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Aaron Schwartz

Chief Business OfficerLoop Returns

San Francisco Bay Area

Member Since March 2012

Skills

Sales & Marketing
Fundraising
Team Building

About

Chief Business Officer at Loop Returns, the best returns solution for Shopify brands. 3x founder, now advising and investing in startups. Advising: Magoosh, Gabbi, Verto Education, ChannelApe, Brightflow, Goodbye Bread, Surge.ai, Builder.io, FanRally, Legitimate, GIST, Rally Investing: Clockwork, Documate, Placement, twine, Reflective, Bloom, Overflow, MarketerHire, Alloy, Biteable, Milo, EcoCart, Partnered.io, Enquire Labs Investing via syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/nps/zNcNw Served as Cofounder, Chairman and President at Passport (passportshipping.com). Still advising. I'm a generalist's generalist (if it's not eng, I'm pretty decent). My focus tends to be on all-things Go to Market; Fundraising; Strategy; and finally (and most importantly), helping founders navigate emotionally through the early stages of company building. Founder of Modify Watches (www.modifywatches.com), which was acquired in 2019 by Custom Ink, and Refill Revolution (acq. 2011). Also proud to serve as a Board Member for Larkin Street Youth Services, and an advisor for Magoosh, an ed-tech company (#186 on the Inc. 500) among a handful of other commerce infrastructure and EdTech companies. Previously earned my MBA from Berkeley-Haas, and was a management consultant with Deloitte for four years (2 in NYC, 2 in London). From Cleveland. Go Cavs (and other teams).

Published content

The New E-Commerce Stack: What It Takes To Scale A Consumer Brand Quickly

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Leverage tools that will help you grow your e-commerce brand.

The 4 Things You Must Do in Order to Successfully Pivot Your Business

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Pivoting your brand can allow you to make changes for the better. Just be prepared to tackle the risks.

What to Do When a Competitor Knocks Off Your Company's Product

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When you're battling every startup's worst nightmare, protecting yourself and your brand is critical.

An Overlooked Opportunity For Consumer Brands: Selling Business-To-Group

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Particularly for product companies, there's a sales channel you might be overlooking: business-to-group.

How to Partner With the Big Dogs: 7 Negotiating Tips for Small Startups

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No matter your company's size, you can prove you have what it takes to roll with the big players.

3 Customer Service Rules to Work By

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Start-ups in growth mode tend to write off customer service as a cost-center to be dealt with "later." These two founders beg to differ.

Company details

Loop Returns

Company bio

Loop is the best returns solution for Shopify brands, including Allbirds, Brooklinen, Chubbies, Nisolo and more

Industry

Retail

Area of focus

Business Development
Sales
Marketing

Company size

51 - 200