T. A. McCann

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I am an entrepreneur living and working in Seattle WA. I am a co-founder of Rival IQ – marketing analytics with a competitive edge. I was previously VP of Product Strategy at Blackberry, focused on BBM (Blackberry Messenger), social applications (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…) as well as the native Contacts apps. I was the founder of Gist.com (sold to Blackberry in February 2011) as well as Jump2Go and 3 other web based companies. I'm an active advisor to startup companies including Creative Live, Inkwell Media, and EveryMove and active investor via Founders Co-op and SKV and direct angel investing. I also spent 4 years at Microsoft in various product leadership roles on Exchange (em...

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T. A. McCann

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Funding your ideas (angel or VC) - thoughts and ideas

Defrag Panel _Filtering information through a social network _ Tamccann

Gist_general overview for UW Net Econ class

T.A. Mc Cann Univ of Washington business plan tips

Metrics, marketing and influencer engagement from the founder of Gist.com - T.A. McCann

Gist for lotus notes public

Gist how CEOs can win with social media

Techstars- finding the right customer and leveraging your network

Listening and influence for non-profit success with Gist

Defrag app stores and the open letter to the cto

Founders Institute_Seattle_ strategies for market research

Gist_ Keith Ferrazzi_Business Relationship Masters Academy

Gist_creating your personal brand, using your community and listening

T.A. McCann_ founders institute_2011_product development

New workstlye online event ta mccann (gist) + eric koester (zaarly)

T.A. McCann_startupday_exit strategy

Ux design for many screens seattle interactive conference 110311

T.A. McCann_defrag_a startup start to finish

T.A. McCann_ startupweekendclass_2011_product development

10 secrets of a super connector t.a. mccann

Founders Institute_ startup strategies for finding and nurturing your first customers

Building your own social media presence and connections (tips, tools and techniques)

Startup riot making social connections

Startup chile demoday keynote_tamccann

EO seattle presentation_tamccann_seo and social

T.A. McCann_Twitter for entrepreneurs - the why and the how to get maximum value

Rival IQ_snapshot report on Top VCs - who is most social?

T.A. McCann_ thefamily_customerdeveliopment and lead scoring_april2017