How to Successfully Run a Start-up: Eddie Van Pelt, COO/CFO, VIMBY

by CWRU Entrepreneurship

Lecture/Speaker Format: Virtual Student Life Topic: Entrepreneurship and Inno...

Wed, Feb 17, 2021

1 PM – 1:45 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Join us on February 17 at 12 p.m. via Zoom as part of the Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneurship Series for a Roundtable Discussion with Eddie Van Pelt (MGT '01), COO/CFO, VIMBY. He will discuss his experiences balancing creativity and budget within the entertainment and marketing industries.

Eddie Van Pelt brings 20 years of finance and operations experience that spans across several industries including government, private equity, real estate, publishing, video production, and marketing. As CFO at VIMBY, he helped engineer the lead investment round, oversaw a 40x investor return in six years, and structured a large buy-out with MGM.

VIMBY is a content marketing studio established in 2007. VIMBY enables a more fluid way of telling stories that is authentic, efficient, and affordable. VIMBY is powered by a highly-vetted team of filmmakers, story producers, writers, visual artists and marketing thought leaders. The company has teams embedded in over 85 domestic and 10 international markets. 

To join the Zoom Webinar follow this link: https://cwru.zoom.us/j/94476329668?pwd=eWxIYk5RZnpid3ZPa0pubXpZWVNkdz09

We will also be broadcasting this roundtable and future roundtables to LinkedIn Live on CWRU Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship's LinkedIn page.

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Eddie Van Pelt

COO & CFO

VIMBY

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-van-pelt-a4438815/

Eddie Van Pelt (MGT '01) is an experienced CFO & COO with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment and marketing industries. He is currently the COO & CFO at VIMBY. Eddie brings 20 years of finance and operations experience that spans across several industries including government, private equity, real estate, publishing, video production, and marketing. As CFO at VIMBY, he helped engineer the lead investment round, oversaw a 40x investor return in six years, and structured a large buy-out with MGM. Eddie received his BA from Hiram College and MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.


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