Mike Moradian

Mike Moradian
Moradian speaking at an HonorSociety.org event at UCLA
Residence Nevada
Citizenship American
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Executive Director of HonorSociety.org
Website www.mikemoradian.com

Mike Moradian is an American internet entrepreneur. He is the executive director of HonorSociety.org. He is also the founder and CEO of CampusBuddy and CollegeBudget.

Education and early career

Moradian was raised in Westlake Village, California where he attended Westlake High School and later studied at the University of California Los Angeles. While at UCLA, Moradian experienced grading discrepancy and wished to increase grading transparency so he began working on an academic social media network.[1] In 2008, after he had graduated from UCLA, he founded CampusBuddy.com. The website published over 100 million anonymized grade records, allowing the public to analyze GPA distributions from many universities in the United States.[2] CampusBuddy received a lot of media attention. Mashable praised the Facebook integration feature of the application, writing "where CampusBuddy aces the college social network test is in its integration with Facebook."[3][4]

In 2010, Moradian founded CollegeBudget.com, a student discount site which utilizes collective buying power to negotiate discounts on behalf of its members. Through the website, he led the donation to become the title sponsor Dance Marathon program at UCLA in 2010.[5] The next year, Moradian was accepted to Harvard Business School. He created an online poll and allowed the public to vote on whether he should attend Harvard Business School, or focus on leading his startup.[6] The story was picked up by many media publications including AdWeek,[7] San Francisco Gate[8] and Washington Post. In the end, Moradian decided to not to attend HBS, opting to maintain his CEO positions at CollegeBudget and CampusBuddy.[9] In 2012, CollegeBudget acquired the Y Combinator food discount startup Much on Me.[10]

Moradian HonorSociety.org as its president and executive director in 2012.[11]

Awards and honors

In 2010 Moradian was named to the Bloomberg Businessweek's America's Best Young Entrepreneurs list.[12][13]

In 2012 Moradian was the youngest executive to be named one of the "Top 40 under 40" by Direct Marketing News[14] Moradian was also showcased in a US Embassy publication entitled "Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur?"[15] and was recognized at the White House as an Empact award recipient recognizing young entrepreneurship.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Kincaid, Jason (October 17, 2008). "CampusBuddy Hands Over Campus Grading Records To Students". TechCrunch.
  2. ↑ Toy, Leslie (October 16, 2008). "Facebook Application Reveals Department GPAs". The Daily Californian.
  3. ↑ Van Grove, Jennifer (September 3, 2009). "CampusBuddy Connects Students and Universities Through Social Media". Mashable.
  4. ↑ Inés Calderón, Sara (April 29, 2010). "CampusBuddy: Another Tool for Colleges and Universities on Facebook". Adweek.
  5. ↑ Edwards, Dorian (February 15, 2013). "Dance Marathon changes name to include generous donor 2013". Daily Bruin.
  6. ↑ Empson, Rip (October 18, 2010). "Help This Entrepreneur Decide Between Harvard And His Startups". TechCrunch.
  7. ↑ Manuel-Logan, Ruth (August 10, 2011). "Moradian Asks Facebookers: Harvard Or Startups?". Adweek.
  8. ↑ Shontell, Alyson (August 8, 2011). "This Entrepreneur Wants You To Decide His Future: Startups Or Harvard?". SF Gate.
  9. ↑ Tsukayama, Hayley (August 8, 2011). "Help This Entrepreneur Decide Between Harvard And His Startups". Washington Post.
  10. ↑ Empson, Rip (May 15, 2012). "CollegeBudget Acquires Y Combinator-Backed Munch On Me To Bring Food Deals To Campuses". TechCrunch.
  11. ↑ Williams, Terri (June 21, 2016). "Survey Reveals 7 Facts College Grads Should Know When Seeking a Job". GoodCall.
  12. ↑ Tozzi, John (October 2010). "The Winning Young Entrepreneurs 2010". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  13. ↑ Peabody, Amanda (October 8, 2010). "Young Beverly Hills Business Owner Is A Finalist For 2010 Entrepreneurial Honor" (PDF). Beverly Hills Courier.
  14. ↑ Schiff, Allison (November 1, 2012). "Mad Skills". Direct Marketing News.
  15. ↑ "Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur?". U.S. Department of State. May 1, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Empact Infographic". Empact. May 1, 2011.
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