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Clarity

Adam Dexter

San Francisco, CA

VC backed founder, event producer, and business coach. I love talking to people about all things business, design, strategy, and execution.

As employee 8 at Summit Series--a startup that hosts leadership and innovation-focused events. For four years, I designed and produced Summit events and built out early facilities at Powder Mountain, following the company's purchase of the Utah ski resort in 2013. When I wasn’t designing and building with 1s and 0s or concrete and steel, I helped the entrepreneurs in the Summit community as an adviser and professional matchmaker. I went on to cofound a tech-enabled physical storage/rentals company in San Francisco that raised over $35MM, where I handled everything from branding, ui/ux, app design, product management to physical operations, infrastructure, and logistics. From the highs of purchasing the largest ski mountain in the United States to the lows of watching a company I started shutter, I’ve lived the ups, downs, and in-betweens that all entrepreneurs know as just another day at the office.

$3.33/min

20 Calls

6 Reviews

44 minutes
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Fundraising Startup Consulting Event planning Strategic Planning Business Strategy Production Company Culture Early-stage Startups Infrastructure Experience Design

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Business and Brand/Culture Development

Your prospects need to understand the what and why of your business as much as you do. Solid core values also enable your company to make faster, more straightforward decisions. I'll guide you to developing core values, a clear brand narrative, and a company culture that will help define your business path and inform decisions from funding strategy and scale to who your audience truly is. This is usually most valuable for companies who have achieved early signals of product/market fit and want to focus their message as well as solidify the internal culture and values o their company. We'll figure out where you are at, what you need and work on things like refining product strategy and narrative and establishing core values. As well as communicating these elements to your prospects, customers, and employees through design, marketing, creative direction. We can also talk about building business longevity through employee well-being, company culture, and retention.

Straightforward Coaching and Mentorship

There is immense value in having an experienced, supportive but objective and private third party to talk to. Whether to bounce ideas, impending decisions, or challenges of business or personal nature; having such an outlet is critical. The result is typically less stress, new perspectives, and clearer, better decision making.
I love mentoring and talking it out with emerging and advancing artists and entrepreneurs. I also often utilize my network and will connect mentees to other professionals with relevant experience and expertise.

Let me be clear. There may be some "touchy feely" stuff involved, humans are squishy after all, but I am not here to make you feel better about making poor decisions. I am here to help you realize what you want, what your business needs and to make the best decisions for yourself and your company.
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I have 14+ years of experience as a professional and entrepreneur. My passion for learning and deepening relationships combined with my roles as a friend, partner, boss, employee, consultant, sole proprietor, and VC backed company founder, has lead me to become especially focused on the dynamics, theory, and psychology of interpersonal relationships, decision making pitfalls, and negotiation strategy. I also study and practice attachment theory, EFT, non-positional (interested based) negotiation, needs-based psychology, aspects of game theory, and various personality identifier systems/types (enneagram, Myers-Briggs, DISC, OCEAN, etc). I love sharing these skills and knowledge as they translate extremely well in managing people more successfully, becoming more effective in business development, creating an amazing company culture, working well with others, negotiation, personal relationships, and life in general!

These concepts can also be applied to enhancing user and hospitality experiences, events, and physical environments.

Writing Effective Creative Briefs and Working With Creatives

Good briefs are critical in getting the deliverable you want and start well before writing the actual document. I have 15+ years of experience translating between businesses and creatives. I've acted as both creative director and executor across areas of product design, UI/UX, information architecture, graphic design, branding, marketing, photography, physical space design, event production and mobile product development.

I will guide you through the process of defining what you want, writing, explaining, and 'speccing' what you want in clear and actionable terms your designer or creative can use and understand. Setting expectations. Communicating and managing the project. Giving productive and useable feedback for revisions if necessary, and fostering great relationships with your creatives resulting in better, faster, more accurate project turnarounds in the future.

Hospitality & Environment Design for Next Level Event or Office Experiences

Planning an epic conference? Hospitality venture? Your new office HQ? I'll help you create defining moments and spaces that evoke community, conversation, & lasting connection. I've had the opportunity to gain experience on all sides of the table. I work directly with managers, chefs, DJs, musical artists, speakers, activity leaders, bartenders, hosts, back of house staff to inform the initial design. Then I've had the privilege to experience the spaces as they mature over many events and seasons, directly alongside the guests, learning and making tweaks along the way. I've worked alongside and designed experiences for people such as Richard Branson, Indra Nooyi, Peter Diamandis, Larry Harvey, Tim Ferris, Imogen Heap, The Roots, Kendrick Lamar, Nero, Paul Oakenfold, The Wailers and thousands more.

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I’ve identified and been working with Adam on a few different key characteristics that we think will elevate my career growth. I can’t wait to continue working with him and continue with my development.

Jake Swartz Source: Clarity

Ive been working with Adam for my career progression as a Product Manager. I have been developing a strategic plan with him for some time to get to working with a consumer facing team. I recently found out that all of that hardworking has paid off. I executed the plan perfectly. I am now running my own consumer team. Talking with Adam has exponentially improved my career.

Jake Swartz Source: Clarity

Adam and I recently started working on my relationship and physical fitness goals. I am optimistic about all of the good that will come from these conversations. I have already grown with my career since working with Adam. I will leave a review soon with an update on my relationship and fitness progress.

Jake Swartz Source: Clarity

2018 was a very hectic year. I was constantly working and not giving myself enough time to think about the present and my future. I set a goal for myself in 2019 to be more self-aware. Within one month of working with Adam, I feel like I am already achieving my goal. I have done more self-work (with the help of Adam) than I accomplished last year. I now notice myself stopping myself, multiple times a day. reflecting on the present and future. It is truly amazing to be working with Adam.

Jake Swartz Source: Clarity

I have been working with Adam to discuss career obstacles and career growth. Adam has been able to easily break down each and every obstacle and communicate all potential pathways for me to overcome them. Adam has been able to combine his experience in the technical workspace and understanding of human psychology to help me dive into any issue that I have had in my career. He has been a great mentor and I look forward to becoming more successful with his help.

Jake Swartz Source: Clarity

Adam is an incredibly thoughtful and clear communicator. His varied experience and empathetic way of understanding truly helped me in negotiating full time employment. Super grateful for his mentorship!

Kaylee Cole Source: Clarity

Member since October 2015