Ali R. Manouchehri

Today is a very humbling day for me. Over the last 12 years, I have had the honor and pleasure of working under @amanouch110 and learn critical lessons in life and business. When the opportunity came to build @Zoomph with Ali and @CroninTilt I was mesmerized by the chance to make a difference. This is the very same inspiration that continues to drive me today with an unrelenting passion for what we do. It is an incredible honor to lead and serve this great company of ours. We have seen great success at Zoomph, but we are hungry to do more. This is a critical time for the industry, and make no mistake, we have aggressive goals we look to achieve — as technology evolves, and we evolve with and ahead of it. 🚀

Those of you that know me also know I have no trouble when it comes to talking about @Zoomph and what we have built - the running joke is that you would have to taser me to stop at times. ....but this moment is different. It is tough to express in words how much this means to me and our fantastic team. The amount of failure and obstacles we have to preserve through to work with the unbelievable names that we do - trust me, if we didn't have NDAs with some of these, you would genuinely mind blown by the iconic brands and teams that put their faith in us to be the unbias source of truth of the value brand achieve through sports and entertainment today. Thank you to our amazing clients who continually help us build in the name of greatness with every challenge you present. Too many people to name, but we have to start with our cofounders - thank you to @amanouch110, who continuously bet on us and saw what this team could achieve. Thank you to @CroninTilt ; there isn't an obstacle that you can't figure out a way around. Thank you to Thomas, James, John, Mike, Andy, Geoff, Leo, Robert, Niky, Clare, Amanda, Vicky, Ubayeed, Sri, Luke, Nicholai, Abby, Lindsey, Rohan, Garrett, Hunter, Megan, Cort, and Sari-Jane & Josh. We would not be here without you; every win is a team win. It is truly unfair to group all of you together as the impact from each of you is massive and unique - thank you! To the team members who were here before this moment, we are only here because of your contributions. Thank you to our notable investors who have been with us from the very beginning that knew that this team had something special, and to our new investors - unreal what Jurassic Capital brings to the table with Joe, Kevin, Chrissy, and the team (this is what MJ must have felt like when Nike signed him :)) and couldn't be more excited to be with Lalotte Ventures with Mitch, Dylan, Bonnie & Shane. To our fantastic board members Dennis, Alysse, Al & Robert - thank you for guiding us in our darkest times and showing the team who takes the stairs where the elevators are. Thank you to all of you who continually cheer us on and think of us for the most demanding challenges brands face in understanding their impact across sports and entertainment. And most importantly, everyone that said, "No" - thank you for giving us the fire to come back and prove we were the team to solve your challenges. We are the team that runs to obstacles and runs to the fire, knowing that it will chisel us to become our best selves. I respect every player in this space, this mission is not for the lighthearted, but there are players in this space that disguise themselves as technology, or that try to leverage their past relationships to justify themselves to others - we believe we are approaching these challenges uniquely and are now equipped to take this industry to a new level. Bring on the bigger and badder challenges; this team is fuelled by it. LFG!!! 🔥

The atrocities happening to women in Iran will not be tolerated. For those looking to learn more about the situation and how to help, I encourage you to follow activists like @NazaninNour @richardbranson will be amplifying her and others to help shed more light on the Iranian Revolution. #InternationalWomansDay