Babak Azad
Founder, Round Two Partners
Babak Azad is the Founder of Round Two Capital. He was most recently a board member of Electronic Retailing Association and has served as the SVP of Media & Acquisition at Beachbody for eight years, overseeing media, web testing and landing page optimization and telesales. He joined Beachbody at $100M and proudly left as it eclipsed $1 billion. He founded TONE Magazine, an active lifestyle magazine, in Jan 2002 and was responsible for its publication. Babak is skilled in Direct Marketing and Strategic Partnerships and earned his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Content & Articles by Babak Azad
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 2 Recap: Startup Growth – Tuesday Oct 14
After a packed AI Building Day, we continued LA Tech Week with Startup Growth Day, a full schedule of sessions focused on go-to-market strategy, founder journeys, and scaling startups in...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13
We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...
Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....