Eric Olson

Past

Founder at TECH cocktail, LLC
Associate at DFJ Portage Venture Partners
Business Development at FeedBurner (acquired by Google in June 2007)

Investment Performance Analyst at Cambridge Associates, LLC

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Education

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Bentley University

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Eric Olson’s Experience

Founder

TECH cocktail, LLC

(Internet industry)

May 2006 — March 2010 (3 years 11 months)

• Created a well attended national technology events series and brand from scratch with a budget of $0
• Negotiated key partnerships with companies like Google and Microsoft that resulted in tens of thousands of dollars in revenue
• Developed a strategy with my co-founder to turn TECHcocktail.com into a well trafficked media property (product piece executed - results not yet quantified)
• Managed all of the legal and financial facets of the business including our trademark filings and our books
• This was all done in about 20 hours per month as a side project
Associate

DFJ Portage Venture Partners

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

February 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 5 months)

• Devised strategy for increasing deal flow from target Midwest cities and Universities resulting in 25 high quality incremental deals sourced
• Cultivated relationships with key faculty and staff members at universities as well as key entrepreneurs
• Represented the firm at technology and entrepreneurship events in key geographies
• Completed diligence (i.e. financial modeling, background checks, reference checks and primary research) on upwards of 75 companies resulting in the completion of one financing round
• Assisted Managing Directors in the formation and negotiation of deals/term sheets
• Assisted Managing Directors in the construction of fund raising materials; presented marketing plan during fund raising pitches
Business Development

FeedBurner (acquired by Google in June 2007)

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2005 — September 2007 (1 year 11 months)

• Devised and implemented multiple strategies for increasing the number of content publishers using the FeedBurner platform resulting in growth from 50,000 publishers to 500,000 publishers during my tenure
• Created and presented numerous talks at industry trade shows culminating in positive PR for FeedBurner
• Managed FeedBurner’s relationships with various key publishers (e.g. Dow Jones, Reuters, USA Today) resulting in 0% turnover among key publishers I managed
Investment Performance Analyst

Cambridge Associates, LLC

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

August 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 4 months)

• Analyzed and interpreted over 175 venture capital and private equity fund portfolios on a quarterly basis
• Compiled financial analysis and interpretation into quarterly reports for 17 large institutional investors
• On-boarded very large and prominent client seamlessly resulting in praise from the client and consultants
• Developed strategy for increasing the number of funds making up Cambridge Associates U.S. VC benchmark resulting in an increase of roughly 25 funds to the benchmark in less than 6 months

Eric Olson’s Education

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

MBA , Strategic Management, Finance & Economics , 2009 — 2011 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

Energy Club, Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship Club, Innovation Club, Emerging Markets Group, Net Impact Club
Bentley University

B.S. , Finance , 2000 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

Bentley Honor Society, Bentley Investment Group, President's List, Graduated Magna Cum Laude