Founder at Yoogrow
Gainesville, Florida Area
- Current
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- Evangelist at Convert
- Founder at Yoogrow
- Past
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- VP of Business Development at Grooveshark.com
- CEO/Founder at e-Piphany Innovations, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- University of Florida
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Andrew Wise’s Summary
Grooveshark is the world's music library: users can listen to any song, on-demand, for free. Founded by University of Florida students in 2006 and together with a team of investment bankers, music industry veterans, and venture-financing, we are going to change the music industry, and the world, forever.
http://listen.grooveshark.com
We're looking to make connections in the following areas:
* Advertisers looking for a way to break-through traditional online advertising and catch the wave of the next big thing
* Online communities looking to bring music into their ecosystem
* Record labels and artists looking to license their catalog
Andrew Wise’s Specialties:
research, contract negotiation, music industry law, startup bootstrapping, viral marketing, productivity management
Andrew Wise’s Experience
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Evangelist
Convert
(Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Convert is a Javascript application that allows eCommerce businesses to increase their conversion rates. Industry average conversion rates are 2%, and the Convert software enables web stores to see 100%-200% increases in their overall conversion rates, having a huge impact on their bottom line. The software is in a Lighthouse period, offering potential clients an opportunity to utilize enterprise-class software that the likes of Amazon/eBay use internally on their Small and Medium Businesses. Clients either license the software on a SAAS-basis or on structured (typically) 6 month contracts.
As a member of the agency team, I control the client experience and manage all activities required to launch clients including providing creative and technical expertise.
My background in SEO/CSS/XHTML/Photoshop is extremely helpful in reducing the manpower required to successfully launch clients and allows me to be extremely efficient in my duties.
The role requires me to constantly be under heavy pressure to launch clients to meet cash-flow requirements creating an instant satisfaction that my actions fuel growth within the startup.
As the client's main contact, I adeptly handle all client inquiries, requests, and any troubleshooting issues that arise helping to reduce any possible client reduction while maximizing client satisfaction. -
Founder
Yoogrow
(Internet industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
SEO/Lead generation consulting/services company that brings organic and paid search to micro-business and capitalizes on the yet untapped local SEO market.
Clients looking for ways to market their small business more cost-effectively and pay on a per-lead basis rather than per-click can take advantage of our lead-generation services or can enlist us on a consulting basis to help construct your next web presence. -
VP of Business Development
Grooveshark.com
(Privately Held; Music industry)
August 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 8 months)
Coming onto the Grooveshark team in 2006, I immediately assumed the role of extended-founder and proceeded to help grow the team from 6 part-time students to a venture-backed company with 24 full time employees.
Switching duties from COO, to VP of Business Development, I negotiated the signing of a net-600 record labels and artists. Working from nothing, I have assembled the advertising department, and built numerous mutually-beneficial business partnerships.
Now, my duty is to turn this startup into revenue-positive through product development initiatives, business development partnerships, and advertising sales. What I lack in experience, I make up for in drive and countless hours of research. -
CEO/Founder
e-Piphany Innovations, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Consumer Electronics industry)
June 2005 — May 2007 (2 years)
Company set up to protect myself from liability while selling computer hardware on eBay.
Gross revenue over $200k, with a ROI of 30% over a 2 year period.
Andrew Wise’s Education
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University of Florida
Marketing , 2003 — 2007
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productivity, GTD, new mobile technology, college football, web 2.0, internet, gadgets, iphone, blackberry
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