Gregory Gretsch

Who is Gregory Gretsch?

As a former founder and executive of four start-up technology

companies, Greg uses his expertise to assist entrepreneurs in building

strong businesses. Greg has been in the high-technology industry for

more than 17 years. He joined Sigma in 2000, and brings to the firm

expertise in new venture creation and marketing. Greg tracks markets

that have an impact on both the enterprise and the consumer, including

business applications, enterprise infrastructure, storage, Internet

services, consumer services, and alternative energy.

Background

In

1997, Greg co-founded Connectify, an enterprise software company that

sold software for Electronic Direct Marketing. After selling Connectify

to Kana Communications in 1999, he stayed on board as the Vice

President of Electronic Direct Marketing. Prior to Kana, Greg started

GiftONE in 1996, which he later sold to SkyMall. In 1993, Greg launched

his first start up, Vicarious, an education and reference CD-ROM

publisher. Early in his career, Greg spent time at Apple Computer

where, in addition to spearheading product marketing programs, he lead

a project partnering with CNN that offered the first public showcase of

QuickTime. Before joining Apple, Greg was an IT consultant for Andersen

Consulting (now Accenture).

Education

B.B.A in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Georgia

Famous Quotes:

• "It's a venture capitalist's job to connect the dots and it's an entrepreneur's job to bring them very close together
• Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.