David Carlson

David Carlson serves as CEO of Shopventory. Mr. David Carlson is the founder and Managing Director of eonCapital. He founded eonBusiness in 1997 to meet the needs of start-ups and early-stage companies to build Internet-based businesses. To date, he has founded five companies with three successful exits and supports dozens of other companies. Although eonBusiness started out primarily as a web development services organization, it evolved into an incubator and then a boutique venture capital firm investing in software as a service (SaaS) and mobile capabilities called eonCapital. Dave is actively involved as an advisor to numerous eonCapital portfolio companies. He serves on the board of directors of mobileStorm and eonCapital. Dave is also a mentor for the TechStars investment program, which is based on a mentoring approach to seed investing. Dave founded and incubated GO TOAST in 2001 and founded eonMedia in 2002. Both companies were acquired in 2003 by aQuantive, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2007. Other personal startups include eonBusiness, AllAboardToys.com (acquired in 2008) and HomePoint. Prior to founding eonBusiness and eonCapital, Dave held a leadership position at EchoStar (DISH Network) for 12 years, where he was integral in launching the DISH Network and beginning the global expansion of EchoStar. Dave’s career at EchoStar included a six-year stint in the Netherlands as Managing Director of Operations for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Dave holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications with a concentration in Business Administration from Bethany College and a Master’s degree in International Business Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is also an angel investor.