Murray Newlands
| Murray Newlands | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, Investor, Business Adviser and Speaker |
| 👔 Employer | Open Future Forum |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.murraynewlands.com/ |
| https://x.com/MurrayNewlands?lang=en | |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/murraynewlands/ | |
Murray Newlands (born 12 April 1974 in Cambridge, England) is a British entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. He is the founder of Open Future Forum, a Silicon Valley executive community and a Partner at IA Seed Ventures.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Newlands was born in Cambridge, England in 1974. He graduated from London Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree. He is the middle of three brothers and is married.[2][4][5][6]
Career
Early career
Newlands began working as a lawyer in Cambridge, England. In 1999, he started online marketing and has worked with industry-leading agencies, advertisers and networks since then. He began online marketing after starting a creative marketing and PR agency at age 23, which employed 15 people and covered business strategy, e-commerce, graphic design and PR.[7][6]
Entrepreneurial ventures
Newlands founded several companies in the technology sector:
- Chattypeople (2014): An AI chatbot builder company based in Palo Alto, California.[4][7][8]
- Sighted.com (2014): An online invoicing company based in Palo Alto.[8][9]
- Due (online invoicing): A company based in San Francisco that serves over 75,000 businesses.[1][6]
- Open Future Technology: A web3 and AI incubator.[5]
- Open Future Forum: Silicon Valley executive community.[5][10][11]
Venture capital and advisory roles
Newlands is a Partner at IA Seed Ventures, where he invests in early-stage Silicon Valley companies.[10] He is also a Partner at Tilden Family Office Group. Earlier in his career, he held a key strategic role at Turing.com, where he helped with a fundraising round ahead of the company's $4 billion valuation.[6]
He has advised the Draper Nexus Network of Things Fund, which invests in IoT companies. He was previously a Partner at OnePiece Labs, the web3 division of Uphonest Capital. He has also served as Chief Strategy Officer at Commerce Ai and as Chief Strategy Officer at Commerce Ai.[4][5]
Newlands is a mentor and advisor at Founders Space. He advises entrepreneurs and startups on various subjects, from funding to growth strategies.[3] He has also served as Vice President of Marketing at Front Finance, Chief Marketing Officer at CRS Group and DwellFi and Venture Partner at Network VC.[5]
Publications
Newlands is the author of several books on marketing and business:
- Online Marketing: A User's Manual (John Wiley & Sons)[4][3][6]
- How to Get PR for Your Startup: Traction[12]
- Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals[13]
- Performance Marketing for Professionals[14]
Writing and media contributions
Newlands is a contributing writer to several major publications, including Forbes, Entrepreneur magazine,[7][15] The Guardian, Inc. Magazine, Time magazine, Business Insider and Mashable. He serves as Deputy Editor of Search Engine Journal and as US correspondent for YourStory. He has also lectured at the Academy of Art University.[4][6]
Achievements and recognition
Newlands has received several industry awards and recognitions:
The Huffington Post named him one of its Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley. Forbes commended Newlands, saying he "provides original scholarly business contributions of major significance to the field.[4]" Entrepreneur.com described him as "an Internet-marketing expert, prolific blogger, advisor, teacher and author."[15][6]
Personal life
Newlands gained his Green Card after being recognized by the US government as an "alien of extraordinary ability."[3][6] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (FRSA). He currently resides in Palo Alto, California.[5][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Author Profile Murray Newlands - Allbusiness
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Murray Newlands - famousbirthdays.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Murray Newlands - About - Search Engine Journal
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Murray Newlands - Forbes
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Murray Newlands, Advisor - THE ORG
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Contributor, Murray Newlands - HUFFPOST
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Author - Murray Newlands - businesscollective
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Murray Newlands - Entrepreneur.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Murray Newlands Entrepreneur, Contributor - Mesh
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Murray Newlands, - Crunchbase
- ↑ CEOs are surprise victims of the loneliness epidemic: 'Your peers are gone, and you're the only one left' - Yahoo Finance
- ↑ How to Get PR for your Startup: Traction - Amazon
- ↑ Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals - Amazon
- ↑ Performance Marketing for Professionals - Amazon
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Murray Newlands, Contributor - inc.com
