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“But the best way to think out of the box is to look in other boxes. You search widely for elements that work, with an open mind about what problem you might actually be able to solve. It's discovery, not imagination, that makes you more creative.” - William Duggan, Strategic Intuition

SUMMARY

I’ve been at the forefront several technological and business model waves:

• Multisided Marketplaces (2011-2014)
• [Consumer Mobile] Messaging & Chat & B2B ad sales (2014-2016)
• [B2B SaaS] Niche Software disrupting older/established industry and hybrid business models (2016-2017)
• [B2B SaaS] ecommerce / Conversational Commerce / chat bots (2017-2018)
• [B2B SaaS] ecommerce (micro brands) + personalized print on-demand (PPOD) w/generative design & emerging tech (2019-2021)
• [Prosumer/B2B] Virtual Worlds, Web 3, Generative AI (2021-present)

I focus on designing and executing systems-driven growth strategies & team building. My approach and process has resulted in:

• Raising $10M+ in funding (from VCs, grants and more)
• Driving millions of downloads across multiple products
• Driving 4x YoY revenue growth
• Involved in 2 mergers & acquisitions
• Building & managing brand relationships with companies like Starbucks, Redbull, Viacom (MTV), Universal Studios, Sony Music, Major League Baseball (MLB) & more
• Building & managing several communities (online/offline) including Fresh Founders, an exclusive CEO & founder mastermind group;
• Continuous learning to go from “zero-to-one” with multiple projects including Hack to Start podcast, reaching 500k+ downloads across 200 episodes from companies like Adobe, Stripe, Shopify, Dropbox, Betaworks, Union Square Ventures, and more!

You can find more about be on my LinkedIn profile here.

MY PASSION / FOCUS

I’m passionate about so many fascinating, interconnected business topics - that it’s sometimes hard to separate them.

The best way (that I’ve found) to start talking about how just some of these topics interconnect - like business design, systems thinking, business models, innovation, growth, strategy, product thinking, leadership and more - is instead ask a seemingly simple question:

how does a company (continually) create enough value to enable & sustain growth?

I try to answer this question through my own experience - and by studying the experience of others. I love to study, dissect, analyze and synthesize breakthrough businesses to understand how they’ve evolved over time - and what key steps they’ve taken at each milestone.

THINK BETTER. BUILD BETTER.

I very occasionally send out an email recapping some thoughts, learnings and ideas typically centred around a thesis & approach I call being “FUTURENATIVE”.

In short, the thesis is about finding a unique way to leverage apparent tensions and blend both discovery & execution work, in order to unlock massive impact.

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TALKS

I've had several opportunities to share my ideas, insights & experiences through different talks that usually center on some of the following topics:

1. Business Models
2. Product & Customer Discovery
3. Growth Strategies
4. The Future of Work & Creativity