Dasheroo Announces Appointment of Leading Industry and Tech Experts Walter Kortschak and John Jantsch to Board of Advisors
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 23, 2015 -- Dasheroo, leading business dashboard provider for small and medium-size businesses as well as agencies and enterprises worldwide, announced today that it has created a board of advisors to which it appointed two initial members: Walter Kortschak, a technology venture investor from Summit Partners and Kortschak Investments and John Jantsch, founder of Duct Tape Marketing.
“The founders of Dasheroo made a pledge to recruit the very best, most talented people to our board of advisors," said John Hingley, CEO of Dasheroo. “Walter and John bring tremendous technological, operational, marketing and overall leadership experience to the table. I’m confident they will make enormous contributions to the team by helping us better serve our customers, strengthen our partnerships and build value for our shareholders. It’s an enormously exciting time to be part of Dasheroo, and today’s announcement adds to our ability to deliver on our promises.”
About Walter Kortschak
Walter is currently an active private investor and advisor to a number of promising start-up technology companies. Through Kortschak Investments, Walter invests in early stage technology companies led by exceptional founders. Notable companies include ClassDojo, Dasheroo, Evernote, First Republic Bank, Lyft, Main Street Hub, MileZero, MomentFeed, Palantir, ServiceMesh, Snitch, The Trade Desk, and Twitter.
Walter spent the majority of his career as a Managing Partner at Summit Partners, a firm he joined in 1989. Over a 30-year venture capital career, he has served as a director of over 50 companies, including many public companies.
While at Summit, he invested in several industry-defining companies, notably E-TEK Dynamics, an early leader in optical networking, later merged with JDS Uniphase in a transaction valued at over $18 billion, and as the initial investor in McAfee, an anti-virus and network security firm and one of the pioneering companies using the Internet business model for distributing software.
Prior to Summit, Walter was a Vice President and Associate at Crosspoint Venture Partners and a software engineer in the computer graphics field. Walter has consistently appeared on the Forbes Midas List and is a member of the Board of Trustees at Caltech. He is a founder and advisory board member of the Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity at the University of Southern California and a past director of the National Venture Capital Association
"Dasheroo is truly changing the game for business dashboards by providing users with a truly configurable and easy to use platform that normalizes data for increased consumption and action. I am thrilled to be supporting John and the very talented Dasheroo team.”
About John Jantsch
John Jantsch has been called the World’s Most Practical Small Business Expert for consistently delivering real-world, proven small business marketing ideas and strategies.
John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best-selling author of "Duct Tape Marketing," "Duct Tape Selling," "The Commitment Engine" and "The Referral Engine."
He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world.
His blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for marketing and small business and his podcast, a top ten marketing show on iTunes, was called a “must listen” by Fast Company magazine. The Huffington Post calls him one of the top 100 “Must Follow” on Twitter and Forbes named Duct Tape Marketing one of the 100 Best Websites for Entrepreneurs. His practical take on small business is often cited as a resource in publications such as the Wall St. Journal, New York Times, and CNNMoney.
“Tracking and understanding the key numbers is an essential part of marketing and I’m always on the look out for tools that make that task simple, but effective,” said John Jantsch, founder of Duct Tape Marketing. “That’s why I’m excited to help Dasheroo build the perfect dashboard for small business.”
Over the coming months, the board will continue to search for additional world-class advisors as well as a permanent non-executive board of director member.
About Dasheroo
Dasheroo provides business dashboards that empower users around the world to access and instantly take action on the most important data they have to grow their business. The application is free of charge and enables teams to track and collaborate on the business metrics across the company in one dashboard. Dasheroo is proud to be backed by Cloud Apps Capital Partners and is located in both San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX.
For more information, visit http://www.dasheroo.com.
John Hingley, Dasheroo, http://www.dasheroo.com, +1 415-840-2304 Ext: 2, [email protected]
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