John Gleeson
InvestorGeneral Partner at SuccessVP
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5K β $20K checks Β· typically $10K
About
General Partner at SuccessVP who previously helped scale Motive from $1M to $300M in ARR, owning Customer Success and operations and building the post-sale engine that onboarded and retained 130,000 customers.
Experience
- Success Venture PartnersFounder & General Partnercurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SF Customer Success MeetupCo-founder - Customer Success Meetupcurrent2018 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MotiveVice President of Customer Success2017 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Index VenturesVenture Scout2021 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- AffinioVice President Customer Success2013 β 2017Greater New York City Area
- Adult Hockey SkillsFounder2008 β 2014Ottawa, Canada Area
- EastLinkProduct Manager2011Halifax, Canada Area
Education
- Dalhousie UniversityMBA
- Carleton UniversityBachelor of Arts, Mass Communications
Skills & more
Venture Capital4Professional Services5Customer Support3Marketing78Marketing Strategy45Business Development30Start-ups20Social Media17Social Media Marketing18Entrepreneurship16Digital Marketing10Marketing Communications7
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Event PlanningSalesCRMOnline AdvertisingCustomer ServiceProduct ManagementResearchCoachingLeadershipManagementTeam LeadershipStrategyFrom John's professional profile.
Network1
Investors connected to John in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does John Gleeson work?
- John Gleeson is General Partner at SuccessVP.
- What check size does John Gleeson write?
- John Gleeson typically writes checks of $5K β $20K.
Same school
Also attended Dalhousie University31
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Also attended Carleton University56
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