Everette Taylor

Everette Taylor
Born 23 June 1989
Richmond, Virginia
Residence Los Angeles, California
Alma mater
Occupation
  • entrepreneur
  • author
  • public speaker
  • philanthropist
Website www.everettetaylor.com

Everette Taylor is an African-American entrepreneur, writer and public speaker.[1][2] Some of Taylor's ventures include GrowthHackers, PopSocial, MilliSense and Skurt.

Early life and education

Taylor was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. As a teenager in high school he became homeless,[3] however after over coming this he attended Virginia Tech. Taylor did not complete is his studies, and dropped out to pursue his business career.[4][5]

Career

At the age of 19 Taylor started an event marketing software company, which was sold two years later. After dropping out of college, he became the CMO at software company Qualaroo, a behavioral insight survey software, which was later acquired by Xenon Ventures. While at Qualaroo, together with Sean Ellis, Taylor started GrowthHackers,[6] which is an online growth hacking community and a software as a service (SaaS).

In 2014, Taylor founded the marketing firm MilliSense,[7] which he named after his mother; Millicent. Taylor later became the Marketing Officer (CMO) at the online custom sticker company Sticker Mule. After his position as a growth strategist for Microsoft,[8][9] Taylor joined the on-demand car rental delivery company Skurt[10] as the CMO; this company was later acquired by Fair.[11] In 2016, Taylor founded the social media software company PopSocial, the company achieved a revenue of $2 million (USD) in its first year of operation.[12] He currently serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media software company PopSocial and the marketing firm MilliSense.[13]

Philanthropy

Together with NFL athlete Brandian Ross, Taylor launched the clothing line Unity Over Self, to raise money for children with autism.[14] He is a known supporter of diversity and gender equality initiatives such as CODE2040, Wonder Women Tech, and Black Girls Code.[15] Taylor also started his own scholarship fund to help struggling minority college students pay for tuition and books.[16] Taylor has also been know to be major supporter of the March of Dimes foundation, helping premature babies, helping to raise money for the organisation. Most recently together with Zoe Saldana,[17] Taylor has launched media platform BESE[18] and the drug and alcohol addiction prevention app Hayver.[19]

Publications

Together with Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown, Taylor co-authored Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today's Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth.[20]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "How Emotional Intelligence Fueled Everette Taylor's Rise to the Top". Inc. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  2. ↑ "NASA's Technology Transfer Program Announces New Brand Ambassador, Everette Taylor". NASA. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Everette Taylor – How a 17-year-old who was homeless in High School rose to become the Chief Marketing Officer at Skurt". Breaking Into Startups. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Everette Taylor". Shine Hardy Family. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Everette Taylor". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  6. ↑ "Marketing Maven Everette Taylor on the Best Strategies for Startups". Fortune Magazine. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  7. ↑ "BE MODERN MAN: MEET 'THE CMO' EVERETTE TAYLOR". Black Enterprise. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. ↑ "11 Entrepreneurs on Snapchat Who Are Doing It Right". Inc. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  9. ↑ "The Simple Lessons Everette Taylor Has Learned About Being An Entrepreneur". Huffington Post. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  10. ↑ "Interview With Everette Taylor, VP of Marketing at Skurt and Serial Entrepreneur". Huffington Post. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  11. ↑ "Fair nabs funding of around $50M, acquires rental car delivery service Skurt". TechCrunch. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  12. ↑ "#Under30". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  13. ↑ "Everette Taylor". Black Enterprise Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  14. ↑ "Failure Is An Option And Other Advice From Millennial Marketing Genius Everette Taylor". 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  15. ↑ "Championing Change From Inside Silicon Valley". Huffington Post. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  16. ↑ "VT alumnus offers textbook scholarships". Huffington Post. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  17. ↑ "Zoe Saldana Is Launching BESE Media Brand to Inspire Generation Z and Latinx Audiences". US Magazine. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  18. ↑ "Everette Taylor". Philly Tech Week. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  19. ↑ "Alpha Phi Alpha's Everette Taylor Opens Up About Building Four Million-Dollar Companies Before 28". Watch the Yard. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  20. ↑ "Everette Taylor". The Ad Club. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  21. ↑ "Forbes 30 Under 30". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  22. ↑ "Forbes 30x100". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  23. ↑ "NASA's Technology Transfer Program Announces New Brand Ambassador, Everette Taylor". NASA Official Website. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  24. ↑ "The Root 100 2017". The Root. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  25. ↑ "@Everette Taylor, CMO of SKURT, receives 2016 @blackenterprise Social Influencer of the Year Award. #TECHCNXT". DT Dingle of Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
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