Startup Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- CEO at ArtHitch
- Past
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- COO at Jangl
- SVP (Operations & Interactive Marketing) at PodShow
- Director (Operations) at CODE Plus Inc.
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- Education
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- George Mason University School of Law
- George Mason University
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Brian Longest’s Summary
Skills & Experience:
Venture Captial - raised capital for ventures below (east & west) and worked with:
- Kleiner Perkins KPCB
- Sequoia
- Sherpalo
- Storm Ventures
- Cardinal Venture Capital
- Labrador Ventures
- Commonwealth Assoc.
Startups:
- ArtHitch - original art community
- Mevio (previously PodShow) - consumer multimedia
- Jangl - mobile marketing
- UtopiAd - consumer permission based marketing
Operationally I build organizations from 1 to many, ground up: business model, strategy, execution, revenue, finding and hiring talent, creating (and obtaining) the right metrics to create value.
My interactive marketing results:
- #26 Comscore - (grew PodShow to #26 in Comscore Ent/Multi - 2007)
- 29,144% growth (3rd fastest growing site PodShow - 2007)
- #157 Nielson - of all Sites (catapulted UtopiAd to #157 overall online - 2000)
Notes:
- Editor of Venture Capital Update
- Intellectual Property and Patent Attorney
- Programmer, Comp Sci degree and experience
Brian Longest’s Specialties:
venture capital, startups, customer acquisition, viral marketing, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, SEM, affiliate marketing, strategy, financing, deal structure, marketing, business development, operations, legal
