Venture Sprout

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About Elliott:

Elliott Ng is founder of VentureSprout, a new stealth-mode startup investigating cross-border opportunities between China-US, and emerging new opportunities created by new social technologies.  In addition to successfully launching and exiting several start-up ventures, he has invested in and advised numerous startups both in China and the United States.

Prior to founding VentureSprout, Elliott was co-founder of UpTake.com, the fastest growing new online travel startup since its launch in 2007.  UpTake has generated more site traffic in the lucrative online travel space than the 15-20 other travel Websites that have launched during the same period.  UpTake success is due to an integrated social media, blogosphere, partnerships, and SEO oriented strategy that was quarterbacked by Elliott and his key team leaders.  He continues to serve as an advisor to UpTake. Prior to co-founding UpTake, Elliott served as Director of Interactive Marketing for Intuit’s QuickBooks division from 2003 to 2005, where he grew the Web sales channel from $14 mm to over $40 mm in 2 years.  In 2001, Elliott co-founded Loyalty Matrix, a profitable customer intelligence and analytics firm that helped clients like Apple Computer, LA Times, 24-Hour Fitness, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts reduce customer attrition and increase customer lifetime value.  The firm was acquired in 2006 by Responsys, an email marketing firm.  In 1996, Elliott co-founded Netcentives, an e-marketing company which grew to $70 mm in revenues, 200+ customers, managing an aggregate of 50 mm consumer relationships. The company reached a peak market capitalization of $3 billion after its 1999 NASDAQ IPO.  Elliott started his career as a product manager of PowerPoint and Word at Microsoft, and also served as summer associate at McKinsey & Company.  Elliott holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a AB from Harvard University.  Elliott is based in Silicon Valley, married with three children, and enjoys travel, the outdoors, blogging, and virtually all kinds of Chinese food.

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