Sidd Pagidipati

Inc. 500 Entrepreneur, CEO of Chamber.com

Current

CEO & Founder at Chamber.com
Chief Operating Officer at Freedom Health

Past

Co-Founder at Simile Software (nano.com)
Analyst, Investment Banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

Education

Georgetown University

Summary

Inc. 500 Entrepreneur
Founded and grew Freedom Health into the 7th fastest growing private company in America by Inc. Magazine in Inc. 500 in 2009
Grew from 3 employees and $0 revenue in 2004 to 400+ employees and $360M in revenues in 2009 and estimated $500M in 2010.

What We Do: Chamber.com is an Online Chamber of Commerce connecting leaders worldwide.

The Problem: When I moved from New York City to Tampa, Florida in 2001, I really didn't know too many people down here. I had to hustle like crazy to develop the business contacts and friends that I have. It was really time consuming and inefficient (not to mention expensive) to go to all those networking events. I founded Chamber.com out of those frustrations.

The Solution: Chamber.com provides an online, convenient and free way to:

Market your products and services
Network quickly and easily in your local chamber or around the world
Access webinars by NY Times Best-Selling Authors (coming April 1)

Experience

CEO & Founder
Chamber.com

Internet Industry

November 2009 – Present (1 year 4 months)

BusinessChamber.com is an online Chamber of Commerce on Steroids. With over 1000+ Business Chambers around the world, BusinessChamber.com provides an online, convenient and free way to:

Market your products and services
Network quickly and easily in your local chamber or around the world
Access webinars by NY Times Best-Selling Authors (coming April 1)

Chief Operating Officer
Freedom Health

Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry

March 2004 – Present (7 years)

Co-founded Medicare Advantage Health Plan focused on the senior population.
Wrote business plan, acquired capital investment, received state and federal health insurance licenses and hired senior management team.
Grown revenue exponentially: 2004 - $0; 2005 - $1.7M; 2006 - $26M; 2007 - $100 Million; 2008 - $182M; 2009 - $360M; and $500M in 2010.
Ranked #7 fastest growing private company in America on the Inc 500 for 2009.
Currently licensed in 30 counties in Florida. Expanding multistate.