Mike Anderson

Current

Owner at Corporate Ventures, Inc.

Past

President at infoUSA
Co-Owner at Fowler's Point Decoys
President at eOneGroup

President at Ameritrade, Inc
District Sales Manager at Vital Learning
Principal at Paradigm Solutions
Marketing Director at Majers Marketing
Unit Manager at Procter & Gamble
Retail Sales at T. Galaxy Shirt Shop

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Education

Iowa State University - College of Business

Recommended

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Connections

382 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

My Company

Mike Anderson’s Summary

Knowledgeable about running large and small firms. Expertise in sales and marketing. Have grown, managed and designed strategic growth plans for many firms.

My goal is to take advantage of these experiences and work with business owners on their exit strategies and their transition out of their business.

Mike Anderson’s Specialties:

Business brokerage firm working with buyers to find firms to acquire, I also conduct some personnel placements at the executive level.

Mike Anderson’s Experience

Owner

Corporate Ventures, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

I am the owner in charge of finding prospective buyers for firms that want to sell or finding firms for buyers. Also involved in finding executive staff for firms that have needs.
President

infoUSA

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; iusa; Market Research industry)

August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)

Managed a sales force of 900, created and implemented a strategic three year plan for technology and service upgrades.
Co-Owner

Fowler's Point Decoys

(Sporting Goods industry)

January 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 7 months)

Manufacturer of fine wooden duck decoys for hunting or decoration.
President

eOneGroup

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

eOneGroup built some of the best e-commerce engines out there. Their specialty was hooking the e-commerce engine into legacy order entry systems. We supplied the web order entry system for Omaha Steaks and other significant e-retailers.
President

Ameritrade, Inc

(Public Company; AMTD; Financial Services industry)

October 1992 — August 2002 (9 years 11 months)

I was the President when we launched the brand in October of 1997. We only had 230 employees then and grew it to 1,200 by March of 1999. We built out the call center in Southroads Mall in Omaha and a 133,000 square foot facility in Ft. Worth. Also held positions of Director of Marketing and Director of Investor and Public Relations for the holding company.
District Sales Manager

Vital Learning

(Education Management industry)

January 1990 — October 1992 (2 years 10 months)

We sold pre-packeage training programs to major corporations in the Midwest Region. Products covered sales training, customer service, supervision and management training.
Principal

Paradigm Solutions

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

January 1988 — December 1989 (2 years )

Paradigm was focused on developing frequent shopper reward programs for the grocery industry. I was in charge of Marketing and Sales.
Marketing Director

Majers Marketing

(Consumer Goods industry)

April 1985 — November 1987 (2 years 8 months)

Market Research firm focused on the grocery industry
Unit Manager

Procter & Gamble

(Public Company; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

May 1979 — April 1985 (6 years )

Sales representative, then sales manager in the Paper Division. Lived in Omaha, Kansas City and Memphis, TN.
Retail Sales

T. Galaxy Shirt Shop

(Retail industry)

1977 — 1979 (2 years )

Retail T-shirt shop. I also sold products to the Greek houses and Dorm floors at their location.

Mike Anderson’s Education

Iowa State University - College of Business

B.S. , Industrial Administration , 1975 — 1979

Delta Tau Delta won several national awards for excellence (Hugh Shields) while I was Vice President and Rush Chairman.

Activities and Societies:

Delta Tau Delta Vice President and Rush Chairman, Viesha parade float committee and Varieties cast member

Additional Information

Mike Anderson’s Websites:

My Company

Mike Anderson’s Interests:

Hunting, collectible duck decoys, fishing.

Mike Anderson’s Groups:

Omaha Executive Club,
Chamber of Commerce Executive Dialogue Group,
Omaha Chamber of Commerce member,
Midlands Venture Forum,
Omaha Executive Association,
President of the GOAL Group,