Professor of Business, Fractional CXO, Startup & Scaleup Advisor based in the Great Lakes. How can I help?
Hi. Hello. 👋🏻 I’m Corey.
I’m a multi-x founder 🦾. I’ve exited a few times 🏆. Investor 💸. Advisor 🧠. Speaker 🎤. I’ve raised mountains of money 💰. I’ve scaled things 📈 .
I’ve made all the mistakes. Flat-out failed. 🤷🏻♂️
Now it’s time to give back. Help others. Make some friends.
Click here to see a few ways I work with folks.
Or click here to talk it out.
Startup Advisor
It all begins with an idea. Then what? A bunch of stuff they don’t teach you in school. I can help navigate ideation, customer discovery, building tech, early traction, marketing, fundraising, and hiring.
Book a free call and let’s talk. Or let’s cut to pricing.
Scaleup Advisor
Oh gosh. People like what you’re doing. But the skills and team needed to grow exponentially aren’t the same ones that got you here. Scaling customers, teams, marketing, sales, and tech that serves all – and well – is what I can help with.
Book a free call and let’s talk. Or let’s cut to pricing.
Incremental CxO
You need powerful C-level help, now, but you don’t need a full-time CEO, CMO, COO, CTO. I help bring the heat you need, build the function, help find the people to take it over, and then I get out of the way.
Book a free call and let’s talk. Or let’s cut to pricing.
Fundraising and M&A Expert
Oye! We need 💰💰💰… or better said… we need time, we need scale, we need headcount, we need product, or we need an exit.
I can help assess what we need, really, and help evaluate the best strategies that include dilutive, non-dilutive, revenue sharing, factoring, loans… or wait… should we consider an acquisition? Then we move on to crafting the message, the pitch deck, the prospect lists… and get to work.
Book a free call and let’s talk. Or let’s cut to pricing.
Ally & Insurgent
Now here’s the thing. You’re an a**hole if you don’t realize that everything you touch, say, and do either promotes equity – or it doesn’t. Now I’m no prince or shining example, but – I’m listening, learning, and showing up. Wanna learn with me what it’s like to move from #allyship to becoming a social justice #insurgent? Let’s chat.
HUMBLE BRAGGING💁🏻♂️
“Unless you’ve felt that gut wrenching decision, you can’t advise an entrepreneur…” - Vinod Khosla (one of the most trusted & successful Silicon Valley investors)
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” - Martin Mull (often misattributed 🤪)
THE POINT IS… I’ve been where you’re sitting, you can trust that I know the stakes, the tradeoffs, because I’ve lived the founder journey more than once.
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Won an RFP to transform the customer experience function for a global shipper and take their call center into the cloud, beating out several top 10 consulting firms and creating the largest transaction for the bid-winning vendor in its history, and a $3M implementation contract for my client.
Then!! Helped manage the implementation of the nearly 2K seats across all global regions.
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Helped to establish early operations, recruiting, and marketing functions for a 100% online telebehavioral health care facility, resulting in the increase of revenues by 800%, and growth to serve mental health patients and the clinicians that serve them across eight states.
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Built the marketing and communications functions for a $3M white-glove technical recruiting consultancy which served high-growth tech companies like Nextdoor, Slack, Stripe, Door Dash, and others.
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Helped to launch and scale a $450M project contracted by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to help relocate and house Asylum Seekers that have found their way to New York City and have asked for assistance.
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Helping to bring an Alzheimer’s and brain function wearable to market. Have already secured a 25-store trial with a national drug chain.
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Startup Grind’s 2021 Global Chapter Director of the Year
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