Surfmonkey - A Second Generation Silicon Valley High Tech Capitalist
Puzzles, People and Places with Keiretsu and Pareto Principals applied. Start ups - 7, Start ups IPO'd - 2, Start ups Acquired - 4, Start ups Restructured - 1 with a successful S1 filing to go public.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports |
| Skills: | Architecture, Business, Contracts, Copy Writing, Copyrights, Corporate, Design, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Incorporating, Intellectual Property, Investment, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Patents, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Sales, Trademarks, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Next step: | Each of my past experiences has fostered leadership skills, extensive strategy formulas, entrepreneurial qualities, technical skills and future market awareness capabilities that I apply in numerous situations, opportunities and businesses for success.
I provide strategic guidance and operational support to emerging companies. I act as financial, operational and technical advisory services for Startups, their launches, restructures and turn around. |
| Location: | San Francisco Bay Area, Auckland, London and Phoenix |
| Visas: | EUC & New Zealand residency |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments |
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| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
FULL BIO
· Working on four different Startups, their P&S and Go to Market Strategies as CEO
· Finishing up on one large corporate Restructure / Turn Around in Los Angeles
· Director at Current Co since 1995
· Exporting California Wine since 2001
· Always looking for new puzzles and ideas that could change the world
Past Startups
· CEO, COB, President at L1 (Filed S1 for an IPO)
· Executive Vice President at Medialive / Surfmonkey (Acquired)
· Director and Investor at Pixera
· Past USA MD at Phoenix and GS Ventures
· Director at NetUSA (Successful IPO and follow on Acquisition)
· USA Launch Manager at Insignia Solutions UK (Successful IPO)
· Director at CSD (Acquired)
· CEO at PCT - Self funded Startup (Acquired)
· IBM - Recruited out of UCB. Attained Individual, Regional and National titles at IBM
Start ups - 7,
Start ups IPO - 2,
Start ups Acquired - 4,
Start ups restructured - 1 with a successful S1 filing to go Public.
CEO/Commercial Director
· Perform country and sector analysis
· Create go-to-market strategy for each region and channels
· Communicate strategy and product and service updates to global and regional sales teams
· Develop understanding of market; it's customers, products, industry trends, regulatory framework
· Evaluate acquisitions and partnerships that could enhance revenue growth. Then direct and manage through completion
· Ensures Companies and each division reaches its annual financial targets through promotion of products to and through the sales channel, targeted campaigns and clear retention strategies
· Work closely with product development to ensure that product updates and acquisitions P&S adequately reflect market trends.
· Develop go-to-market strategies across product sets for each region, including developing value proposition, performing competitive analysis, helping with marketing and messaging for commercial team and Company
· Work closely with commercial team across global markets, responding to ad-hoc questions and organizing and running monthly or quarterly updates
· Strong knowledge of strategy and strategic frameworks, gained through past industry Fortune 100 and Startup experiences
· Extensive experience in Corporate Strategy, M&A, P&S development, Research, Market trends, corporate divisions and corporate divisions and organization
· Extensive experience and first hand knowledge of Investment Banking, PIPE's, IPO's and PE formulas
Key value is the ability to organize sector-specific technologies / products / services into new industries and economic vehicles.
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
PUBLICATIONS
| Patents: | Five applied patents - online Business Practices |
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Anna Anisin
Girly Entrepreneur, a HUGE baseball, fashion, art, dance, dog, fitness lover! I enjoy learning about technology & most of all networking & meeting new people :)