Aaron Mendes

Experience

Brandable

VP Digital and Ecommerce 2019 (6 months)

Luna DNA

VP Marketing 2018 (9 months)

1010data

VP, Product 2014 - 2017 (about 3 years)

Big data and market research company. Head of data products.

Exit

Quantio

Founder 2013 - 2014 (almost 2 years)

E-Commerce analytics company. Sold in private transaction to 1010data.

QuestPoint

Chief Product Officer 2010 - 2013 (over 3 years)

Mobile, desktop, and browser app company. Lead monetization and user acquisition of over 50M monthly active users.

Exit

skillwho

Founder 2007 - 2011 (over 4 years)

Was an online social network for people to find skills and talents within their friends and friends of friends. Years before Thumbtack. Sold in a private transaction.

wellness.com

Founder 2007 - 2010 (over 3 years)

Online health website and directory.

Earnware

VP of Marketing 2003 - 2007 (almost 4 years)

CRM and online publishing company.

Founder

Quantio, wellness.com, PrivacyHawk, skillwho

Employee

1010data, Earnware, QuestPoint, Luna DNA, Brandable

Education

About

Achievements

Officer that helped grow QuestPoint from $12M revenue to $65M in revenue. Sold several companies such as SkillWho and Quantio in private acquisitions. The company that bought Quantio, 1010data, was acquired for $500M by Advance Newhouse in 2015.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Amazon Web Services Business Development C# Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Cross-Functional Team Leadership CSS Financial Financial Modeling HTML Javascript jQuery Leadership Management Marketing Management PHP Planning Product Management Product Marketing Product Strategy Python Software SQL WEB Web Development Web Technologies

Locations

San Diego California New York City San Francisco

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

Same as Warren Buffet. "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.

What's your favorite non-business book?

History of the World by HG Wells

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

Angel investing and traveling the world (I do that now too!)

What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

Making a son with my wife. 7 year old rebel. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Which founders or startups do you most admire?

Musk, Bezos, Hoffman, Gates, Jobs, but Musk is by far and away the most amazing person of our generation. IMHO

What's your super power?

Marketing and customer generation.

What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

What words of wisdom do you live by?

Be kind, ambitious, fearless, and don't let anyone tell you that you can't do anything. You...can... And always be learning. Always.

What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

Helping great start ups achieve their dreams and change the world.

What was the most impactful class you took in school?

Entrepreneurship and Finance. Knowing how money works is so, so important. Even if your an artist or scienctist.

What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

Taken more risks and believed in myself.

What's an obstacle you've overcome?

Company lost funding. As CEO, kept Team together and managed to sell the company and land my team great roles at the acquirers' company. We're still all together today.

Aaron Mendes

CEO @privacyhawk 🦄 Investor, SVP Product @getrev Founder @wellness.com Founder @quantio CPO @questpoint VP @earnware Entrepreneurship @syracuse-university Founder @skillwho.com VP @1010data

Officer that helped grow QuestPoint from $12M revenue to $65M in revenue. Sold several companies such as SkillWho and Quantio in private acquisitions. The company that bought Quantio, 1010data, was acquired for $500M by Advance Newhouse in 2015.