Justin Schmidt

I am a marketing leader who wants to build cool things, tell cool stories about those things, and do it with cool people. 

When I think about my favorite moments in my career, they are all centered around building something new with a group of smart people and we’re all thinking through how we’re going to make the thing in front of us work as best as possible for the given use case. Over the years, I built things that I would use myself (or did use myself);  I loved sharing the excitement over that thing with others. Even better was building things that drove demonstrable value for our clients. There is nothing better than marketing a product that gets me excited about the way it can be used and about the problems it solves. This is why I like startups so much! I really enjoy the creative process from the initial marketing strategy to marketing execution and how I get to go back and forth between the 50’ and the 50,000’ view.
 
For me, building also means building teams. I have been so fortunate to have built amazing teams over the years. I am proud to have built a large network of people and it brings me so much joy to see how their careers have grown since our time together. I am the type of leader that cares more about my teams success than my own. I want to help my teams become better and I believe that if my team members grow, the company’s goals will fall into place.
 
I want to bring a product to market that delivers measurable value. I need to do all of this with smart people who challenge me and push me to be better. Marketing is storytelling with an objective. I love bringing ideas to market and telling a story to someone about how the offering we have is going to not only solve their immediate problem but also help them take advantage of new opportunities in the future. I’ve been doing this my whole career, and it is something I must continue doing.

I am always interested in expanding my professional network. If you would like to connect or have any specific questions about what you see above, please contact me at justin (at) justinschmidt.me.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 
Revenue Growth
Product Marketing
Marketing Strategy 
Demand Generation
Executive Leadership
Revenue Optimization
Content Development
Business Development
Brand Strategy and Identity
Innovative Solutions Creation
Transformation & Turnarounds 
Product Development and Launches
Business Development and Expansion 
Startup Operations and Market Growth
Team Leadership, Empowerment, & Development

VP of Marketing

Compt helps companies build, streamline, and scale employee perk stipends that delight teams and give companies a more productive and engaged workforce.

Everyone has different needs, and we think that when perks take this into account the value to the employee goes beyond just beer or catered lunches and becomes so much more.

Capacity

Capacity is a secure, AI-native knowledge sharing platform that empowers teams with instant access to the knowledge they need to do their best work. Capacity connects to enterprise apps, mines company documents and spreadsheets, and captures the tacit knowledge of an organization— making everything instantly accessible through a single platform. Capacity was founded in 2017 by David Karandish and Chris Sims, and is part of the Equity.com incubator.

General Counsel

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Kathryn balances her practice between serving as outside corporate counsel to entrepreneurial businesses, ranging from start-ups to established companies, and advising on middle-market M&A transactions. Clients consult Ms. Love for her strategic legal advice, business acumen, and practical problem-solving skills.
Ms. Love has counseled start-up companies for two decades. Her experience began with dozens of deals during the dot-com era, including many transactions implementing a Big 4 accounting firm’s venture capital strategy. Today, she is active in the St. Louis entrepreneurial ecosystem, and regularly represents start-ups, portfolio companies, and venture capital and private equity funds in connection with formation, private placements, commercial and operational matters, and exits. 
Ms. Love works regularly with non-profit clients, including schools, colleges, universities, charities, non-profits, and foundations on corporate structuring and governance, commercial and strategic contracts, compliance and regulatory matters, and transactions. She also leads teams of colleagues to address the other legal and tax issues that these organizations face.
Ms. Love’s broad-based transactional practice includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, commercial agreements, and private placement finance. She frequently counsels businesses regarding employment, consulting, licensing, and confidentiality and non-compete agreements. Many of her clients are women-owned or minority-owned businesses, and her work includes counseling them on WBE/MBE certification matters. Ms. Love’s depth and breadth of experience enable her to provide practical, efficient advice to help companies in all stages of the corporate lifecycle achieve their business goals.

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