Siamak Taghaddos

</ref> Taghaddos is a founding member of the National Entrepreneurs' Day and has co-founded a number of tech companies including Grasshopper, Chargify, PopSurvey and Airbag Ventures.
Early life and education
Taghaddos was born in Iran and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Babson College with a Bachelor of Science degree in entrepreneurship and marketing in 2003.
While attending high school, Taghaddos founded an online distribution company offering discounted pagers for students throughout the United States. He also developed business and marketing strategies for College Coach, LLC.
Career
While studying at Babson College, he met David Hauser and they planned to start a virtual telephone service to small businesses. In February 2003, they launched GotVMail Communications, which gave customers a toll-free or local number to use for incoming calls. They later rebranded GotVMail to Grasshopper in 2007. He served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2015 before it was sold to Citrix Systems.
In 2009, Taghaddos co-founded Chargify, a recurring billing and subscription management company and initially it received funding from Mark Cuban. It was acquired by Scaleworks in 2016. Taghaddos and Hauser together also started survey service PopSurvey.
In 2011, both Taghaddos and Hauser were named in 2011 Inc magazine’s 30 under 30 list and Under30CEO's 30 most influential young entrepreneurs list. He was also named to BusinessWeek's Top 5 Under 25 entrepreneurs and Boston Business Journal's 2005 "40 Under 40" and American Venture Magazine 40 Under 40 Business Leaders.
Investments
Taghaddos has invested in several technology companies including Storenvy, Intercom, Scaleworks, LaunchBit and Unbounce. He has been featured in various business publications including the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, CNN, FOX News, and others.

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