Looking for a sounding board for a business plan, fundraising advise, or scaling your startup? Let me give it shot with you. I have been through hundreds of business plans & pitch decks, have navigated high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, and raised billions of dollars. I bring actionable insights to help you achieve your goals.

How I can be useful to you

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

  • Fundraising advice for founders

  • Validating your product or service

  • Managing board and senior management dynamics

  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) strategy

  • Exit strategy planning

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 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. Is your business positioned effectively for a potential merger, acquisition, or partnership?

  5. And, of course, what are the actions you should take to improve your plan or pitch to 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 Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year.

  • I have raised over $10 Billion in my career & have an experience of more than 30 years in scaling, selling, merging and acquiring companies.

  • 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.

  • Founded, scaled and sold HCIA (now part of IBM Watson), CBCA (large data processing company) and Copay Solutions (consumer healthcare finance).

  • 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.