Creative Bootstrapping To A 350 Million Dollar Exit: Nimsoft CEO Gary Read (Part 1)

Gary Read has been the president and CEO of Nimsoft for the past six years. He is a more than twenty-year veteran of the high-tech world, with extensive expertise in monitoring and systems management software. Prior to Nimsoft, Gary was vice president of sales and marketing at RiverSoft, a provider of advanced network management products,

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Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 7)

SM: Essentially you are saying the market has now experienced an explosion of images, not all of which convey a unique essence? TM: Yes. A lot of photographers who are above average are giving away their images in order to get a credit line. One of the difficult things with wildlife photography is the proliferation

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Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 6)

SM: So your father was not necessarily supportive of your photography endeavor? TM: It’s more like he did not necessarily understand my choices. I left the family business when all three brothers stayed in it in one form or another.

Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 5)

SM: Have you done demographic analysis to determine your gallery locations? TM: I have tried. I opened galleries in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Dallas, Texas, both with partners. The Steamboat Springs gallery is still doing well while the one in Dallas closed. It was not as simple as just looking at demographics.

Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 4)

SM: What were they numbers like for your Park City gallery? What did real estate cost, and what were you trying to make in terms of revenue? TM: We had incredible traffic because we were on Main Street and we stayed open late. We were still open after dinner, so we had people coming in

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Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 3)

SM: By the time you opened your gallery, did you already have a substantial body of work? TM: It was a small body of work. I was doing still shots on the side during the time I did cinematography work. I also met a world-renowned oil painter, Owen Gromme.

Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 2)

SM: Where did you go to college, and what did you do there? TM: I first started off at the University of Nebraska – Omaha. I was the first one in my family to go to college. My dad said I did not need to go to college and that I could stay back and

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Artist As An Entrepreneur Photographer: Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature (Part 1)

I ran into Tom Mangelesen in Jackson, Wyoming, while on a trip to visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Tom has a wonderful gallery there, and as I looked at his wildlife photography I started talking to Tom’s business partner and longtime friend about the gallery. I discovered a lot of interesting aspects about

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