Gabriel Quintela
I operate and advise organizations across media, hospitality, and technology.Topics that bring me energy include: network and community design, partnership and sales strategy, event production, and impact-focused entrepreneurship.Brazilian born but now Brooklyn based. Previous work (and other interests) expanded upon below.
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Open to supporting aligned organizations with partnership strategy, media operations, 0-1 new business creation, event production and more. If interested, get in touch below.
Home // Restaurants
There are a few things that bring me more joy than a beautiful meal and hospitality experience. Below is a short-list of my current favorite spots around the world.NYC
- Le Crocodile (Williamsburg)
- Taste of Heaven (Williamsburg)
- Bernies (Williamsburg)
- L'Industrie Pizzeria (Williamsburg)
- Achilles Heel (Greenpoint)
- Taqueria Ramirez (Greenpoint)
- Acre (Greenpoint)
- Eyval (Bushwick)
- Forgtmenot (Dimes)
- Frenchette (Tribeca)
- Raoul's (SoHo)
- Sushi Yasuda (Midtown)Los Angeles
- Bee Taqueria (West Adams)
- Found Oyster (Little Armenia)
- Hatchet Hall (Culver City)
- Courage Bagels (Silver Lake)Tokyo
- Sumibi Yakiniku Nakahara (Chiyoda City)
- Butagumi (Minato City)
- Nata de Cristiano (Shibuya)
- Kakushinka TOKYO (Tokyo Ramen Street, Tokyo Station)
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Keep Cool
Cofounder and COOKeep Cool is a digital media company focused on strategic analysis and storytelling at the intersection of climate impact & business.- Grew newsletter and podcast to reach ~20,000 founders, investors, and operators 2x weekly.- Developed, led, and reported on owned events strategy focused on new audience acquisition.- Developed media operation workflows to ensure editorial meets organizational and partner objectives.
FWB
Head of PartnershipsFWB is a A16Z backed web3 company.- Scaled dept. from 0-$1M in annual revenue within a complex community-stakeholder organization (DAO).- Built and maintained strong relationships with key partners, securing funds, while also project managing the cross-functional execution of each partnership across internal product, eng., and marketing teams.- Launched first-of-it’s-kind partnerships including a new membership and event series with LVMH titled Cafe 11.- Sold all sponsors for first year of FWB Festival, coordinating each partner’s on-site presence.Link(s): Cafe 11: Hennessy x FWB
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Summit Fellows
Founder and DirectorSummit Fellows is a two year impact accelerator for social entrepreneurs.- Raised $2.3M in philanthropic capital to fund the program’s launch.- Managed stakeholder relationships including fellows, funders, partners, mentors, and advisory board members, to achieve organizational goals.- Marketed program and built analysis and selection process resulting in thousands of applications and 100+ selected Fellows from over 23 countries.More on the program’s impact here.
EnvoyNow
Cofounder and COOEnvoy was a last mile delivery logistics company founded out of our freshman dorm room. It was acquired by JoyRun in 2017.- Raised $1M seed round and accepted into 500 Startups accelerator program.- Created operational processes, team culture doctrine, and organizational KPIs to enable the business to scale to 20+ markets and 2,000+ employees and contractors.
Football Cafe
Director of Partnerships and Membership- Part of the founding team at Football Cafe, a 5,000 sq ft. home for soccer fans in downtown Manhattan.- Scaled partnerships from 0-$400k revenue including partnerships with Manchester United (recap) and Samsung.- Designed private membership club, creating brand, user experience, programming, and sales workflows resulting in $200k ARR in subscriptions pre-opening.NY Post Press