The document provides information about Faisal Farooqui, the founder and CEO of MouthShut.com, an Indian user-generated consumer review website. It discusses his background and education, the founding and growth of MouthShut.com, his recognition as an entrepreneur and advocate for freedom of expression, and some of his other business ventures including founding an enterprise feedback company and launching a daily deals website.

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Faisal Farooqui
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MouthShut.com
Faisal I. Farooqui (born: 23 April) is an entrepreneur, best known as the
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MouthShut.com, a user-
generated consumer review and feedback service.Faisal is a recognized
advocate of freedom of expression on the Internet- he challenged India's
restrictive IT Rules in the Supreme Court which resulted in the Honorable
Supreme Court striking down India's draconian Sec. 66A and reading
down of many other sections. (MouthShut.com & Faisal Farooqui v/s
Union of India)
Farooqui has been featured in Fortune, Entrepreneur magazine, Economic
Times, CNN, BBC, New York Times blog, UK's Financial Express,
CNBC, NDTV, Zee, The Times of India and other magazines, newspapers and TV channels.
He has been invited to speak on entrepreneurship, technology, social media and marketing seminars worldwide.
Besides he has been guest lecturer at colleges such as American University in Dubai, IIM Ahmedabad, IIT
Mumbai, NITIE Mumbai and Google, NASSCOM, IAMAI. Faisal is a TiE charter member and mentor. In
2012, Entrepreneur Magazine named Faisal among the Top Business People in India and was included in a list
of Entrepreneurs who have created History. Earlier in 2009, Farooqui was named as a Youth Icon India's
national TV news channel. The British High Commission (British Embassy in Delhi) announced Faisal among
50 Indians to its list of Young Leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and symbolize optimism
of the country.
Early life
Farooqui attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, from where he obtained a Bachelor of
Science degree in Information Systems as well as Finance. At the University, Farooqui was elected to the
Faculty Senate and the Student's Assembly, and was the Technology Editor of the campus newspaper,
Pipedream.
Farooqui was recruited from campus and worked in the Telecoms consulting practice of American Management
System, now acquired by CGI Systems, in Fairfax, Virginia. He later quit, to launch MouthShut.com in 2000.
Farooqui received the Manthan Award for Best Youth website in 2006 from India's IT Minister Sachin Pilot. He
speaks at conferences concerning Social Media, Internet technology, branding, Entrepreneurship and youth
empowerment etc. Outlook magazine recommended Farooqui as among the Top 5 people to follow on Twitter
from Tech/New Media.
MouthShut.com
In an interview with CNBC, Farooqui said that the inspiration for MouthShut.com came to him while in a media
class at Binghamton University. MouthShut.com won "Best Portal Award 2009" at the first edition of the
IDMA (India Digital Media Awards) held on March 11, 2010.
The Wall Street Journal-Mint states websites such as Mouthshut.com and YouTube are alternative channels for
brands to get consumer feedback. MouthShut.com was founded four years before US-based popular consumer
review site Yelp.com.
Other Business Ventures
In 2002 Faisal co-founded Zarca Interactive, an enterprise feedback company based in Herndon, Virginia. As
CEO of Zarca Interactive, Faisal presented at the Technovate seminar of European Society for Opinion and
Market Research (ESOMAR), held in Cannes, France in January 2003; Faisal argued for an effective
integration of Market Research and CRM systems.
In 2011, Farooqui launched Dealface.com as part of MouthShut.com's offering. Dealface offered daily discount
deals on spas, dance classes, health checkups, car service, restaurants discounts etc. It was the first deal site to
offer SMS coupons, thus eliminating the need for paper printouts of coupons.