Dane Madsen
Seattle, Washington, US
Dane's Skills
Business Development
Fundraising
Operations
Marketing
Product Management
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
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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Change Management
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Cofounder
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141
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93
Content marketing
8709
Contract negotiation
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Customer Validation
247
Digital marketing
39173
Distribution
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E-Commerce
37756
Entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurship
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Financial analysis
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31908
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