Christopher Merrill's Linkedin Analytics

Over the last 22 years I have been fortunate to have started, managed, invested, failed, and even sometimes succeeded in building some great companies. In 2000 I was part of the founding team of Thrive Networks, which grew to become one of the leading providers of managed IT services in the New England area. Since it's sale to Staples in 2006 I have been a founder, investor or advisor to 20+ companies including DesignerAdvantage, Web-O-Matic, J. Barrows Sales Training, and WhatArmy. In an effort to contain my craziness - in 2016 along with my friend of 35 years - John Barrows - founded Playground Partners as a vehicle to ideate and develop new concepts mostly focused on the Sales Enablement / Development space.