eVibe Case Study

eVibe

eVibe.com
Portsmouth, NH (June 2000 - March 2001)
     Chief Financial Officer (1 day/wk) - eVibe.com was a "dot com" start-up that developed and promoted an Internet-based market system for booking live entertainment. The brainchild of Zander Livingston and Brian Hanson, in mid-2000 eVibe had a well-developed web site and software "back end", but lacked a complete business plan and adequate funding to hire the sales and marketing team necessary to broadly role out the service. In June of 2000, Clint Marshall was independently recommended to Hanson by both a commercial banker and an investment banker as a resource who could prepare the financial projections and help put together the business plan, help present the Company to potential investors, and develop the necessary financial and reporting systems for the fledgling Company.
     Throughout the summer and fall of 2000, Marshall worked with eVibe to develop the Company's business plan and supporting financial materials. The fall and winter had him assisting in meetings with venture capitalists and other potential investors. Unfortunately, a lack of available funding in the ongoing “dot com shakeout” forced eVibe to curtail operations just as Marshall began working to refine the Company's capital structure and stock incentive programs and develop financial systems for the fast-changing Company.
     "He was a great resource to have available," says Hanson. "Clint’s hands-on financial knowledge, modeling skill, and critical eye for the business plan made him a great help to me in a busy period. His flexible schedule and willingness to accept a portion of his fee in equity made him affordable when we didn’t have much cash to spend."

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