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MenuMike Wienick Entrepreneur. Ops Exec. Advisor. Angel Investor.
Senior Executive and Entrepreneur with 4 successful exits. Angel Investor and Start Up Advisor. Operations expert specializing in growth (both sales and marketing), people management, change management, and product development. Named Portland's Best Boss in 2011. Currently VP of Operations at Consumer Acquisition, Founder and GM MW Consulting, and Advisor Elevada. Formerly Founder and President of CurvedLine, COO, SwellPath; EVP, Reply!; President QualitySmith.
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MW$4.17/min per minute(22)I Will Give Advice on Growth & Go to Market Strategies.Mike Wienick • San Diego, CACreated 10 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Growth StrategyWhether you have zero in sales or millions, Mike can help you plan and execute a growth strategy to scale quickly. I'm an expert at growth, having played a role in 4 successful exits. Also in October 2011, Willamette Week (a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper) named Mike Portland’s Best Boss (http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18057-portlands_best_boss.html). Full Bio Below: In 2015 Mike founded CurvedLine (http://www.curvedline.co/) with the goal of helping organizations and individuals reach and exceed their goals. Mike has a long and successful history in management, marketing, and sales with four successful exits under his belt. Most recently, Mike was the COO of SwellPath, a digital marketing agency based in Portland, OR. SwellPath specializes in SEM, Analytics, and Site Optimization. At SwellPath, Mike managed the marketing service teams and accounts management teams while working with SwellPath’s CEO to drive overall company strategy, tactics, and culture. Mike helped lead SwellPath to a successful exit in March 2015 when SwellPath was acquired by 6D Global Technologies. Before SwellPath Mike held various roles at Reply! Inc, a VC-backed advertising technology company. These roles included EVP of Reply! working with the C-Team to drive overall company strategy and GM MerchantCircle, an internet brand with ~11 million website visitors a month. Mike was responsible for MerchantCircle’s P&L and all MerchantCircle teams including sales, marketing, business development, finance, product, and engineering. At Reply! Mike also held the role of VP marketing, managing the paid media team ($30M a year budget) and the company’s SEO efforts. Mike arrived at Reply! via QualitySmith (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/reply-acquires-qualitysmith-leading-online-130000365.html), a 40 person, $10 Million a year home improvement lead generation company, acquired by Reply! in May 2012. Mike worked his way up from a marketing associate to company President within two years of his initial hire and was the first person on the ground in Portland, Oregon. The Portland office quickly outgrew Mike’s living room and eventually became the company’s Sales and Marketing hub with over 50% of QualitySmith’s employees working out of the Portland location. Mike also led the restructuring of QualitySmith’s inside sales team bringing on new management, growing it to a team of 10, and revamping the sales strategy, process, tools, and compensation plan. Most importantly Mike aligned the sales, marketing, business development, account management, product, engineering, customer service, and finance teams on a very specific set of goals and priorities. This intense focus reenergized the company and helped the investors and employees realize a successful exit. Mike’s effective leadership at QualitySmith not only grew the business but also won accolades. In October 2011, Willamette Week (a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper) named Mike Portland’s Best Boss (http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18057-portland%E2%80%99s_best_boss.html). Before QualitySmith, Mike held a variety of management, marketing, and sales roles. Mike also launched, grew, and successfully sold an e-commerce company.Mike Wienick San Diego, CA(22)
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MW$4.17/min per minute(22)Planning & Operations - Meeting Business GoalsMike Wienick • San Diego, CACreated 10 years ago in Business / Getting StartedBeyond providing practical advice, I can take you through a planning process from formulating goals and targets, to laying out a very clear plan to meet and exceed goals. I'm an expert at planning and execution, having played a large role in 4 successful exits. Also in October 2011, Willamette Week (a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper) named Mike Portland’s Best Boss (http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18057-portlands_best_boss.html).Mike Wienick San Diego, CA(22)
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MW$4.17/min per minute(22)Team Management - Building and Maintaining Winning TeamsMike Wienick • San Diego, CACreated 10 years ago in Skills & Management / LeadershipI'm an expert at building and maintaining winning teams, having played a large role in 4 successful exits. Also in October 2011, Willamette Week (a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper) named Mike Portland’s Best Boss (http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18057-portlands_best_boss.html). I'd love to advise you on any Team building and management challenges you are facing. Full Bio Below: In 2015 Mike founded CurvedLine (http://www.curvedline.co/) with the goal of helping organizations and individuals reach and exceed their goals. Mike has a long and successful history in management, marketing, and sales with four successful exits under his belt. Most recently, Mike was the COO of SwellPath, a digital marketing agency based in Portland, OR. SwellPath specializes in SEM, Analytics, and Site Optimization. At SwellPath, Mike managed the marketing service teams and accounts management teams while working with SwellPath’s CEO to drive overall company strategy, tactics, and culture. Mike helped lead SwellPath to a successful exit in March 2015 when SwellPath was acquired by 6D Global Technologies. Before SwellPath Mike held various roles at Reply! Inc, a VC-backed advertising technology company. These roles included EVP of Reply! working with the C-Team to drive overall company strategy and GM MerchantCircle, an internet brand with ~11 million website visitors a month. Mike was responsible for MerchantCircle’s P&L and all MerchantCircle teams including sales, marketing, business development, finance, product, and engineering. At Reply! Mike also held the role of VP marketing, managing the paid media team ($30M a year budget) and the company’s SEO efforts. Mike arrived at Reply! via QualitySmith (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/reply-acquires-qualitysmith-leading-online-130000365.html), a 40 person, $10 Million a year home improvement lead generation company, acquired by Reply! in May 2012. Mike worked his way up from a marketing associate to company President within two years of his initial hire and was the first person on the ground in Portland, Oregon. The Portland office quickly outgrew Mike’s living room and eventually became the company’s Sales and Marketing hub with over 50% of QualitySmith’s employees working out of the Portland location. Mike also led the restructuring of QualitySmith’s inside sales team bringing on new management, growing it to a team of 10, and revamping the sales strategy, process, tools, and compensation plan. Most importantly Mike aligned the sales, marketing, business development, account management, product, engineering, customer service, and finance teams on a very specific set of goals and priorities. This intense focus reenergized the company and helped the investors and employees realize a successful exit. Mike’s effective leadership at QualitySmith not only grew the business but also won accolades. In October 2011, Willamette Week (a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper) named Mike Portland’s Best Boss (http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18057-portland%E2%80%99s_best_boss.html). Before QualitySmith, Mike held a variety of management, marketing, and sales roles. Mike also launched, grew, and successfully sold an e-commerce company.Mike Wienick San Diego, CA(22)
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MW$4.17/min per minute(22)Cold Email OutreachMike Wienick • San Diego, CACreated 8 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Sales & Lead GenerationAfter reading Predictable Revenue by Aaron Ross, I was on a mission to test out cold email outreach strategies and tactics. I read more and more on the subject, put my learnings into practice and grew my business via cold email outreach, and then launched a cold email outreach managed service company. I know how to obtain prospect contact data, curate that data for maximum effectiveness, and write powerful email cadences that grow the top of your sales funnel. Let's chat.Mike Wienick San Diego, CA(22)
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Mike's advice has been simply invaluable. He made an effort to go in-depth and genuinely help me by responding to my questions about my go-to marketing strategy.
Source: Clarity Angelo Sorbello Jul 1, 2019My conversation with Mike was fantastic. He is very experienced and his honest and direct approach gave me actionable insights and tools to make the changes that we needed to make. We will definitely be speaking again.
Source: Clarity Johnathan Ruggiero May 13, 2019Mike researched me, my company, and products prior to the call-- which I appreciated. I have a good handle on the next steps for marketing my brand, and some pitfalls to avoid. Thanks, Mike!
Source: Clarity Leslie Bradford-Scott Aug 2, 2016Very helpful. Thank you.
Source: Clarity Nick Kozmin Jun 9, 2016Great call, quick, efficient and very helpful.
Source: Clarity David R Roberts Feb 11, 2016Great advice and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Mike!
Source: Clarity Richard Alderson Dec 28, 2015Great information that was specific and I will use.
Source: Clarity Domenic Venneri Dec 2, 2015Really great call, very prepared and offered solid, actionable advice. I'll definitely hit Mike up again.
Source: Clarity David R Roberts Nov 8, 2015Great call. Got more than I expected. Would recommend.
Source: Clarity Traian Sava Oct 27, 2015This review will be displayed on Mike's profile
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