Eric Edelstein

Eric Edelstein's work experience includes co-founding and working as the Chief Revenue Officer at DOKKA.com since 2017, where they helped automate the collection of documents, data extraction, bookkeeping entries, and reconciliations. Eric also worked as a partner at Global Sunset Investments since 2005, primarily investing in tech and digital startups. Eric was the CEO of Daddy's Deals from 2015 to 2016, and a co-founder of evly from 2010 to 2012, which focused on social marketing. Eric co-founded incuBeta Holdings, which included Clicks2Customers and Yola.com, from 2003 to 2008, driving significant annual sales through paid search engines. Prior to these roles, Eric had a 4-year adventure in the UK and South Africa, worked as a financial analyst at Electronic Data Systems in 1998, and as a financial manager at Bidvest in 1997.

Eric Edelstein has a diverse educational background. In 1993, they obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where they studied managerial accounting, financial accounting, and corporate and investment finance. In 2002, they attended the Unisa Graduate Business School and completed a postgraduate honors program in Ecommerce, which included coursework in finance, marketing, systems and technology, entrepreneurship, and strategy. In that same year, they also attended the Gordon Institute of Business Science and studied negotiation.

Recently, in 2012 and 2015, Eric participated in online courses through Coursera. At The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, they studied gamification, while at the University of Maryland, College Park, they explored new venture finance and startup funding for entrepreneurs.

In addition to their formal education, Eric has obtained several certifications. In 2022, they completed various courses offered by HubSpot Academy, including sales enablement, digital advertising, HubSpot reporting, HubSpot sales software, revenue operations, SEO, sales management, digital marketing, and frictionless sales.