Arta Finance (formerly Arbo Works)

Joined Arta Finance via the acquisition of Money Minx to be part of the founding product team.

Founding Team | Product

Startup Beach

Hosting startup events in San Diego and enabling event hosts to use a matchmaking algorithm to make sure they attendees always come out with at least two new business connections.

Founder

Techstars

Mentor

GPT Hacks

GPT Hacks is my weekly newsletter, where I share tips, resources, and deep dives on how to leverage AI to grow and streamline your business. Over 9,400 startup founders and entrepreneurs get my AI tips, join them 👉 https://www.gpthacks.com/subscribe.

Money Minx

Founded Money Minx to help investors track all of their Investments, Alts, Crypto, and more in one place. Exited to Arta Finance

eCapital Corp.

eCapital is an industry leader in the freight factoring space. We service and help keep thousands of truckings companies stay on the road moving freight that makes our every day lives possible. 
As CIO and Head of Strategic Initiatives I am responsible for all things IT and Technology used by our employees, customers and partners.

CIO and Head of Strategic Initiatives

My team delivers the simplest factoring experience to the transportation industry, from owner operators to large fleets. We do this through the technology and products we build combined with customer-focused service.

Chief Experience Officer (CXO)

Responsible for the product and technology vision, roadmap and development of the company.

VP Product & Technology / CTO

appsplit

- Founded AppSplit: Positioned as one of the earliest crowdfunding platforms, timed to take advantage of the beginnings of the AppStore and Google Play.

- Innovative Mechanism: Created a network for developers to offer discounts, ownership, and rewards to investors interested in app ownership.

- Media Coverage: Featured in leading tech and fintech publications like TechCrunch and The Next Web.

- Successful Exit: Led the company to a successful acquisition by an investment group.

DiamPrice

- Launched DiamPrice: Developed the industry's first mobile app dedicated to the evaluation of loose diamonds, as well as gold, silver, and platinum jewelry.
- Target Audience: Primarily designed for industry professionals seeking accurate, real-time appraisals.
- Market Disruption: Introduced a first-of-its-kind tool that revolutionized the traditional appraisal process, offering a digital solution in a predominantly manual industry.
- Successful Exit: Sold the business to a private equity group.

OneRoof Energy, Inc.

LPL Financial

Managed team of project managers, established project management best practices and lead delivery of large projects.

Assistant Vice President Program Management

Developed test strategies and lead teams of QA engineers on projects.

Lead QA Engineer

Developed requirements and research for products.

Senior Product Analyst

Stuff I am currently focused on:

#1 Bring new financial advisory products to market at Arta Finance. 

#2 Build a startup ecosystem in San Diego via Startup Beach and mentoring for TechStars San Diego & Anywhere. 

#3 Help others with AI via GPT Hacks. 

#4 Help my youngest develop his soccer skills, my second work on her basketball game and my oldest shine like his sax.

#5 Spend more time with my awesome wife doing fun things in San Diego and around the world.

Hussein Yahfoufi

Stoked for two things... and a bonus!

First, my good friend Ryan Berman packed out Barnes & Noble, Inc. last night and sold out his new book Headamentals.

Second, this was the first book signing hosted on Eventship. Excited to see more authors, creators, and communities using the platform for events like this.

And on a personal note, my amazing wife Jessica Yahfoufi is getting close to releasing her new novel. Stay tuned for that launch party! 💃

Founder, Eventship • Helping event hosts grow everywhere • Host of San Diego’s Startup Mixer

What do you get when you have 200 incredible founders, investors and people working hard to help us all grow at the same place and at the same time?

Great connections, business deals, investments, new jobs and a great ol' time. Especially when you also add in our authentic tacos made by hand on site courtesy of Isaac Pollock, CFP® and Robert Goodyear.

See you there!

Emily Kramer's ecosystem strategy in today's Lenny's Newsletter is brilliant, but I have a different take on one point which is worth unpacking.


You don't get tired of events the same way you do as flooded email inboxes if the events are done right. The problem isn’t too many events, it’s too many of the wrong ones.

With over one thousand events behind me, I can tell you what makes a great event and how events are actually a growth node in your ecosystem flywheel not something people get tired from.

1. Events have to be from trusted hosts (think innovation hubs, accelerators, community leaders, founders, etc).

2. The right people have to be at the event, the attendee list must be curated and focused on the right groups for that event.

3. Sponsors of the event must be true ecosystem partners, not just logos on a wall. e.g. Isaac Pollock, CFP® is the taco guy for my mixer, not just our banker. He is part of the community and cares about it.

4. The event must be designed for connection, not attendance. This is what Neal Bloom🎩, Jonah Peake 🐺 and I talked about in our LinkedIn Live last week. It's also the reason why Eventship invests heavily in our matchmaking AI.

When you get those right, events aren’t fatiguing or tiring. They’re energizing. They are the ecosystem.

When you attend the right event, meet the right person, and the right sponsor supports it, that event becomes a node that strengthens the whole network.

Hussein Yahfoufi’s North County Startup Mixer — every month keeps getting better and better. 😎

Thank you to this month’s sponsors!!!
Isaac Pollock, CFP® 
Kimberly Drozdoff 
Emily D. 
Tyler Hastings 

See you next month 😎

Ready Set Jet 

Ready Set Jet revolutionizes beauty for busy women on the go. Shalini created Ready Set Jet as a solution after meeting 1000's of time-starved women worldwide: juggling their beauty routine amidst their fast-paced lives. Leveraging her extensive experience in the beauty industry, conceptualized her third beauty brand to cater to women of all ages and skin tones. By combining her expertise with the undeniable allure of travel, she seized the opportunity to tap into the rising trend of minimalist beauty, a thirst for travel and create a multi-use, effortless globally inspired beauty brand for busy women all over the world.

Founder and CEO

The Viva Code

At The Viva Community, we are catalysts for women's economic liberation. We ignite a global movement of entrepreneurial spirits by providing an unparalleled community where women connect, collaborate, and conquer. Through mentorship, resources, and a shared commitment to collective success, we empower women to build thriving businesses, create lasting wealth, and redefine the future of leadership.

Chairwoman

Power Beauty Living

Power Beauty Living is 501(c)3 a social empowerment platform  for women with events and workshops designed to give women insight on how to live a more balanced, beautiful and blissful life. Giving them the tools and mentorship from top female thought leaders in business and lifestyle from around the globe so they may feel like a warrior on the inside, while looking gorgeous on the outside and living an all around balanced life. In 2019, we take Power Beauty Living to the next level by creating a skills development beauty program for disenfranchised girls in India.

The Vadhera Collective

We create and build beauty, wellness, and lifestyle brands. We infuse your brand with passionate creativity, new product development ideation, packaging concepts and design, and high margin sourcing, delivering you a gorgeous turnkey solution. Some of the brands we have created are Turner Classic Movies Beauty Brand, The Baywatch Beauty Brand for Paramount Pictures, Ish Beauty, as well as other private label products for established brands.

NRI Welfare Society

President International Womens Wing For Global Womens Empowerment

Passport To Beauty, Inc

Welcome to Passport To Beauty. We celebrate the beauty of diversity and use the global palette as our guide to bringing women amazing innovative beauty and wellness solutions to help them thrive from the inside out.  Passport To Beauty sources the best in beauty around the world. We bring you the innovative products thoughtfully curated from the global palette, as well as products exclusively formulated - marrying ancient wisdom with modern day technology to bring you new innovative solutions to beauty and wellness. Through our content we bring you the latest global beauty hacks and discoveries one destination at a time. We recently launched our Passport To Beauty Mini Escape Subscription Box that brings women a unique mini escape for some me time through a full sensory experience  to a new destination every other month. We hope you enjoy falling in love with the world. Come along with us...

IMPACT Leadership 21

Board Member

LINA - Los Angeles International Networking Association

The LINA Mission: To share our collective knowledge, experience and contacts to help other women succeed in businesses.

Co Founder

Vadhera Co

Online Digital Content Creator, Media Deal in Amsterdam, Travel Content, Beauty Content, Consultant, Entrepreneurial Coach, Author, Blogger, Spokesperson

Author Passport To Beauty

#1 on Health and Beauty Lists. Throughout the world, every country has age-old, time-tested secrets that women use for looking and feeling beautiful.  Shalini Vadhera, celebrity make-up artist and internationally recognized beauty expert takes you on an adventure -- to Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States, South America, Australia and beyond - revealing secrets for luxurious hair, glowing skin, and more.
 
Passport to Beauty features unique, yet simple beauty tips and techniques as well as instructions for creating cleansing masks, exfoliation blends, and moisturizers for hair and body.  Learn how women around the world stay beautiful:
·        turn back the hands of time with a white clay mask like Australian beauties do
·        refresh your complexion with white tea - an ancient Chinese anti-aging secret
·        use coconut oil for glossy, shimmering hair as South Asian women have done for centuries
A beauty treatment and make-over with an exotic flair is only as far away as your local grocery store - learn how to unleash the beatifying power of yogurt, lemon, olive oil, honey, and other surprising ingredients.  Additionally, Shalini Vadhera will introduce you to the secrets of spices, natural remedies, and spa treatments from around the globe.

Author of Passport To Beauty

Founder Ready Set Jet | Passport To Beauty| Power Beauty Living 501c3| Viva Community | Best Selling Author Passport To Beauty| Mahatma Gandhi Award Recipient UK House Of Lords

Shalini Vadhera, a visionary serial entrepreneur and global beauty leader, has revolutionized the beauty industry and set new standards of excellence. As the first South Asian to break into mainstream beauty in the US, Shalini's impact is undeniable, captivating beauty lovers worldwide.

From her early days as a jewelry and fashion entrepreneur to becoming a renowned celebrity makeup artist and best-selling author, to regular guest on The Doctors, The Today Show and more, Shalini's journey is nothing short of extraordinary. 

With over 20 years of global ingredient research and development, Shalini pioneers inclusivity in beauty formulations, catering to diverse skin tones. Her expertise in merging old-world charm with modern technology has led to groundbreaking beauty solutions.

Shalini's credentials in both travel and beauty are unparalleled. Her bestselling book, Passport to Beauty, achieved the remarkable feat of reaching the number one spot twice in the US market. As an award-winning global beauty formulator, she has crafted exceptional beauty brands, while amassing an impressive $100 million worth of product placements in retailers such as Sephora, QVC, Victoria's Secret, Nordstrom, and Dillard's. Additionally, she has created brands for Hollywood Studios (Paramount Pictures, Turner Classic Movies), retailers, celebrities and influencers.

Shalini is the founder and CEO of Ready Set Jet. A beauty brand created to address the primary concern faced by time-starved women worldwide: juggling their beauty routine amidst their fast-paced lives.  By combining her expertise with the undeniable allure of travel, she created a multi-use, effortless beauty brand that saves women time, space and money.

She founded Power Beauty Living launching globally at the UN, dedicated to providing skills development, vocational training, and livelihood opportunities to disenfranchised women globally. 

As the visionary of Passport To Beauty, Shalini curates the finest beauty and wellness discoveries from around the world. Her Passport To Beauty Luxury Destination Box bring the secrets and curated experiences of new destinations directly to your doorstep.

Shalini's extraordinary achievements have garnered international recognition, positioning her as a global role model. She has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Award at the British House of Lords, the 2019 Jewel of India Award Prime Ministers Office, the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee and the Oprah Beauty O~ward.

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