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    Tristan Kromer
    Tristan Kromer

    Tristan Kromer

    10 years in music, 5 in IT security, lived in 5 countries, blog at GrasshopperHerder and run Lean Startup Circle. Taught myself RoR and design.

    Advisor San Francisco New York University
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    Experience
    Happy Farm
    Happy Farm
    Advisor
    Luxr.co
    Luxr.co
    Lean Startup Coach 2012 - 2013 (9 months)
    Founder
    Startupsquare
    Employee
    Luxr.co, Lean Startup Circle
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    Advisor
    H/F Next Fund, Hackers/Founders, Entrepreneurial Advisory Network, Happy Farm, maneq.in, Dunno
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    StartLabs Ventures
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    About
    What I Do

    With blood and sweat. I don't do tears.

    Describe what you have done, what you are doing, and the kinds of things you are interested in.
    Achievements

    In 2008 I was in Vietnam to recruit a new marketing lead for our offshoring team when the Vietnam GM was fired by the CTO who was then in turn fired by the CEO leaving me the only guy standing in charge of a small 32 person R&D and marketing shop with no technical skills or Vietnamese language ability.

    Then the financial crisis hit, crippling our company cash flow and leaving us unable to hire replacements.

    While simultaneously overseeing our Chinese office, leading global marketing efforts, and managing my product lines and Business Unit Manager, I was asked to maintain and turnaround the Vietnam operation which suffered from 33% employee turnover.

    In one year I was able to take the operation down to 15% turnover, resolve QA issues, train the local management staff in intercultural communication, beef up the marketing team, and altogether turn around the office.

    Simultaneously, my product line also tripled revenue during the worst financial crisis in my lifetime.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Lean Startups Agile Project Management Analytics & Reporting Metrics Startup Metrics Business Model Innovation Business Strategy Customer Development User Experience Design Product Development Web Development Startup Founder General Management HTML Ass Kicking Ruby Operations Product Management Project Management Technology Troubleshooter Trouble-Maker Haml SCSS / SASS jQuery Entrepreneurship Education Startup Consulting Entrepreneurship Software Project Management Ruby on Rails German Chinese Event Management
    What I'm Looking For

    I'm interested in balanced teams practicing lean startup methodology that need the occasional kick in the ass.

    Describe what you're looking for in a company.
    Locations
    Silicon Valley New York San Francisco North America Amsterdam Australia Vancouver Berlin
    Markets
    All Markets
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