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Executive | Entrepreneur | Speaker | Coach

Arshad Merali is a world-class business executive and serial entrepreneur with a passion for sharing his lessons and experiences with other business owners around the globe.  He has worked in many leading organizations and provided senior level executives with guidance and advice on their business issues.

Arshad has an impressive track record of launching and leading several high-growth companies. Under his leadership, these companies have grown from concepts to multi-million dollar businesses in a matter of years.

Amongst his various achievements, Arshad has held the role of Chief Operating Officer with WebHosting.Com, a leading hosting company with over 300 employees and 70 million dollars in revenue. He also held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Aracnet Internet Systems. A company that he founded and grew to over 50 employees and over 5 million dollars in sales.

As well, Arshad is also one of the founding partners of the wildly successful Blowfish Restaurant + Sake Bar in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

When not working on his portfolio of various companies in retail, hospitality, television and technology, Arshad enjoys coaching business owners and speaks at various conferences and tradeshows around the world.

Look for Arshad’s forthcoming book “Wow Squared: How to really wow your customers”. For more details, please visit www.wowsquared.com

Contact: me [at] arshadmerali [dot] com

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Juicing The Orange
Juicing The Orange
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Grapevine
Grapevine
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The New Gold Standard
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The Starbucks Experience
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