BB

Brett Battles

Full-stack Entrepreneur

Menlo Park, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

Skills

Strategy
Start-ups
Product Management
Sales
Mobile Devices
New Business Development
Venture Capital
Marketing
Product Marketing
Program Management
SaaS
Business Development
Software Development
Enterprise Software
Energy Efficiency
Strategic Partnerships
Cleantech
Cloud Computing
Digital Media
Multi-channel Marketing

Work Experience

  • Founder and CEO

    2009

    The world's largest hardlines retailers and brands increase sales conversions by up to 15% using EcoRebates to power offer-driven commerce. Our award-winning SaaS and big-data platform aggregates thousands of hard-to-find offers and incentives for millions of SKUs providing real-time offer targeting based on location and fine-grain product attributes. Cloud-hosted (AWS) with a Tier 1 high-availability architecture and servicing nearly 1 Billion monthly queries, clients can choose APIs, responsive JS widgets or batch feed models for deploying the solution. Successfully built the company from the ground up to multi-million dollar ARR and highly profitable. Key highlights as CEO include: • Guiding product/market fit with enterprise customers • Designing the initial product – a SaaS and data aggregation platform • Developing and executing product positioning, value propositions, ROI models, sales tools, and outbound lead generation campaigns • Building and implementing inside sales and social selling methodologies • Managing sales pipeline and personally closing most of the company’s enterprise deals with some of the industry’s best known brands (i.e., Lowes, Home Depot, Best Buy, GE, Whirlpool, LG, Samsung) • Building a customer success culture of “whatever it takes” to create incredibly satisfied customers Learn more at: http://www.ecorebates.com

  • Venture Partner

    2018

    Early stage entrepreneur and investor

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017

The Kilgoris Project

2016

  • Member Board of Directors

    2016

    The Kilgoris Project partners with the local community to educate and feed the children of a Maasai village in southwest Kenya. We work hand-in-hand with local leaders and families to operate schools, provide daily food and clean water, and foster economic development.

  • Draftsman

    2017

    A platform to help provide awareness, education, and opportunity for tomorrow’s "middle skills" workforce

  • Board Advisor

    2020 - 2022

2019 - 2020

  • Board Advisor

    2019 - 2020

2004 - 2009

  • Dir, Product Management and Product Marketing

    2004 - 2009

    • Launched and led product management, product marketing and sales enablement teams for the OEM division of NetApp; grew business from zero to $200M in revenue over 3 years • Led storage product management and product marketing for disk sub-systems hardware and software, responsible for nearly $1B in product sales and full product lifecycle ownership (roadmaps, PRDs, product launches, pricing, competitive analysis and position, marketing collateral and tools, customer presentations). Key areas of leadership included: • creating compelling product roadmaps and delivering customer-centric PRDs and award winning products • building thought leadership around enterprise storage challenges via white papers, ROI tools, analyst sponsored research, executive leadership briefings and customer-listening tours • managing pricing, competitive positioning and go to market strategies for storage products

2008 - 2008

  • Mentor Chair - 2009

    2008 - 2008

Aberdare Ventures

2001 - 2004

  • General Partner

    2001 - 2004

    $50M under management early stage VC (one of two GPs). Successfully raised $25M fund from institutional investors and family foundations. Investment focus: Series A/B SaaS and data aggregation Board seats included CapitalThinking and Angara eCommerce Systems