About
Perry Solomon is Operating Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. Since launching in 2011, ERA has invested in 375+ start-ups. At ERA, Perry leverages his extensive experience as a founder, early-stage investor, and mentor to guide and scale emerging software companies. With a proven track record in launching and growing businesses at Time Inc., News Corporation, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and VC-backed startups, Perry is highly regarded as a strategic advisor to founders and executives across various industries. As a founder, he created and scaled multiple industry-leading software businesses, and as an engaged early-stage venture investor, he provides capital, strategic guidance, and mentorship to numerous companies. Perry has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BSFS from Georgetown University. As an operator in media, entertainment and technology, Perry held…
Experience
Lead Mentor
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator · Greater New York City Area
Present
Mentor to digital media and direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce start-up companies in the largest accelerator program in New York. Provide strategic guidance on market-entry strategies, product-market fit, strategic partnership opportunities and negotiations, investor presentations, and fundraising.
Founder and Principal
Gowanus Social Impact · Brooklyn, New York
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Inspired by the community where we are located, Gowanus Social Impact works with social enterprises, from launch through later stages, to develop growth strategies and provide access to capital to accelerate their impact. Gowanus Brooklyn is one of the oldest industrial areas in New York City. Since the days of the American Industrial Revolution, Gowanus has been a center of innovation and, throughout the 20th century, a primary example of the environmental and social challenges which can result from not building with sustainability and social impact in mind.
Mentor
Katapult Accelerator · Oslo Area, Norway
Mentor to social impact startups, part of Katapult Impact Accelerators (KIA), a first-move and globally-leading impact-tech system investing in and accelerating seed stage startups that are using technology to solve societal and environmental challenges.
General Manager, Brands
WoodWing · Greater New York City Area
Defined and delivered market-entry and growth strategy for European software company, to expand beyond core strengths in publishing into North American brands segment (focus on CPG, retail, home decor, and travel), including determining product-market fit, developing positioning and messaging, and preparing and delivering sales and marketing materials. Closed first SaaS subscription deals with brand customers, while growing sales pipeline 600%. Developed "The State of Brand Storytelling" survey and research program, identifying technology and process investment areas for brand marketers to improve storytelling capabilities.
Advisor to Ceo
Greyston · Yonkers, NY
Advisor to CEO and leadership team of innovative social enterprise focused on job creation and economic development. Wrote business plan for strategic growth initiative and executed business development strategy, generating partnerships revenue and $1.5M multi-year philanthropic grant.
Mentor
Young Alfred · Greater New York City Area
Vice President, Media & Entertainment
Cxense · Greater New York City Area
Strategic business development, sales and marketing for leading personalization and data management SaaS business, growing relationships with media, entertainment and retail companies. Founded by leadership team of FAST Search & Transfer (following US$1.2B acquisition by Microsoft), Cxense offers advanced real-time analytics, data management (DMP), personalization and subscription conversion optimization solutions.
Vice President, Digital Business Development
Time Inc. · New York, NY
Launched Time Inc.’s digital subscription and premium content apps for tablets, smartphones and emerging digital platforms, including digital magazine business, creating and managing a new $30M+ revenue digital business, with 3M+ print/digital “All Access” subscribers. Negotiated and managed sales and marketing app partnerships with the top digital tablet and smartphone newsstands and app stores, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Zinio and Barnes & Noble. Managed in-house and 3rd-party marketing teams to promote digital subscriptions products, utilizing web, e-mail, social media, search, print, direct mail and paid promotion. Worked collaboratively within Time Inc., across Edit, Ad Sales, IT, Research, Product Development, Strategy and Finance teams, to enable Time Inc., in less than a year, become the first US magazine publisher with all its titles on the major tablet and smartphone platforms. Developed technology partnerships with key platform partners, to define and deliver digital m…
Vice President, Business Development
News Corporation · New York, NY
Negotiated content licensing agreements for cross-platform (tablet, smartphone and PC) digital subscription business. Negotiated partnerships and managed relationships, with senior executives at 50+ leading media and technology companies. Built partner financial models and revenue projections (including print/digital subscriptions and a la carte offerings, advertising and e-commerce) to structure licensing agreements and secure partner audience development, advertising and product development commitments.
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA, New Product and Venture Development
Georgetown University
BSFS, International Economics
Stuyvesant High School
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