Kelly Perdew

Co-founder and Managing General Partner, Moonshots Capital

Kelly is an entrepreneur at heart and loves the challenge of starting and growing businesses. He’s served in almost every operating capacity: Founder, Board Member, CEO, COO, CFO, Business Development, and Sales. He’s raised institutional equity and debt financing, grown businesses, down-sized businesses, and sold businesses for 8-figure exits. He serves on Boards and/or in advisory roles: Pandora (NYSE: P, past), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD, past), Eteamz (Sold to Active Networks – NYSE: ACTV, past), TroopSwap, The DuMont Project, GatherGreen, Fliptu, and UStream.tv. His operating roles have included: Co-founder & CEO TargetClose (current – stealth), CEO Fastpoint Games, Founder/CEO MotorPride (sold to TrueCar), President/Board Member Eteamz (Sold to Active Networks), EVP The Trump Organization, and Military Intelligence Officer US Army. Kelly also makes Angel investments: Klout, BetterWorks, TroopSwap, ZAG (now TrueCar), Fliptu, and Social Rewards. Kelly won Season 2 of The Apprentice and worked for Donald Trump for one year. Kelly earned a BS from West Point and a JD/MBA from UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Dawn, step-son Hunter and two-year old twins Grant and Grace.

Articles by Kelly Perdew

How to Kickstart Content Marketing at Early-Stage Companies with Dennis Shiao

In this Mucker Growth Session, Dennis Shiao, founder of marketing agency Attention Retention, walks through how to make an impact with content marketing even when you have limited budget and...

How to Improve Your Team’s Performance and Prevent Burnout with Glenn Gow

In this Mucker Growth Session, CEO coach Glenn Gow discusses improving your team’s performance and preventing burnout. PDF of Glenn’s presentation slides Right Now, Things are Hard On any given...

Finance 101 for Early Stage Startup Founders with Debbie Rosler

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should...

Engineering Customer & Product Feedback Loops with Holden Munson & Sofia Maravich

In this Mucker Growth session, Holden Munson and Sofia Maravich from Rethink Labs, explore how to develop a useful system of collecting customer data and integrating it into your team....

How Startups Can Win More Enterprise Deals Through Value Selling with Mike Genstil

In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales. Delivering value at every touchpoint of...

How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide

In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...