# Thatcher Spring

> Thatcher Spring is the founder and CEO of GearLaunch, a print-on-demand and end-to-end ecommerce platform he launched in 2013 to give independent online sellers the same backend muscle - manufacturing, fulfillment, payments, and customer service - that big marketplaces take for granted. A Georgetown English major who started a nationally distributed wholesale apparel company right out of college, he detoured through J.P. Morgan, the Mars graduate leadership program, and an MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler before going back to what he knew best: merchandise and supply chains. GearLaunch raised a $4.8M Series A in 2017 and grew to a few hundred employees, letting creators build custom-product businesses without ever touching inventory.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at GearLaunch
- **Organizations:** GearLaunch, Thatcher Spring, Inc., Cape Eleuthera Foundation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Secondary, Belmont Hill School, BA in English and Spanish, Georgetown University, MBA, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
- **Known for:** Founded a nationally distributed wholesale apparel company straight out of Georgetown, Founded GearLaunch in 2013 and helped pioneer the 'end-to-end (E2E) commerce' category, Raised $4.8M Series A for GearLaunch in 2017

## Career timeline

- **2004-2005** — Intern in the Office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
- **2005-2010** — Founded and led Thatcher Spring, Inc., a nationally distributed wholesale apparel company
- **2011** — Summer Associate at J.P. Morgan
- **2012** — Completed the Graduate Leadership Development Program at Mars
- **2013** — Founded GearLaunch and became CEO
- **2015-2019** — Board Member, Cape Eleuthera Foundation
- **2017** — GearLaunch raised $4.8M Series A funding

## Achievements

- Founded a nationally distributed wholesale apparel company straight out of Georgetown
- Founded GearLaunch in 2013 and helped pioneer the 'end-to-end (E2E) commerce' category
- Raised $4.8M Series A for GearLaunch in 2017
- Grew GearLaunch into a company of roughly 270 employees offering print-on-demand and full-stack ecommerce services

## Latest updates

- **2017-07** — GearLaunch raised $4.8M in Series A funding.

## Links

- Website: https://gearlaunch.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thatcherspring
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GearLaunch
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gearlaunch

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