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
Finance 101 for Early Stage Startup Founders with Debbie Rosler
In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should...
Engineering Customer & Product Feedback Loops with Holden Munson & Sofia Maravich
In this Mucker Growth session, Holden Munson and Sofia Maravich from Rethink Labs, explore how to develop a useful system of collecting customer data and integrating it into your team....
How Startups Can Win More Enterprise Deals Through Value Selling with Mike Genstil
In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales. Delivering value at every touchpoint of...
How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide
In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...
Best Customers, Best Results: Unlocking Retention-Driven B2C Growth with Julius Lai
In this Mucker Growth session, Julius Lai from ArtShare discusses customer retention, which is often overlooked but essential for startups facing growth challenges. The following content will provide practical recaps...
Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert
In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be...