Abdul Khan
Founder and CEO
at Som Sleep
Abdul Khan is the Founder and CEO of Som Sleep, the leading sleep recovery product for athletes in the NFL, MLB, and NBA. He was most recently Founder & CEO of a consumer mobile startup, and Co-founder of the YOMYOMF Network, along with Fast Five director Justin Lin.
Launched in June 2012 as a partner of YouTube’s funded original channels initiative, YOMYOMF created original episodic content for digital distribution. Original programming partners included Danny Pudi (Community), Russo Brothers (Arrested Development, Captain America 2), Andy Fickman (Parental Guidance), and Vin Diesel & Tyrese (Car Talk).
Previously, he was Founder of Apoko Group, a digital branding company for athletes and celebrities, co-founded with NBA stars Baron Davis and Steve Nash. Prior to Apoko, Abdul was the Founding CEO of IBeatYou, the largest pro-athlete owned platform for branded user-generated contests, which reached 100M views and over 250,000 contests, powering campaigns for platforms such as Photobucket. He led IBeatYou through its sale to OVGuide in 2010.
Before his entrepreneurial journey, Abdul was a VC with Crosslink Capital, responsible for consumer Internet and digital media investments in companies including Pandora, Omniture, and Ancestry.com. He started his career as a technology investment banker at UBS, working on financings with companies such as Activision, Midway Games, and Acclaim Entertainment.
Articles by Abdul Khan
Building Product Without Knowing Code With Adam New Waterson
In a deep dive into AI-driven product development, Adam New-Waterson, a former CMO turned Chief Product Officer and now solopreneur, shared how non-technical founders can harness the power of AI...
How To Build An Automated Sales Outreach Engine For Startups with ColdIQ
Many B2B startups (and even larger organizations) are unable to be successful with their outbound sales strategy because they take a lazy, “batch-and-blast” approach. In a recent Mucker Growth Series...
Navigating the AI Sales Tools Landscape To Grow Your Startup With Blue Bowen
We had the privilege of hosting, Eugene “Blue” Bowen, Research Principal from G2, one of the leading software marketplaces and review sites that cover a broad range of B2B solutions....
Compensation Benchmarks for Early Stage Startups with Peter Walker
In this Mucker Growth Session, Peter Walker from Carta reviews insights and compensation benchmarks for early stage startups gathered from Carta’s extensive dataset of nearly 50,000 startups. In the evolving...
Legal 101 For Startups with Amanda Busch
In this Mucker Growth Session, Amanda Busch, General Counsel at Mucker, discusses the legal basics founders should consider when building their startup. Link to Slide Content: Mucker Growth Series –...
Buyer Journey Framework – The Secret To B2B Go-To-Market Success with Tony Yang
In this Mucker Growth Session, Tony Yang, Head of Growth at Mucker, walks through using a buyer’s journey framework to improve your customer’s experience and your conversion rates. Common Buyer...