world
First non-Japanese CTO and Global head of innovation for NTT Data, the 5th largest IT services company in the world with $20B in revenue in 45+ countries
Have been elected to the board of directors of 2 of the largest energy and manufacturing conglomerates in South Asia and served as chair of the compensation committee. Also, serve on the Board of the largest mapping and navigation company in Europe (Here)
FailuresSuck at corporate politics in the C-suite
Missed IPO by 6 months when the markets crashed in 2001
Underestimating what it takes to scale a non-profit, especially in multiple countries
Hobbies
Luxury travel to 55 countries, Global spas, Instagrammable cafes, Alternative medicine and healing foods, Best ice creams around the world, Perfecting my Boston accent, Supercars
Talk to me about
Winner take all platforms
Scaling startups to $100MM+
ESG as a profit center vs cost-center
Making corporate innovation successful
Starting and scaling nonprofits
Future of Learning
I want to talk to you about
Tips and techniques for fundraising for early-stage startups in this climate
Hype vs real opportunity with AI/ML
Outlook for global tech markets
Effective social media marketing for startups
