Graeme Thickins Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Strategies to Win in the Knowledge Economy™GT&A provides value to its clients by developing or nurturing strong brands and clear strategies...facilitating partnerships and customers...identifying investors...creating awareness in the market...and communicating the uniqueness of these brands -- all of which has a direct effect on achieving optimal valuation.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Some shown here, a continually expanding list (* = successful exit):
• HLRBO... https://www.hlrbo.com (fast-growth marketplace for hunting land leases)
• Vigilant Diagnostics.. https://vigilantdx.com (rapid, low-cost testing)
• Timmaron Group.. https://timmarongroup.com (strategy consultants)
• Glossbird.. https://glossbird.com (innovative games for well-being)
• Great North Ventures.. https://greatnorthventures.com (early-stage VC firm)

Minnetonka, Minnesota, US

DiscoveryMN Angels, founded in 2024, is a formal angel investor organization that invests in promising startups led by students, alumni, faculty, and supporters of the University of Minnesota.

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Great North Ventures invests in entrepreneurs using breakthrough technologies to innovate industries dominated by inefficient processes. These startups can be anywhere in the world. The next generation is growing now in places like the Twin Cities, Chicago, Madison, Fargo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Toronto. Great North's founders know the.

Madison, WI, US

gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. It has been particularly active in four cities: Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati. It runs equity accelerator programs, in which it invests in several startups per cohort. These startups receive a concierge experience during a 12-week accelerator program..

Cupertino, California, US

I'm not an employee, but that doesn't mean I can't Think Different®... I started doing that more than 30 years ago as an investor, and never looked back.

Edina, MN, US

I have organized and hosted 16 "Startup Showcases" for MinneAnalytics, the largest regional community of data & AI professionals in the U.S. It has grown rapidly over the years to almost 20,000 members across 4000+ organizations. It is a MN nonprofit. We serve analytics, data science, business, big data, and AI professionals throughout MN, the Upper.

Extensive freelance writing experience through several tech cycles and business cycles. I’ve had bylines at many technology media outlets over two decades. (Also see below for past Contributing Writer engagements with Grit Daily and Starting Up North.) In addition, I’ve done long-form commissioned writing work, ghost writing, research reports, and white.

(This job title was suggested for me, several years ago, by Chris Locke, coauthor, "The Cluetrain Manifesto.") My blog attempts to artfully blend my passions for startups, innovation, software, tech trends, data, AI, healthcare/medtech, marketing, entrepreneurship, venture funding, and related topics, along with CEO profiles and coverage of technology.

I curate and maintain several magazines on the amazing Flipboard app, where I am grateful to have some 7500 very astute followers! Some of my titles:- “BIG DATA IN THE WILD: Real-world examples of how big data is making big impact” (since launch in Dec 2013, it’s attracted 27,000+ readers and more than 417,000 page flips, and it's been featured multiple.

Minneapolis, MN, US

The Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC) oversees all aspects of technology commercialization at the University, bridging the gap between the lab and the marketplace to connect technology with companies to achieve results. The Venture Center within OTC was established to assist in the formation of startup companies based on intellectual property.

New York, New York, US

GritDaily.com is the top source for news coverage on brands, fashion, tech, influencers, entrepreneurship, and life. Its team is global and brings with it more than 250 years of combined reporting experience. I began my reporting for Grit Daily as a result of my participation at SXSW in March 2019. I have a long history of reporting from tech conferences.

Minneapolis, MN, US

The Starting Up North site was launched in June 2019 to tell stories and share knowledge about Minnesota’s startup and innovation community. Founder Stephanie Rich called it "a new way to break down knowledge silos and shine a light on the people and issues that deserve to be talked about." I was proud to be a featured contributor through several issues..

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I was retained to manage public relations and marketing initiatives for this association, the largest membership group of angel investors in the world (14,000+). My role involved media relations, news generation, pitching editors and writers, and managing on-site media relations at the ACA's largest annual event, called the Angel Summit, which was held in.

Minnov8 was a blog that was launched in 2007 to focus on web and Internet technology innovation in the State of Minnesota. Here's the first post: https://minnov8.com/?s=welcome+to+minnov8. (A podcast was added in mid-2008, in which I participated through January 2016 -- more than 350 weekly episodes.) Borne out of a frustration that there wasn’t a showcase.

San Clemente, CA, US

I had been a member of the Surfrider Foundation since inception in 1984, having been a resident of two "ocean states," Hawaii and California. Land-trapped in the midwest for many years, in 2008 I joined up with two other local Minnesota surfers (and world travelers) who shared my dedication to protecting our oceans, waves, and beaches, and together we.

(UPDATE: In June 2016, DoApp was acquired in a big-win, all-cash deal by Newscycle Solutions, a large software firm focused on transforming the media industry, which is owned by Vista Equity Partners.) DoApp was founded in 2008 by an early Google employee to create web apps, desktop apps, and mobile apps to enable a new world of distributed content and.

Mendota Heights, MN, US

Was recruited in 2004 by this client, a pioneer in backup & email archiving software/appliances for small to midsized firms. Spearheaded programs in public relations, analyst relations, messaging, content development, industry partner relationships, web site upgrades, marketing communications, advertising, search engine optimization, competitive.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

I was part of the founding team within BestBuy.com called "ePublishing," serving as Interim Director of Content from December 1999 till April 2000, helping to grow the group that built the front-end for the site from 3 to 75 people within three months. My roles were in site branding and positioning, teaming with the Director of Design; content planning and.

Progressively responsible management positions at two Fortune 500 technology firms, both led at that time by their highly entrepreneurial, original founding CEOs. A tremendous learning experience! Also served as an account executive at a top-10 worldwide ad agency serving divisions of the 3M Company.

Fraternity Of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji), Majors: Biology, Then English, Then Journalism (I Have Too Many Interests!)

Aa, Pre-Med

Surfing :-)

Liberal Arts

Indiana, Minnesota, Southern California