Looking for a sounding board for a business plan, LinkedIn upgrade, or pitch deck? Let me give it shot with you. I have been through hundreds of business plans, thousands of resumes, and raised billions of dollars in my career.

How I can be useful to you

We can talk about anything you like, I can be most helpful in the following areas:

  • Raising money. pitch decks

  • Validating your product or service

  • Improving your resume and LinkedIn to reflect your goals

  • Managing board and senior management dynamics

I have been a data sciences entrepreneur and corporate crisis manager. I have been inside of more than 100 companies and have seen plenty of bad decisions.

80% of Success is Avoiding Stupidity

Let’s get you started on the right foot.

What we will discuss

I suggest the following as a guide:

  1. What are basics and does your plan, pitch deck, and/or LinkedIn have them in place?

  2. Where have other ideas like yours have gone off the track?

  3. How can you adjust your approach to attack the right part of the market?

  4. And, of course, what are the actions you should take to improve your plan, pitch deck, or resume to avoid stupidity and be successful?

I have appeared on CNN, and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post.

  • I was an EY Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year.

  • As an undergraduate, I co-founded my first company with two professors. The company grew to more than 1,000 employees, went public, and traded on the NASDAQ. It is now part of IBM’s Watson Artificial Intelligence business.

  • I went on to work as a crisis manager at more than 100 companies and was a source of truth for a company’s management, board, investors, and lenders.