About

Tom Clarkson is a seasoned Principal at Mentat Ventures, LLC, a consulting business that assists entrepreneurs and marketers in achieving their goals. He often serves as a Fractional CMO augmenting teams at young companies and startups and is an unpaid mentor and volunteer to the entrepreneurial community. Tom's past experience includes founding and developing writeboost.com, a SAAS application that assists content marketers in creating more compelling and searchable content while improving productivity. As an early stage startup, Tom covered all roles such as product marketing, product management, digital marketing, email marketing, product development, coding, and web development. Tom's experience also includes holding a variety of positions centered around commercialization and entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University and Medical Center. He built the first industry-focused marketing and sales initiative and organization at the Medical Center and pioneered marketing and sales of internal assets and capabilities to industry. Tom also implemented new digital marketing websites and supporting digital marketing capabilities. Tom's education history includes an MS in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a BA in Physics from Wake Forest University. His tech stack includes web, product manager, and research scientist. Tom has 33.21 years of relevant experience and is a valuable asset to any team looking to achieve success in the entrepreneurial world.