Vince Thompson
CEO
at Middleshift Inc
Through his consultancy, Middleshift, Vince helps entrepreneurs build and scale their sales efforts. He has served as an interim CEO, a public company board member, and a consultant to over thirty clients including major internet companies, TV Networks, and Studios.
Currently Vince serves on the board of Steezy, the world’s leading platform for online dance education and First Star, a global non-profit that helps foster kids get into college. He is also an advisor to Outer, and USC Annenberg’s Center for ThirdSpace Thinking.
Content & Articles by Vince Thompson
2026 SF Tech Week Day 2: Recap of Mucker Sessions
Day 2 of our SF Tech Week programming ran out of Pilot’s office and covered two things founders tend to put off: the deck you need to raise, and the...
2026 SF Tech Week Day 1: Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital hosted two days of programming during SF Tech Week, with two sessions each day. Day 1 covered a live vibe-coding session where four builders attacked the same product...
Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...