Neil Patel (entrepreneur)

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Neil Patel
Born April 24, 1985
London, England
Ethnicity Indian
Known for KISSmetrics, Crazy Egg, QuickSprout, Hellobar
Website neilpatel.com

Neil Patel is a Seattle, Washington-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and analytics expert.[1][2] He is best known for his work in digital marketing, and as the cofounder of the analytics companies KISSmetrics, Crazy Egg, and Quick Sprout.[3][4]

Patel is also a contributor to publications such as Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine and TechCrunch.[5][6][7][8][9]

Career

2000–2006: Advice Monkey, ACS, Crazy Egg

After starting numerous money making schemes and trying to find a job on Monster.com Patel launched his first online venture, a job board named Advice Monkey, while in high school—he had recently turned 15.[10][11] After the marketing companies Patel hired for the project failed to gain the company any traction, he decided to learn how to drive traffic to his site, thus launching his career in online marketing.[12]

In 2002 Patel co-founded Advantage Consulting Services (ACS), an online search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing company, with business partner Hiten Shah.[13] Patel and ACS eventually served as consultants for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Hewlett Packard, Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, General Motors, and Viacom.[4][14][15]

By 2005, he was named one of the top influencers on the web by The Wall Street Journal,[16] and Patel started his first blog, ProNet Advertising, in 2006.[17]

In 2006, Patel and Shah founded Crazy Egg, a company that helps individuals and businesses determine visitor behavior while they are engaging with their website.[18] The information is displayed in "heatmaps," showing where visitors clicked while on the site—a more visual method than the traditional analytics programs available at the time.[19] Shortly after the launch of Crazy Egg, Patel reportedly received a US$5-million offer to sell the company, but he declined, explaining that he felt the company would eventually sell for at least $10 million.[20]

In 2012, Patel and Crazy Egg purchased Hello Bar.[21]

2007–present: Quick Sprout, KISSmetrics

In 2007, ProNet Advertising was named Search Engine Journal's "Best Social Media Blog" and ranked in Technorati's Top 100 for the first time,[4][22][14] while ACS generated more than US$2.5 million in annual sales.[13]

Also in 2007, Patel launched the Quick Sprout blog. Initially described as a personal project,[23] Quick Sprout grew to produce annual revenues in excess of US$1 million and was featured in major news outlets, including Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Gigaom, and Business Insider.[24][25][26][27][28] By 2009, Patel had implemented his marketing and search engine optimization tactics on 30 of the top 100 Technorati blogs.[3][29]

KISSmetrics

In 2008 Patel co-founded KISSmetrics, a customer analytics platform designed for small and mid-sized companies, again with business partner Shah.[1][30] Patel described KISSmetrics as "Crazy Egg 2.0": the service shows the demographic data and behavior of website visitors, as well as providing guidance on how companies can use this information.[1][31]

The company closed a US$1 million seed round led by True Ventures in 2008. In mid-2009, it closed a $3 million round led by Polaris Ventures, and also secured angel investments from Dave McClure, Bobby Yazdani, and Nils Johnson.[32] In total, the company has raised over $17 million.[33]

Since its launch in May 2008, KISSmetrics has registered more than 1,900 customers, and has tracked more than 4.5 billion people and their 36 billion interactions.[1] Patel's advisors at KissMetrics include Eric Ries, Sean Ellis, Jeff Veen, Jeff Hammerbacher, and Ed Baker.[32]

In 2013, Entrepreneur Magazine named KISSMetrics one of their top 100 Brilliant Companies, with Patel being named one of their 50 favorite online influencers the following year.[34][35] Forbes also named Patel one of the top 10 marketing experts of 2014.[36]

Patel and his partner Hiten Shah moved on from KISSMetrics in 2014.[33]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rogers, Bruce (January 9, 2013). "Neil Patel's KISSMETRICS Brings Big Data to Small Companies to Optimize the Customer Experience". Forbes.
  2. ↑ Macguire, Eoghan (May 24, 2012). "Dotcom millionaire who lives in a hotel". CNN.
  3. 1 2 Gerber, Scott (November 7, 2012). "Announcing a Live Chat With Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics Founder Neil Patel". Mashable.
  4. 1 2 3 Sullivan, Mike (April 10, 2015). "At 21, Neil Patel was named a top 100 blogger by Technorati and one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal.". m.o.
  5. ↑ Neil Patel Author Page Inc. May 29, 2015
  6. ↑ Neil Patel Author Page Entrepreneur May 29, 2015
  7. ↑ Patel, Neil (May 2, 2009). "How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development". TechCrunch.
  8. ↑ Neil Patel Contributor Page Forbes. May 29, 2015
  9. ↑ Patel, Neil 6 TRAFFIC-BOOSTING TIPS FOR THE PENNY-PINCHING STARTUP Fast Company. May 29, 2015
  10. ↑ "Neil Patel UNCENSORED, The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly: From Rags to Instagram Models - Mobiganic | Fit & Rich". Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  11. ↑ Gould, Jay (December 19, 2011). "How Neil Became a Successful Serial Internet Entrepreneur". Foundville.
  12. ↑ Patel, Neil (October 19, 2011). "17 things I wish I’d known when starting my first business". GeekWire.
  13. 1 2 Tiffany, Laura (September 1, 2007). "A New Direction". Entrepreneur.
  14. 1 2 Hung, Tony (February 6, 2007). "Neil Patel on ProNet Advertising, social media and more". Blogger Talks.
  15. ↑ Kumar Saha, Mousumi (February 17, 2012). "Success Story of Neil Patel, Co-founder of two Successful Startups Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics". Success Stories.
  16. ↑ Scott Gerber (8 November 2012). "Announcing a Live Chat With Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics Founder Neil Patel". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  17. ↑ Gohring, Nancy (June 6, 2007). "Search optimizers turn to social sites". PC World.
  18. ↑ Cubrilovic, Nik (March 13, 2006). "See What Your Website Visitors Are Doing With Crazy Egg". TechCrunch.
  19. ↑ Townes, Frederick (March 10, 2006). "Crazy Egg is Crazy Delicious!". Mashable.
  20. ↑ Warner, Andrew (September 28, 2010). "CrazyEgg: The Slow-Build Bootstrap – with Neil Patel". Mixergy.
  21. ↑ Ha, Anthony. "Analytics Company Crazy Egg Acquires The Hello Bar". TechCrunch.
  22. ↑ Baker, Loren (January 5, 2007). "Pronet Advertising : Best Social Media Optimization Blog". Search Engine Journal.
  23. ↑ Jeremy Schoemaker (8 May 2007). "Neil Patel Launches QuickSprout". Shoemoney. Shoemoney Media Group. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  24. ↑ Alexis, Michael (January 10, 2012). "How Neil Patel Makes Millions From Quicksprout". Writer Views.
  25. ↑ Wehrum, Kasey (August 10, 2009). "The Case Against Apple and 53 Tips to Boost Your Biz". Inc.
  26. ↑ McCue, TJ (January 8, 2013). "Why Infographics Rule". Forbes.
  27. ↑ Babauta, Leo (July 26, 2007). "The 3 Laws of Online Personal Branding". Gigaom.
  28. ↑ Small Business Trends (February 27, 2012). "Creating Content for Small Business". Business Insider.
  29. ↑ Baker, Loren (February 24, 2009). "Neil Patel to Keynote SEO Day at IM Spring Break". Search Engine Journal.
  30. ↑ Koetsier, John (August 23, 2012). "Neil Patel’s 10 tips on using metrics to make money". Venture Beat.
  31. ↑ Kincaid, Jason (September 23, 2011). "KISSmetrics Helps You Hone In On Stats That Actually Matter With Cohort Reports". TechCrunch.
  32. 1 2 Kincaid, Jason (July 22, 2010). "KISSmetrics: A Conversion Funnel Tool That Gives Your Site A Memory". TechCrunch.
  33. 1 2 Patel, Neil (May 24, 2012). "Moving on from KISSmetrics…". Neil Patel.
  34. ↑ Demers, Jayson 50 Favorite Online-Marketing Influencers of 2014 Entrepreneur. May 29, 2015
  35. ↑ Villano, Matt A Company That Makes User Analytics Simple Entrepreneur. May 29, 2015
  36. ↑ Stiemle, Joshua Top 10 Online Marketing Experts To Follow In 2014 Forbes. May 29, 2015

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