About
Hi, I'm Gordon.
I write here to think. I'm usually thinking about a combination of the following:
- ideas, entrepreneurship, product development, business strategy, startup sales, mobile marketing, customer acquisition, early stage tech investing, venture capital, investing, motivation, branding, design.
Mostly I live for entrepreneurs who are making things people want. I like to help them start and build their companies.
Some places to start:
- Helping Founders Take Money Off The Table
- Mark Pincus and the role of Game Mechanics in Startups
- Why I'm Buying LinkedIn
- Why Your Best Ideas Come In the Shower
- On Internet IPOs
- How VCs Look at Term Sheets
- The Groupon, Angie's List and Yelp IPOs Proved One Thing: Local Is Really, Really Hard
- Born to Run
Contact Info
- Shoot me an email anytime -- gabowman [at] gmail [dot] com
- On Twitter I’m @gordonbowman, which I use more often than I blog.
- Follow @gordonbowman
Professional Background
Currently:
- Sales and Sales Strategy at Pandora.
- I'm helping brands achieve their marketing goals and reach their target audience on Pandora through custom display, radio, video, and mobile solutions.
- Consultant/Mentor
- Startup Sales and Sales Strategy -- Product Positioning, Consultative Sales Training, Sales Strategy Development Plans, CRM, Commission Plans, Selling Tools, etc.
- Marketing with a focus on Customer Acquisition -- Media Planning, Strategy, Buying, Analytics, etc.
- Metrics and Analytics -- Landing page optimization, A/B testing, Mulitvariate testing, etc.
- Contact me at gabowman [at] gmail [dot] com for more information on consulting.
- Intermediate Investor
- Swing/momentum trader
- Options
Previously:
- Founder of BlastGroups
- BlastGroups was launched as an online sharing platform for people, families, sports teams, fan clubs, businesses and organizations to create their own free group website. BlastGroups' group sites included feature sets such as photos, videos, calendars, email lists, forums, file storage, and blogs.
- See GigaOm's "BlastGroups Offers Simple Yet Powerful Group Sharing Platform".
Personal Background
- I am originally from North Carolina and now live in San Francisco.
- Interests: investing, music, film, technology, screenwriting, running, cycling, yoga, food, wine, skiing, reading, SF.
And now, for my smiling face:
