Dane Madsen

Business Development, Fundraising, Operations, Marketing, Product Management

Seattle, Washington, US

http://cofounderslab.com/profile/dane-madsen

Background

About Dane

• I have founded new businesses in a space with overwhelmingly dominant incumbent players and beat them at their game for a fraction of the cost and became the model at key industry association conferences that yes, it could be done.
• I evolved a consumer hardware business to software and content when the old model did not work though unique relationships and determination to develop partnerships locally and globally.
• I challenged a centuries old process in physical sciences to think different about how they have managed crucial resources, and changed the way they have thought about it forever while forging significant relationships in the USA and China.

Quote

"The big do not eat the small; the swift eat the slow" - Robert Lutz

Headline

Organizational and Operational Strategy Consultant

Work Experience

Chief Operating Officer

Comivo, Inc.

November 2016 - May 2017

Intelligent Marketplace for industrial chemicals

Co-Founder, CEO

Blue Earth Labs

February 2010 - February 2016

Water chemistry research & development company creating patented and proprietary formulated and electro-chemistry to clean and maintain fresh, process, and industrial cooling water infrastructure on three continents.

Founder

Dane Madsen Strategy Consulting

January 2005 - Today

All executive aspects of structuring, funding, and driving cross-functional operations required to drive sales and revenue. Deep understanding of execution planning from startup stage to later stage including developing corporate strategies (governance, IP, legal, go to market, product development, marketing), business development, sales and marketing execution from branding, Internet marketing, local business targeting, and social media, to market analysis, presentations, and sales forecasting.

Co-Founder, CEO, Chairman

YellowPages.com, Inc

April 1996 - December 2004

Pre-eminent local business directory and marketplace. CEO from concept to sale. Developed all relevant corporate strategies including sales & marketing, and go to market; raised capital, reacquired controlling interest post-interactive space crash, rebuilt company to sale to by AT&T 12/2004.

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Advertising 21919 Advisors 516 Angel investing 1320 Augmented reality 214 B2B 7095 Board of directors 335 Business 523 Business Development 50339 Business Strategy 36422 Business model 1048 Business planning 31792 Change Management 6031 Cofounder 228 Compensation 140 Content distribution 93 Content marketing 6948 Contract negotiation 6815 Customer Validation 247 Digital marketing 32395 Distribution 173 E-Commerce 32263 Entrepreneur 1122 Entrepreneurs 211 Entrepreneurship 49396 Financial analysis 6938 Founder equity 230 Fundraising 30808 IBeacon 35 IT 92 Insurance 513 Ip 1141 Irs 7 Leadership 32917 Legal 771 M&a 5319 Management 35091 Market research 25133 Marketing 38989 Marketing Strategy 35345 Mistakes 23 Mobile Apps 1305 Online advertising 24125 Personal development 725 Press 63 Product Marketing 24321 Productivity 235 Programmer 67 Project management 27257 Retail 1683 Sales 24983 Sales Management 17763 Sales Strategy 8149 Small business 9579 Startup Law 396 Startups 45786 Strategic Partnerships 35305 Strategy 46529 Technology entrepreneurs 149 Testing 809 Venture capital 24746 Web developer 27