Pierre Wolff

Pierre Wolff

About Me

I have been a founder or on the founding management team of several early stage companies over the past 12 yrs. Frequently in the role of VP of Business &/or Corporate Development, and have been responsible for M&A transactions, private equity fundraising, and development of strategic partner programs. In addition to this, I currently sit on the advisory board of 4 early through mid stage private companies and have seen a fifth get acquired by a public company.

The common thread to the different areas I have worked in is that they all have something to do w/the Internet. The specific areas I have worked in or advised on include: payment systems, ad networks, online communities/social networks, financial information services, semantic web, indexing/classification/search technologies, content syndication technologies, loyalty programs, and click-to-call technology.

I started my online career working for Reuters NewMedia, exploring investments in the first wave of Internet companies in 1994.

Blogs

http://direwolff.wordpress.com/ http://direwolff.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/social-graph-context/ (Internet / Online Services / Consumer Software) http://direwolff.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/boy-whats-an-entrepreneur-to-do-with-all-of-this-conflicting-advice/ (Start-Ups / Small Businesses / Franchises) http://direwolff.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/northern-light-business-search-enginelacking/ (Enterprise Software & Services) http://direwolff.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/google-book-search-legal-challenge-and-its-externalities/ (Legal / Intellectual Property)

Areas of Interest

• Advertising / Marketing / Sales
• Consumer Services / Retail Industry
• Enterprise Software & Services
• Internet / Online Services / Consumer Software
• Legal / Intellectual Property
• Start-Ups / Small Businesses / Franchises