Overview
Dave Gerhardt is a Limited Partner at GTMFund [1]. Gerhardt founded Exit Five, described as a community for B2B marketing professionals [2], a position held since April 2022 [3]. Prior to Exit Five, Gerhardt spent ten years in marketing roles, advancing from PR intern to Chief Marketing Officer [2]. Gerhardt has held several concurrent advisory positions, including at Hatch since January 2022 [4] and Paramark.com since January 2024 [6]. Earlier roles include Chief Brand Officer at Drift from August 2021 to December 2021 [9], Chief Marketing Officer at Privy from December 2019 to August 2021 [10], and Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School from 2016 to 2022 [8].
Profile introduction
Hey I'm Dave Gerhardt. I created Exit Five, which has turned into the top community for B2B marketing professionals. Before starting Exit Five I had a 10 year career in marketing and grew from PR intern to CMO. I even once had hair! My wife says I'm more handsome now though, and she's quite pretty so that means a lot -- but the internet just boxes me in as the typical bald guy tech bro. So oh look, another bald tech guy writing on LinkedIn! whoopty freaking do. Anyway. Where was I... OH. Receipts! I wanted to talk about receipts, because in a world of fluff and online influencers, I actually…
Career history
- FounderApr 2022 to presentExit Five
- AdvisorJan 2022 to presentHatch
- Limited PartnerNov 2023 to presentGTMFund
- AdvisorJan 2024 to presentParamark.com
- AdvisorAug 2024 to Sep 2025Agency AI
- Guest Lecturer2016 to 2022Harvard Business School
- Chief Brand OfficerAug 2021 to Dec 2021Drift
- Chief Marketing OfficerDec 2019 to Aug 2021Privy
- AdvisorHatch Labs
- AdvisorAgency
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