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Graeme Thickins has seen many waves of technology in his career, and ridden a good many of them. He’s also survived several business cycles over three decades. Somehow, he figures all this couldn’t help but bestow upon him a certain amount of wisdom. (Then again, he could be wrong.)

Graeme is the founder of GT&A Strategic Marketing, Minneapolis (www.gtamarketing.com), a marketing strategy, branding, content development, and startup advisory consultancy. Over 25+ years, he’s helped more than 100 technology firms launch, grow, and prosper — many of them from the initial concept stage. Graeme has also served in key interim-executive roles, including for the launch of BestBuy.com as interim Director of Content, and as interim Director of Marketing for an IT services firm, since acquired. In 2004, he was recruited as VP Marketing to client Intradyn Inc., a early-stage firm that markets backup and archiving appliances, where he has helped develop relationships with Sony, Imation, and Mirapoint. In addition to his marketing consulting and content development business, Graeme’s reports on technology conferences have been read widely via such sites as Conferenza.com and other media outlets, and he has also written extensively for publication (www.graemethickins.com). He has a large national network of leaders and influentials in the technology and investment communities.

Graeme has an alternate base of operation in Southern California, where he writes and blogs “from the beach” whenever he can. Between surf sessions.