AcquisitionScience
Founder
Dave Linhardt
I’ve founded eight technology startups. The last seven startups were profitable, a feat that had a one in 128 sextillion probability of success.
I’ve founded eight technology startups. The last seven startups were profitable, a feat that had a one in 128 sextillion probability of success.
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Experience
Founder Sensei
Employee
Yesmail
Employee
Experian
Employee
AT&T Wireless
Employee
Procter & Gamble
Employee
Savvo Digital Sommelier Solutions
Incubator
Advisor
Datalove.us
Founder, Co-Founder & CEO
I am currently Co-Founder & CEO of Datalove.us a leading life event data marketplace and offer recommendation engined based on verified purchase intent behavior. We are... more changing how omnichannel marketing campaigns are implemented using advanced personalization, anonymous actionable profiles and the largest, most accurate life event data platform in the market today. I co-founded the company as a portfolio project within InsightStudios.
Datalove.us
Employee
* Consumer data enhancement and personalization platform that combines data with imbedded artificial intelligence that predicts consumer behavior.
InsightStudios.co Chicago San Francisco
Founder, Founder & CEO
InsightStudios is an innovation consultancy & startup studio focused on helping existing businesses transform themselves into more nimble, more innovative and faster growing... more companies.
Founder, Founder & CEO
We are building 150 startups using a proven methodology for finding product- market fit. InsightStudios is a startup studio. Our solution is a proprietary process for building... more startups called Insight-Driven Iteration. This proven process provides break-through business model validation and de-leverages the risk of seed- stage investing using deep customer insight. Our proprietary deal flow of validated ideas is derived from problems experienced first hand by our experienced entrepreneurs, who ha
FounderDojo
Founder, Founder & CEO
FounderDojo is home for entrepreneurs. Those who are starting their journey can learn, train, create, build and connect with mentors. Those who are experienced can decompress,... more rest, help others, connect with kindred spirits, find inspiration and start again. Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. Those who are called to a life of freedom and adventure find solace here.
FounderSensei.com
Employee
San Francisco & Chicago * FounderSensei was rated the #1 lean startup school in the world by UP Global * Created a startup school to teach entrepreneurs how to build profitable... more startups from scratch. I focus on business model validation, getting traction with customers, finding product-market fit and scaling the company using repeatable and profitable customer acquisition methods * After running the school as a giveback to the startup community, we started providing new products and services for a f
Exit
Head Of Product - New Venture
I am a senior leader developing a new business venture at Merch by Amazon. My responsibilities include identifying the best market opportunities to pursue given internal capabilities,... more Customer requirements and the competitive landscape, developing a comprehensive strategy for entering new markets, defining detailed product requirements, developing a cost-effective go-to- market strategy, developing a detailed financial model and aligning with team members on a new service launch plan.
Disruptive Innovation Services
Employee
* We teach established businesses how to innovate like successful startups * We provide a suite of professional services designed to help established businesses transform... more their cultures from slow an stodgy to fast and innovative * Our products include a Three-Day Startup Bootcamp, 90-Day Startup Accelerator and the Innovation Outpost, a fully outsourced startup team focused on a sponsored theme * Closed six deals with enterprise customers in the first 10 months, including Procter & Gamble, John D
a16e.com
Employee
e360data which evolved into, is a data company that specializes in compiled online consumer omnichannel data. We have created a massive, 250 million record consumer database... more that was an industry first. Our data are used to connect online and offline data sources for data enhancement, predictive analytics and advanced targeting in online marketing applications * Our customers include Acxiom, Experian, AccuData, Fresh Address and several other data and database management companies that connect omni
MCDM Holdings
Founder, Founder & CEO
I created a ran a startup studio Chicago from
Maverick
Founder, Founder & CEO
Maverick Direct Marketing, Inc. was a startup studio focused on customer acquisition technologies. We've created, built and scaled five startups. We successfully bootstrapped... more all startups to profitability without any outside capital. Our best outcome generated a 480x cash-over-cash return. Our portfolio companies were as follows: LegitLead, LLC (2013 - 2015) - A lead scoring SaaS (Software-As-A-Service) business designed to predict inquiry conversion rates and reduce customer acquisition costs b
BargainDepot
Employee
* BargainDepot.net was a discount, e-commerce company similar to Overstock.com * Built profitable, vertically-integrated, online marketing business with only $5K in startup... more capital and grew it to $3.0 million revenue in four years * Developed proprietary products under SportsLoyal.com and Fienza.com brand names * We started using drop ship providers to sell fashion accessories and officially licensed sports merchandise to find initial product-market fit with consumers * After initial validation, we
Turnaround
Employee
Successfully turned around business from $6 million annual loss to $1.2 million EBITDA in 15 months. - Primarily responsible for improving operating margins and achieving... more profitability for a $15MM operating division. - Provided overall strategic direction for the customer acquisition business, including the creation and implementation of growth strategies for revenue and margin improvement. - Sold to InfoUSA in March 2003.
Exit
Sun Microsystems
Summer Intern
WABI Products Group Marketing & Business Strategy
Sun Microsystems
Employee
Develop product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for new network computer and operating system.
Product Management Summer Intern
* Developed vertical segmentation strategy for SunSoft desktop operating system. * Led the genesis of Sun's Java Station network computer. Refined vertical segmentation strategy... more for Java OS and the Solaris Operating System.
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Projects
A more intimate Meetup.com that is a cure for loneliness
ComeWith is a mobile app that expands your offline social network
Online education platform for entrepreneurs
It's a self-serve education platform to help entrepreneurs learn how to build profitable startups
A universal loyalty platform built on blockchain technology
It allows customers to learn cryptocurrency tokens that can be redeemed by any merchant or brand in the network
A life event data network & personalization engine
The data network consists of consumers who are experiencing significant life event changes marketed to merchant and brands who align with life event changes
An identity platform on blockchain
LegitID is a freemium service that allows users to signup for websites and apps without giving up there personal information
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I’ve founded eight technology startups. The last seven startups were profitable, a feat that had a one in 128 sextillion probability of success (1/2000)^7 = 128x10^21. Our startup projects created millions in value and generated a 1,460x cash-over-cash return or 50x more capital efficient than the average venture-backed exit.
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