Patrick Merfert

Crowd Kicked

Current Company     Crowd Kicked 

                      Role     Business Person

Describe yourself

I am passionate about helping companies grow. I have worked at three early-stage tech startups (biotechnology, enterprise software, SaaS), all within their first year of operations. These companies were funded by DARPA, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and 500 Startups respectively, and among others.

Most recently, I executed growth-oriented inbound and outbound marketing strategies for Contactually, a SaaS CRM startup. Previously, as a venture capitalist, I functioned as an investor and advisor to healthcare and technology startups. I frequently attend technology events both for entertainment and educational value.

Formerly, as a management consultant, I served on CXO-level strategic and operational engagements for Fortune 500 companies both domestically and internationally.

I am currently a full-time MBA student at the Kellogg where I am deepening both my technical skill set and tactical management abilities. Additionally, I am helping Acceleprise, the nation's first independent enterprise tech accelerator roll-out enterprise technology affinity meetups nationwide.

Skills: Product marketing, corporate strategy, due diligence, screening business plans, market research, competitor analysis, benchmarking, customer segmentation, lean manufacturing.

Reason here:   Build a company

I am interested in NUvention Web

I am interested in pursuing a startup While in school