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Nemo Chu
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Nemo Chu is an experienced entrepreneur and advisor who leverages his vast operating history to assist fellow entrepreneurs in developing and growing their businesses. His expertise spans various aspects of marketing and sales, including pricing strategies, cold email campaigns, multi-channel eCommerce, copywriting, analytics, attribution, and conversion rate optimization. As companies scale, Nemo also offers guidance on finance, specializing in creative financing solutions tailored for high-growth companies, such as venture capital, debt financing, public markets, SBA loans, revenue-based financing, and strategic partnerships.
With a track record of significant accomplishments, Nemo has a wealth of hands-on experience in crafting advertisements, managing large email campaigns, conducting numerous A/B tests, creating landing pages, analyzing extensive sets of data, mentoring direct reports, building high-performing teams, acquiring small companies, and overseeing successful exits. Before achieving tremendous success by growing his own company to a seven-figure revenue in just one year, Nemo contributed to the early stages of companies like Kissmetrics and Bloomfire, which have collectively raised $48 million in funding and have been acquired.
Nemo draws inspiration from renowned marketers such as Claude Hopkins, Lester Wunderman, Eugene Schwartz, Joseph Sugarman, and Kevin Harrington. Additionally, he looks up to respected authors like Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Max Depree, John Maxwell, and Malcolm Gladwell. In the realm of sports, Nemo finds motivation from athletes like Vince Carter, Andre Iguodala, Kyrie Irving, Michael Chang, Sidney Crosby, and Rodney Mullen, as well as legendary bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger. Beyond his professional endeavors, Nemo cherishes his love for bunnies and large fluffy dogs, revealing a softer side coupled with a commitment to good oral hygiene.
Nemo pursued his education by studying Communications (Media Studies) for his BA degree at Calvin College. He has held key positions in various organizations, including serving as a Director at uTRAC, a Managing Partner at IPO Architects, an Entrepreneur In Residence at 500 Startups, the Founder CEO at Clifford-Underwood Companies, the Director Of Customer Acquisition & Customer Success at Kissmetrics, an Ambassador at Bloomfire, a Product Team Leader at S. L. Robbins & Associates, and a Developer at the Center for Social Research at Calvin College.