Afif Khoury's guest appearances

Afif Khoury

The Slow Hustle Podcast: Online Business, Entrepreneurship, Hustle, Family and Managing the Pendulum Swing.

Tacos and Tech Podcast

James Martin

Sarah Cooper

Brad Feld

Sarah Davis

Paul Puey

Felena Hanson

Mike Roberts

Steven Cox

Rebecca Rosen

Tristan Cooper

Tara Falcone

Zeb Evans

Todd Harris

Tim Ellis

Sashee Chandran

OwlTail

Afif Khoury is the Founder &amp; CEO of SOCi, a local marketing platform that aims to solve and manage the complex digital workflow of large, multi-location enterprises.  After earning a degree in neuroscience and physiology from UC San Diego in 1998, Afif worked in a genetics lab for a while and even had his work published in the Journal of Cell Biology. Shortly after that, he made the radical decision to go study law and business at Northwestern University, and ended up starting his first company SymptomCare.com while in graduate school.  After the  dot-com crash in 2000, Afif spent some time as an attorney  representing emerging growth companies and the venture and private equity funds that invested in them. He chose to return to his passion of entrepreneurship a few years later, raising $70 million for his venture fund, Axon Ventures. To this day, his love for the life sciences remains, mainly in the form of investments in biotech companies.  One of Axon Ventures’ investments was a digital marketing company that Afif became very involved with - so much so that he ended up becoming its CEO, and eventually sold the company. After chatting with the startup’s lead engineer, they decided to co-found SOCi together in 2012. Tune in to hear more about Afif’s successful journey transitioning from science and law to entrepreneurship and investing in tech companies. As mentioned in the episode: If your company is struggling as a result of the current pandemic, check out information about government-sponsored PPP (payment protection program) loans  here (https://bit.ly/3eqWOaP). See the list of fintech companies assisting the SBA with loans  here (https://bit.ly/2OoB70u). Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem.   Afif’s favorite local tacos: Fish tacos from Pacifica Del Mar   Connect with Afif:  LinkedIn Twitter: @afifkhoury   Keep up with SOCi:  Website: https://www.meetsoci.com/ Facebook: @MeetSOCI LinkedIn Twitter: @meetsoci Instagram: @meetsoci

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/afifkhoury/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Afif Khoury</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO of <a href="https://www.meetsoci.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SOCi</a>, a local marketing platform that aims to solve and manage the complex digital workflow of large, multi-location enterprises.  After earning a degree in neuroscience and physiology from UC San Diego in 1998, Afif worked in a genetics lab for a while and even had his work published in the Journal of Cell Biology. Shortly after that, he made the radical decision to go study law and business at Northwestern University, and ended up starting his first company <a href="http://SymptomCare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SymptomCare.com</a> while in graduate school.  After the  dot-com crash in 2000, Afif spent some time as an attorney  representing emerging growth companies and the venture and private equity funds that invested in them. He chose to return to his passion of entrepreneurship a few years later, raising $70 million for his venture fund, Axon Ventures. To this day, his love for the life sciences remains, mainly in the form of investments in biotech companies.  One of Axon Ventures’ investments was a digital marketing company that Afif became very involved with - so much so that he ended up becoming its CEO, and eventually sold the company. After chatting with the startup’s lead engineer, they decided to co-found SOCi together in 2012. Tune in to hear more about Afif’s successful journey transitioning from science and law to entrepreneurship and investing in tech companies. As mentioned in the episode: If your company is struggling as a result of the current pandemic, check out information about government-sponsored PPP (payment protection program) loans <a href="https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a> (<a href="https://bit.ly/3eqWOaP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3eqWOaP</a>). See the list of fintech companies assisting the SBA with loans <a href="https://www.zenefits.com/workest/fintech-companies-approved-to-offer-ppp-loans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a> (<a href="https://bit.ly/2OoB70u" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2OoB70u</a>). Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem. Afif’s favorite local tacos: Fish tacos from <a href="https://www.pacificadelmar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacifica Del Mar</a> Connect with Afif:  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/afifkhoury/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/afifkhoury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: @afifkhoury Keep up with SOCi:  Website: <a href="https://www.meetsoci.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.meetsoci.com/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MeetSOCI/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>: @MeetSOCI <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/soci-inc-/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/meetsoci" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: @meetsoci <a href="https://www.instagram.com/meetsoci/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: @meetsoci

Building One of the Fastest-Growing Startups in the Nation with Afif Khoury