Brant Williams

Managing Partner at Atlas Accelerator

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Managing Partner at Atlas Accelerator
  • Advisor at Limeade
Past
  • CEO at Tenacious Offense
  • President at Completion Group
  • Director, Business Development at Amazon.com
  • Enterprise Software Sales at RealNetworks
  • National Sales Director at Future Shop
Education
  • University of Washington
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Websites

Brant Williams’s Summary

Entrepreneurs should be honored; they are a pillar of capitalism. Having led the sales and go-to-market initiatives at over 25 startups, I'm making a career out of helping entrepreneurs be successful. Our company invests time and money in early stage companies. We partner with high-growth startups, providing them the resources and guidance necessary to get to the next level.

Brant Williams’s Specialties:

Technology Sales, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Consumer Sales, Enterprise Sales, Advertising Sales. Mergers and Acquisition, Fundraising, Organizational Development, Market Analysis, Marketing, Public Relations.


Brant Williams’s Experience

  • Managing Partner

    Atlas Accelerator

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    September 2007Present (1 year 2 months)

    I'm in love with entrepreneurs - so this rocks. Startups need to Build things, Sell things and Operate themselves. Atlas Accelerator is the largest consulting firm in the Pacific Northwest focused on the needs of growing technology companies. We help them by filling critical roles in these three fundamental areas. I am accountable for the 'Sell things' function for both Atlas and our clients. We have rock stars in sales/bizdev, marketing, PR and partnerships. Our 'top-line' team has over 70 years experience with over $500MM in sales under our belts. This team is amazing, and all tech-startups should consider a relationship with Atlas.

  • Advisor

    Limeade

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    June 2007Present (1 year 5 months)

    Limeade was founded on the belief that clinical health, well-being and organizational health are inextricably related. We call this employee vitality, and we give companies the scientifically-proven tools they need to measure and improve it .

    Employees use Limeade to understand and take charge of their own well-being, connecting with the people, tools and resources they need to improve.

    Companies and Carriers use Limeade to get an accurate and detailed picture of all three measures -- clinical health, well-being and organizational health -- in a clear, concise way that they can act on.

  • CEO

    Tenacious Offense

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

    July 2006September 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    www.tenaciousoffense.com
    Offensive Coordinators for Startups

    Sales and Marketing executives are expensive - the good ones are hard to find. Use us to either augment your existing sales leadership, or help you take new initiatives to market.

    Get traction, know your market, then grow the team. Add world-class talent to your team without the search, risk or cost.

    Money and Time are scarce

    We are a world-class sales team, paid on results. We are hired to land customers and partners for startup initiatives. Most of our compensation comes from commission on the milestones you set for us.

  • President

    Completion Group

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

    October 2004June 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    Completion Group helps business owners prepare themselves and their company for an exit.
    Planning will increase the value of a business. A plan should be in place 3 years before the exit event takes place. You need to know how much your business is worth, to whom, what they want and what they don't. With Completion Group, you will receive a deep, honest assessment of the salability and value of your business. You will understand who the target acquirers are, what they want and which actions you can take to improve value.

  • Director, Business Development

    Amazon.com

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; amzn; Internet industry)

    April 2002October 2004 (2 years 7 months)

    Responsible for managing and executing all aspects of strategic partnerships and category expansion. Identify appropriate opportunities which support Amazon's strategic priorities, evaluate the benefits, leverage and acquire resources and negotiating methods to align and drive cross-functional groups to successful completion. Most recent objectives were to identify, coordinate and launch new categories of business and offer Amazon’s platform as an outsourced “private label” solution to run key clients web business.

  • Enterprise Software Sales

    RealNetworks

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; rnwk; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 1998March 2002 (3 years 5 months)

    Digital Media Platform sales to Fortune 1000, Universities, Government, Media Companies, and Infrastructure.

  • National Sales Director

    Future Shop

    (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 1996October 1998 (2 years 6 months)

    Future Shop Corporate was the US-Enterprise arm of the Canadian firm, Future Shop. At the time, Future Shop also had 48 regional retail stores in the US. We were the first team to translate the firm’s retail success into the enterprise market. . We sold Enterprise-Level deployments of IT Hardware and Consulting. Founding member of the team.


Brant Williams’s Education

  • University of Washington

    19931997


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Brant Williams’s Groups:

NWEN, Keiretsu Forum, Alliance of Angels, MITEF, WTIA

  •    Microsoft Enterprise ISVs

Brant Williams’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
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