Night Tap

Night Tap is a media and social commerce site focused exclusively on nightlife.  We are the nightlife experts.

We improve the social nightlife experience by giving nightlife enthusiasts, and the venues that serve them, an opportunity to connect through our platform.  We provide our members with deals, content and events to catapult their nightlife experience at a discount through a resonating lifestyle brand.  We deliver highly targeted customers to nightlife vendors, increasing vendors’ exposure and sales.  

Our deals can be found here:

http://nighttap.com/

And our content here:

http://www.nighttap.com/blog/

Kenny Kadar – Founder & CEO

Kenny most recently spent five years in Business Development at Bosley where he cultivated the skills necessary to launch and manage a successful enterprise.  Kenny has worked extensively in the planning stages of other startup companies as a consultant developing business plans for verticals including: entertainment, movie, social media, internet retail, clothing, and restaurant industries.  Kenny attended the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Marketing from the Foster School of Business.

Duties – Oversee overall business strategy, including sales/marketing, content creation, business/product development, new hires, management, budgeting and finance.

Arya Alexander Karamooz – VP of Sales

Arya Alexander Karamooz graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at LMU.  Prior to joining Night Tap, Arya founded Eco-Medical Solutions, a service that streamlines operations of physician practices. Arya has a well established network in the nightlife industry and proven ability to continue forming mutually beneficial relationships with quality merchants.

Duties – Oversee sales strategy including merchant acquisition, management of sales force and event promotions / planning.

Phil Rivers – VP of Business Development

A graduate of San Diego State, Phillip is a long time entrepreneur currently working at BeachMint, a social e-commerce company, spearheading Local Acquisitions and Business Development.  Through his previous experience with BeachMint and other start-ups, Phillip has acquired the skills necessary to launch successful partnerships across a variety of markets and platforms.

Duties – Develop affiliate partnerships and sponsorships, recruit new hires, oversee street team.

Elizabeth Mitchell – Editor

Elizabeth Mitchell is a freelance fashion and lifestyle writer living in LA. A graduate of NYU with a BS degree in Media Culture and Communications, she regularly contributes to 5+ online media sites on a monthly basis.  Elizabeth is an experienced social media marketer with public relations experience.

Duties – Oversee overall direction of written and social media content, including management of blogger network and creation/development of new content.

Advisors

John Ohanesian - Managing Partner at IMS, Former CEO of Bosley

Paul Corvino - Former Senior VP and GM of AOL, VP of Sales & Marketing at Cablevision, Managing Director at NY Times

Kevin Diamond - CTO of HauteLook

Groupon meets Thrillist

We are the only media and social commerce platform to focus exclusively on nightlife. 

Night Tap fills a void not currently met by our competitors.  There are deal sites focused exclusively on nightlife, media sites that sell deals that sometimes touch on nightlife, and general deal sites…but there is not one single resource focused exclusively on nightlife deals and content. We will fill that role, serving as the nightlife expert in the market.