Founder and CEO at Linkdex.com
Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Founder and CEO at Linkdex.com
- Non Executive Director at AllAboutBrands plc
- Non Executive Director at AMessagefromEarth
- Non Executive Director at Conjungo
- Mentor at Seedcamp
- Corporate Directors Advisory Panel at Flemings Family and Partners
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- Digital Strategy Consultant at ResponseOne Group
- CEO at Distrupted Horizon
- CEO at Netrank Ltd
- Non Exec Director at Find.co.uk
- BizDev at Ultramind
- CEO at Solutions for Sales Ltd
- Sales Director at Information Systems Group plv
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John Straw’s Summary
John Straw has 30 years commercial experience in the advertising and IT sectors. A serial entrepreneur, his past 12 years have been spent in the Internet sector:
• Interse Corporation, San Francisco, VP European Operations. Interse specialised in software products that measured a users path through a web site and was significantly ahead of its time. Interse was purchased by Microsoft in 1997
• Revnet Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, VP Marketing. Revnet product email management software for marketeers. The company was purchased by MessageMedia in 2000 (subsequently bought by Doubleclick and then Google)
John then went onto found Netrank Ltd in late 2000. Netrank is an internet marketing consultancy that specialises in search engines – especially Google. Through Netrank, John has consulted for Audi, Hertz, Rolls Royce, RBS, Fiat/Alfa, Cisco and forty other blue chip brands. UKRD plc acquired Netrank in January 2007.
In 2006/2007 John created two consumer facing websites – www.itsmymarket.com – a classified ad site and a price comparison engine www.savebuckets.com.
John serves on Flemings Corporate Directors Advisory Panel.
In 2008 John raised finance to create Linkdex.com. Linkdex is currently re-indexing the web to create a map of influence for use by online marketers. And it's all going very well!
John Straw’s Specialties:
internet marketing, partnering, search, strategy, Google
John Straw’s Experience
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Founder and CEO
Linkdex.com
(Internet industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Re-indexing the web to create a map of influence for the benefit of online marketers
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Non Executive Director
AllAboutBrands plc
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
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Non Executive Director
AMessagefromEarth
(Publishing industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Non Executive Director
Conjungo
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Mentor
Seedcamp
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Seedcamp is gathering of the great and the good at Imperial College every September. 50 startups will gather to pitch their ideas to VC's. Also present are a select set of accomplished Internet business people who act as mentors for the successful startups
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Corporate Directors Advisory Panel
Flemings Family and Partners
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Banking industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
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Digital Strategy Consultant
ResponseOne Group
(Online Media industry)
January 2008 — August 2008 (8 months)
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CEO
Distrupted Horizon
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)
Sold to FreshBusinessThinking
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CEO
Netrank Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
September 2000 — May 2007 (6 years 9 months)
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Non Exec Director
Find.co.uk
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 7 months)
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BizDev
Ultramind
(Online Media industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
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CEO
Solutions for Sales Ltd
(Online Media industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
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Sales Director
Information Systems Group plv
(Online Media industry)
1986 — 1989 (3 years)
