Chris Sorensen
Mentor @Founder Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Mentor @Founder Institute
US
Advise startups on Product-Market Fit, strategy, and product development.
EDUCATION
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MBA, Finance and Financial Management Services
Northwestern University
Master of Science (MS), Computer Based Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BA, Economics
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS SORENSEN
I work with early stage companies to enhance their go-to-market strategies, increase their Product Market Fit Score, improve their revenue and growth strategies, and make them more attractive to venture investors.Award winning start-up executive and strategist and \"do-er\" with broad based hands-on operating experience as CEO, COO, Co-founder, and Product Manager. Key player in raising over $30 Million in capital for early stage companies resulting in $140 Million return to investors. Focused on leading new product design and development projects, business development, and executing market leadership strategies for technology and financial services companies. Examples include:• Built the first service to email money in the US (RocketCheck)• Developed first mobile phone based remittance service in the US (Scoot)• Created first visual configuration tool for sales force automation (MediaShare) • Launched first high volume consumer configuration tool for eCommerce on the Internet (Art.com)• Won several awards for innovative business plans (Sponsors include McKinsey, Nokia)Specialties:• Developed proprietary Quantitative Product-Market Fit Analysis (Q-PMF.com)• Expert at creating innovative market-driven products• Superior creative problem solving, analytic and communication skills.• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex ideas simply, effectively, and graphically.Qualified Positions include:Start-up CEO- Developing Concept and Strategy- Fund Raising - Team Building- Business Development, Evangelism- Software, Mobile, Enterprise, Payments, Financial, consumer web, etc.Chief Operating Officer- Excellent compliment to visionary CEO- Focus on Operational Design and EffectivenessVP Business Development- Identify, develop and close “Lighthouse” partnerships- Comprehensive Go-to Market Strategy developmentVP Product Marketing - Identifying and analyzing new market white space opportunities - Course Correction Strategies
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