Bill Morrison

I've spent the past eight years working as an equity research analyst covering the Internet advertising and digital media sectors. As a "sell-side" research analyst, I spend the majority of my time creating and communicating proprietary investment ideas to "buy-side" institutional investors, including long/short hedge funds and long-only mutual funds. I also spend a considerable amount of my time assisting in the equity capital raising process for public and private companies. Over the past several years, for instance, I've participated as an analyst in the successful initial public offerings for Google, Fastclick, eHealth, and OpenTable, among others. I also spend a significant amount of my time advising public and private Internet companies on strategy, business development and investor relations.

Prior to my career on Wall Street, I spent several years working within the Internet industry in sales and business development roles, and as an entrepreneur. I also have experience in venture capital and private equity investing.

I continue to enjoy equity research and am proud to be a Partner and member of the management team at ThinkEquity. Eventually, I would like to apply my industry expertise and finance experience within a later stage private (or small-cap public) Internet company, or return to venture capital/private equity.

Bill Morrison’s Specialties:

Security analysis, equity valuation, industry research, financial modeling, accounting rules, M&A, initial public and secondary offerings, evaluating Internet business models, online advertising (direct response, brand/display, lead-gen, listings, etc.), venture capital and private equity investing, and Internet ad sales, product marketing, corporate strategy and business development.

Bill Morrison’s Experience

Partner, Sr. Internet Analyst

ThinkEquity Partners

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Banking industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Director and Sr. Research Analyst

JMP Securities

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; JMP; Investment Banking industry)

March 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 7 months)
Sr. Associate

Salomon Smith Barney

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Investment Banking industry)

June 2002 — March 2005 (2 years 10 months)
Associate

Bowman Capital

(Investment Banking industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Co-Founder

PlatinumHealth.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 9 months)
Business Development

Eagle River Interactive

(Public Company; Investment Banking industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years)

Bill Morrison’s Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

MBA , Finance , 1998 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

Kauffman Fellowship Finalist
Colgate University

BA , Political Science, Economics , 1989 — 1993
Deerfield Academy

High School , English, History, Science, Economics , 1986 — 1989
Deerfield Academy

1986 — 1989