Greg Rudin

Angel & Advisor to Startups

Rudin FLP · San Francisco Bay Area

Present

-Angel investor in over 20 early-stage companies since 2011 -Portfolio includes multiple exits and 1 dissolution...everything else is still in play -LP in two early-stage venture funds -Advisor to entrepreneurs including strategy, go-to-market, revenue generation, sales/bd, marketing, fund raising, etc.

Board Partner

Menlo Ventures

Present

Gm/Partner Menlo Labs

Menlo Ventures · San Francisco Bay Area

Entrepreneur in Residence

Menlo Ventures · San Francisco Bay Area

Exec in Residence

Costanoa Ventures

Gm Things to Do

Groupon · Greater Chicago Area

-First GM of Things to Do (TTD), which includes all sales of tickets & registrations to events & activities -P&L responsibility for Groupon's largest "local" business -Managed a sales team of over 100 people sourcing inventory for over 30 industries including live events, museums, tours, attractions, theme parks, recreational sports (e.g., golf, ski, scuba), kids activities...escape rooms -Led a broader cross-functional team including Sales, BD, Ops, Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Analysis, etc.

Vp/Gm Grouponlive

Groupon · Chicago

-Led negotiation of joint venture between Groupon and Live Nation Entertainment (Live Nation Concerts & Ticketmaster) and became founding GM of the JV -Struck commercial deals with sports leagues, concert promoters, family producers, cultural institutions, broadway theater owners, ticketing agents, etc., including AEG, MLB, NBA, Feld Ent., Schubert Ticketing, Tickets.com, AXS Ticketing, Spectra Ticketing, etc. -Oversaw the building of a cross-functional team that has thrived and maintains one of the highest retention rates in the company -Managed all ticket sales in North America -Content/Ticket Areas included: sporting events, concerts, family entertainment, arts & theater (plays, symphony, dance, museum exhibits...), and comedy -P&L responsibility for the JV

Board Member

One Llama Media

Svp, a|X

Media Bank

Media Bank became MediaOcean and then sold to private equity in August 2015. The company provided a platform to purchase media (TV, Radio, Print, OOH, Online) and marketing analytics for major agencies and advertisers. -Created a media analytics team -Led a team of product/engineers to develop a media analytics offering -Signed deals with major brands/agencies, including Coca Cola, Charter Communications, Critical Mass, etc.

Board Member

Neuros Technology

open source hardware and media pioneer

Advisor

The Point

The Point (www.thepoint.com) is the precursor to Groupon. -Acting VP of Strategy to Andrew Mason and founding team -Worked closely with the team to find a viable business model -Launched, tested, refined multiple initiatives toward that end

Vp Sales & Marketing

Cleversafe, LLC

Cleversafe, LLC was formed in 2005 to build and deploy a better way to secure the world’s data. We have developed a more private, secure and reliable way to backup and archive data. Cleversafe sponsors the open source Dispersed Storage Project at http://www.cleversafe.org.

Vp Marketing and Biz Dev

AOL Music Now (formerly MusicNow and FullAudio)

MusicNow was a music streaming and download service a decade before Spotify came into existence. -We sold the company to Circuit City in 2004 and then spun out and sold the company to AOL in late 2005 -MusicNow struck the very first license with a major label or publisher (Warner/Chappell Music Publishing) to distribute music in a streaming/download service legally online -Held multiple roles over 5.5 years, including leading and/or managing Business Development, Marketing, Product Management, Customer Care and Content Operations -Led deals to power music services for EarthLink and Charter Communications -Oversaw the implementation and ongoing management of deals with Clear Channel Communications and Best Buy -Supported the founders/CEO/COO/legal counsel in doing deals with the major record labels and publishers