I'm Allen Nieman and I solve problems. I'm a techie business guy with experience and success in product management, marketing, and operations. I've had full P&L ownership and I've been an individual contributor. I'm a leader and a follower. I love working with startups and entrepreneurial people and teams. My side hustle is investing and I've been investing in private and public markets since I was in college. Some background:I took the broad product experience I gained early in my career at Microsoft to an executive position in a startup, responsible for product and marketing, that I helped grow and pivot successfully. I conceived of, launched, and led a new consumer subscription business inside that startup that grew from zero to $1MM ARR in its first year. I was instrumental in driving the sale of that startup and resulting shareholder liquidity. After that I led the consumer business, with full P&L responsibilty, at a small-cap public software and services company with a focus on product, marketing, and customer acquisition. In my last year there I partnered with our engineering leader to design and launch an enterprise SaaS product that helped companies improve their support of consumer technology. I acquired the initial set of enterprise customers for that product. Later, I developed strategic deals, consulted in sales ops, and lead product management in different roles at other companies. I have been intimately involved in both sell and buy side M&A deals. I have brought products to market and acquired customers both B2C and B2B. I have invested in several startups and conducted due diligence on many more. Other interesting facts: I'm also a licensed CPA in the state of Washington (though I do not hold myself out) and I served as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the US Marine Corps.This experience, taken together, gives me a unique perspective and ability to find solutions and lead teams that drive results for complex businesses. I offer a can-do attitude and both tactical and executive/owner-level experience driving business. Whether it's marketing, product management, finance, investing, business operations, customer acquisition, technology leadership, revenue responsibility, e-commerce, analytics, or negotiating, I take results seriously. Customer success, shareholder value, driving revenue, and profit dollars are the ultimate metrics. Specialties: I get sh*t done.[Some common misspellings of my surname to help people find me via LinkedIn search: Niemen, Niemann, Neiman, Neimann, Neimen.]