Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Principal at Vista Verde Partners, LLC
- Past
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- Founder at Allwell Group
- Managing Director at Sheffield Capital
- Founder/Ceo at Call True
- Founder at Enviar electronics
- Founder at Engenius Motors
- Education
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- The Ohio State University
- The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business
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Dan Putt’s Summary
I'm always looking to speak with smart, innovative people. Contact me anytime.
Who I am:
I'm an incredibly hard working, obsessive innovator and a technology lover. I love speaking with and connecting to new people. I'm experienced in affiliate marketing, direct sales, business development, team building and management, partnership initiatives, search engine marketing, developing and implementing marketing strategies and more...and I love to hear the stories of people (where they are and how they got there)
I love to travel.
I live in NYC with my girlfriend and puppy.
Warren Buffett is one of my heroes because of how he works: with integrity, a strong belief in people, and a remarkable focus on creating value in the long-term.
I need to update this, but here's a long description of career up to 2006:
For the complete story read my Careerography:
http://danputt.com/about/careerography-the-foundation/
Dan Putt’s Experience
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Principal
Vista Verde Partners, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Vista Verde Partners focuses on real estate investment in emerging markets in Central America, specifically Costa Rica. We're interested in partnering with developers either as an investor or equity contributor.
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Founder
Allwell Group
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 11 months)
I started this as a company to invest in causes I believed in and to promote the lessons I had learned from my mom. I never let it develop as I would have liked, so I have currently put the project on pause.
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Managing Director
Sheffield Capital
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2007 — January 2008 (1 year )
I'm a partner and Managing Director of Sheffield Capital, a company that specializes in acquiring cash flow positive, niche, web communities. We are funded and actively buying up sites across a large number industries.
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Founder/Ceo
Call True
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)
I built this company, the product and a team around it. We successful created the company, launched, and acquired customers in 2 months without any significant investment. I exited the company in June of 2006 to pursue other opportunities.
Highlights:
-Created the concept based on market research, brought together a development and sales team and launched within 6 weeks.
-Acquired 15 paying customers within a week of launch
-managed development and sales team
-built and optimized website
-managed online pr and advertising campaign
(the pitch)
Have you ever wanted a question answered fast while shopping online? How many times have you dialed a toll free number and screamed "I just want to talk someone." That's what I'm trying to fix with my company, Call True. It's a revolutionary technology that I love being a part of. -
Founder
Enviar electronics
(Internet industry)
November 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 4 months)
I oversaw the development of an international exporter of off lease and refurbished computing equipment to Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina. I took the company from nothing, to nearly $100k in sales within the first 12 months. I was active in all aspects of the company including hiring, accounting, sales, operations, and fulfillment. I managed the currency exchange process, maximizing company profits by converting to dollars at the most profitable times.
Highlights:
-Created concept and launched international electronics seller within 1 week
-Pushed company sales to nearly $100k in first 10 months
-Developed wholesale relationships with customers in Italy, Spain, and Brazil
-Hired and managed employees for business development and fulfillment
-Transitioned company after facing intense competitive pricing into web affiliate company
-Generated nearly $200k sales in 1 month for an affiliate partner -
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Engenius Motors
(Internet industry)
October 2004 — August 2005 (11 months)
We specialized in selling cars for people. We're the first true alternative to selling your car yourself, and trading it in. We did all the work, and you kept the money.
I wrote the plan for this business, raised some angel investment commitments, and was responsible for overseeing the development of our customized software and website. We ultimately chose to shut down the company due to extremely difficult legal issues surrounding this business model, although we did generate some revenue in a very short period of time.
Highlights:
-Conducted months of comprehensive detailed market research in the automotive industry
-managed web development
-managed web advertising/pr campaign
-Bootstrapped the company development
Dan Putt’s Education
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The Ohio State University
BS , Marketing , 2000 — 2004
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The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business
Marketing , 2000 — 2004
Dan Putt’s Contact Settings
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