Erik Kjell was born and raised in the heart of Seattle on Queen Anne hill. He grew up all over the Pacific Northwest (PNW), camping along the Nisqually river, hiking the Cascades, skiing Mt. Hood Meadows, and learning to sail in the Puget Sound.
Getting the timing right is everything: 10 years after their first date at Republic in South Lake Union, Erik and Lela reconnected, got married in Mexico, and are now are raising two daughters—Livia (4) and Janae (1). They now live in Sandpoint at the base of Schweitzer mountain looking down over lake Pend Orielle.
Erik makes pre-seed investments in companies based in Austin, New York City, and San Francisco. To connect, text (206) 854-8814, email erik@erikkjell.com, DM @erikkjell, or IG @erikkjell.
Erik Kjell - Seattle, WA
Role
Product Lead
Dates
Month, 2018 - Month, 2019
Accomplishments
- Seed funded a startup with $2M from Dan Nordstrom
- Built a team of 8 including specialists in marketplaces, payments
- Designed an end-to-end licensing and royalty payment platform
- Negotiated a partnership with the NFL Players Association
- Reduced overhead of licensing department by a factor of 50:1
- Sub-licensed digital assets from NFL licensees Topps and EA
- Reduced the time to get a licensing deal from 6 months to 6 days
- Collected pre-paid, guaranteed, and advance royalty payments
- Tracked sales via API and computed revenues for reporting
- Computed royalty payments for 1,800+ NFL players on 32 teams
- Sold the technology to the NFL Players Association
Erik Kjell was born and raised in the heart of Seattle on Queen Anne hill. He grew up all over the Pacific Northwest (PNW), camping along the Nisqually river, hiking the Cascades, skiing Mt. Hood Meadows, and learning to sail in the Puget Sound.
Getting the timing right is everything: 10 years after their first date at Republic in South Lake Union, Erik and Lela reconnected, got married in Mexico, and are now are raising two daughters—Livia (4) and Janae (1). They now live in Sandpoint at the base of Schweitzer mountain looking down over lake Pend Orielle.
Erik makes pre-seed investments in companies based in Austin, New York City, and San Francisco. To connect, text (206) 854-8814, email erik@erikkjell.com, DM @erikkjell, or IG @erikkjell.
