Strategic Partnerships – Advice from Experts

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Strategic Partnerships

Carlos Adame

Greater Los Angeles Area

$300.0/min 4.7 1 $5/min

global media deals, content strategy, startup partnerships and startup/VC investments @ Universal Music Group

Chris Thompson

Santa Monica, CA

$300.0/min 3.5 0 $5/min

Built and managed consumer brands with over a billion in revenue. Best campaign on record at Unilever in history.

Nathan Beckord

San Francisco, California

$200.0/min 4.5 0 $3.33/min

+ROLE: Startup advisor and consultant. +FOCUS: Startup strategy, planning, finance, venture capital, and Bus. Dev. +EXPERIENCE WITH: Raising capital, partnerships and getting acquired. +EXPERT AT: Building financial models, business cases and pitch decks. +BACKGROUND: Founder of VentureArchetypes (150 clients) and Foundersuite (3,200 customers). +WORKED WITH: Clicker, Kickstarter, Appbacker, Autonet, Neuroverse, Zerply, and 145 other startups. +PRODUCER OF: killer events like www.fundingV2.com, www.startupexits.com, www.startupBD.com +LOVES: marketplaces, platforms and networks. Crowdfunding. SaaS and productivity tools.

Sean Rad

Los Angeles, California

$300.0/min 5.0 0 $5/min

Founder and CEO of Tinder. Founder of Adly (largest celebrity endorsement platform for social media). Talk to me about entrepreneurship, mobile, social media, product development, user experience and interface design.

Gary Yurkovich

Vancouver, Canada Area

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur. Founder of Espresso Capital – Angel Investor (12 tech startups). Board of Directors for Clevest, Wolf Medical, BC Social Venture Partners. Former VP and investor at Creo, BrightSide, and Resoution Health. All three successfully acquired for cash. Passionate about changing tech finance to be as innovative as the companies in tech.

Mike Stemple

Oceanside, California

$1000.0/min 5.0 8 $16.67/min

MIKE STEMPLE has built over twenty startups and is an expert at ideation, innovation, and startup psychology. He now spends his time writing books on innovation, advising corporate executives on how to “think and act more entrepreneurial,” and training people on how to be professional ideators. He has taught tens of thousands of aspiring innovators from over 150 different countries how to create million-dollar ideas and build wealth based on self-created intellectual property.

Karl Jacob

Tiburon, California

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur Kiteboarding Startups

Shane Walker

San Francisco, California

$150.0/min 5.0 1 $2.5/min

Growth Expert (Coalition, Reddit, Facebook, Google) Entrepreneur with expertise in growth, specifically via email, social, SEO, earned and paid media. I can grow your business. I've achieved 50M+ user registrations for 3 different companies in the past 5 years.

Stephen G. Barr

Phoenix, AZ, USA

$200.0/min 4.8 14 $3.33/min

Founder @ Startup Hive, Publisher @ SGB Media Group, Chairman @ Boardroom Advisory Services, Microsoft BizSpark and Startup America Partnership Member specializing in advising emerging tech startups. Expert in crowdfunding, real estate development, niche social network development, blogging, digital publishing & syndication, affiliate marketing, social media marketing and public relations.

Brandon Bruce

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Co-founder of Cirruspath. We make Cirrus Insight, the #1 app for integrating Salesforce and Gmail.

John Hyland

Greater Boston Area

$100.0/min 5.0 12 $1.67/min

Specialties International start-ups, online businesses, international business development, partnership implementation, sales strategy, value proposition development, SaaS business models. Engagements Development of sales strategy and client segmentation plan for a $20M B2B business unit of a US based online recruitment company Created business and marketing plan for an internally developed SaaS product that was spun-out into a stand-alone commercial business Developed the plan and implemented the sales operations and sales performance management functions for a 50 person US domestic sales organization Advised US-based business on the launch plan for their Latin America focused business, including sales and monetization strategy, target market due diligence and the venture round funding plan Advised businesses in Greece and Brazil on their US market entry strategy

Ola Ayeni

Chicago, Illinois

$250.0/min 5.0 7 $4.17/min

founder of 2 companies, startup founder, wins business plan competitions, bootstrapper,sales guru, practical

Nicole Murray

Houston, TX

$120.0/min 5.0 1 $2/min

Founder The Mogul Factory. CMO of Red Knight Token. Strategic Marketer & Idea Machine. Global Product Launch Expert. There's almost no industry that I have not consulted from entertainment to engineering.

Scott Pollack

New York

$1000.0/min 5.0 0 $16.67/min

Head of Business Development at SumAll. Formerly BD & Product at American Express and Dow. I write about partnerships b/w startups & Big Companies: http://www.startofthedeal.com

Don Levy

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

$100.0/min 5.0 28 $1.67/min

30 year veteran of Media & Entertainment industry, founder SkyWi (wireless broadband), Digipix Editorial and WAM!NET M&E. Entrepreneur mentor, guerrilla startup executive and general all around execution advisor (not the killing kind).

Tiffany C. Wright

Akron, OH

$300.0/min 5.0 2 $5/min

CEO/COO/CFO and Entrepreneur. Served as interim CFO and COO of several small to medium businesses. Helped 20 SMBs raise over $42 million from various sources. Author of "The Funding Is Out There: Access the Capital Needed to Impact Your Business". Focuses on tapping resources to build a high cash flow, high value business.

Woosung Ahn

Seattle

$100.0/min 5.0 0 $1.67/min

Head of Business Development - Games @Amazon Devices & Services | formerly, Disney, Nickelodeon and NCsoft | trilingual

Jeff Adcock

Alpine Utah

$500.0/min 5.0 10 $8.33/min

Hi-tech strategist with a 25 year history of strategic pivots that lead companies to sales new channels and enormous sales growth. I help companies significantly increase sales through strategic moves that involve alliances, new routes to market, positioning and sales process.

Susie Criscione Kroll

Greater Seattle Area

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Founder of Tonightish. Managed business development for Amazon Kindle, Microsoft, and startups in Hong Kong and New York. MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.

Amanda Wang Valentine

Los Angeles, CA

$175.0/min 5.0 1 $2.92/min

Loves innovative software & services. Passion for meeting new people. Entrepreneur with a global network in many industries.

Alexander Saint-Amand

Greater New York City Area

$250.0/min 5.0 1 $4.17/min

CEO of Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG).

Matthew Stotts

Greater Los Angeles Area

$1000.0/min 5.0 1 $16.67/min

Investing in Earth-scale technologies for climate impact, sustainability and regeneration.

Nik Edmiidz

Vancouver, BC

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Canadian Tech Evangelist - Founder of 4 startups, mobile apps, language learning, lost-and-found discovery, mental health, and Cap Tables Management. Consulting on Jive and LumApps intranet solutions. Fluent in Japanese. DB guru (MS SQL, MySQL, Postgre, Redshift, BigQuery and more)

Eric Grover

Minden, Nevada

$1000.0/min 5.0 0 $16.67/min

Eric Grover is Principal at Intrepid Ventures, providing corporate development and strategy consulting to financial services, payment network, and processing businesses, principally in North America and Europe. He has a comprehensive understanding of the global payment network and processing space, including each stage in the payments value chain: credit, debit and prepay issuing, issuer processing, payment networks, and merchant acquiring and processing. Grover is an expert on network competitive dynamics and the unprecedented wave of innovation stressing and enhancing the payments industry, was the first to publicly make the case for banks demutualizing MasterCard and Visa, and is the world's foremost independent authority on interchange and interchange regulation. His prior experience includes Visa International, GE Consumer Finance, BofA, NationsBank, Transamerica and serving as a director on Nordstrom's credit card A/R subsidiary's board. His commentaries have been frequently published in the American Banker, Barron's, Cards International, the Daily Deal, Digital Transactions, Credit Card Management, Cards & Payments, Card Technology, the Las Vegas Review and Journal, National Review and the Washington Times. Grover has a BA in economics from Amherst College and an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern’s Graduate School of Business.

Doug Nelson

Hawaiian Islands

$120.0/min 5.0 1 $2/min

I'm an entrepreneur, producer, designer and publisher with a deep background in education, training, and games. I'm also a "multinationalist," having spent ten years living and working in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. I'm President and CEO of Kinection (www.kinection.com).

John Curtis

Austin, Texas Area

$185.0/min 5.0 0 $3.08/min

John Curtis, President and CEO of Quotient Integrated Solutions, Inc., has over a decade of leadership experience in building technology solutions. His vision and expertise have driven the implementation of successful solutions in the energy, healthcare, and communications industries. Drawing on his combination of technical skills and strategic management, Curtis has worked with companies such as Motorola, Exxon Mobil, Newsweek, and numerous Fortune 500 companies, maintaining a passion for influencing technology's impact on culture and social trends. Current topics: Big Data, mobility, start-up tech, outsourcing, validation of ideas or problems, bouncing ideas off an experienced high IQ person that will shoot you straight.

Ashwin Nathan

Cincinnati, Ohio

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Global Director, Digital at PepsiCo Marketing @ Procter & Gamble MBA, Finance & Economics University of Chicago Electrical Engineer - University of Texas

Aiaze Mitha

Paris

$120.0/min 5.0 11 $2/min

Founder of Amarante Consulting and Advisor to several startups. Passionate about innovation in the mobile payments space, new approaches to financial services design and delivery and mass-market opportunities in emerging markets. Experience with large organizations and startups across 35 countries.

Tom Masiero

White Mountains of, New Hampshire

$100.0/min 5.0 12 $1.67/min

I Help Companies Find Customers At Scale. Strategic Accounts BuySellAds.com Digital Growth at Formula DRIFT Holdings

Shai Berliner

Toronto, Canada Area

$100.0/min 5.0 0 $1.67/min

CRM & Contact Management Implentation and Installation- Expert in analyzing and selecting which CRM to choose that best fits your company. Database Migration- Expert in migrating out of your old database and into a new database while keeping all your old data in tack. Visit me at www.carmelvision.com

Jason Jackson

United States

$350.0/min 5.0 2 $5.83/min

Security Specialist and NAEMT Certified. Former State Police Dignitary Protection Team. International Music Tours team lead. Advisor for federal and national televised events.

Charles Becquet

Paris and Bruxelles

$400.0/min 5.0 1 $6.67/min

CEO, Digital Expert, Entrepreneur, Marketer, Startup Advisor, Mentor, Internet & Mobile addict, former PayPal, eBay, Shutterstock, Retailmenot. I can show you how to build the right Marketing Mix or a Go-to-Market Strategy and maximize your ROI on ad spend. 20+ years of experience in Digital. Board Member, International Growth, Investor Relation, Fundraising. Love Growing companies. B2B, B2C. Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Partnership, Affiliate, PPC, SEO, ASO. https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleshenribecquet/

Anna Zydzik

$100.0/min 4.5 1 $1.67/min

Founder of Aneesi Bath Fashion. International marketer, startup fashionista, hooked on e-commerce. Supporting and encouraging anyone who has guts to chase their dreams.

Sanjay Kaler

London, United Kingdom

$100.0/min 4.5 1 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur. Business Strategy. Product Manager. Biz Dev. Experienced at aligning product-market fit and refining go-to-market strategy. Mentor@SeedCamp.

Jeanette Jackson

Vancouver, Canada Area

$150.0/min 4.5 2 $2.5/min

Entrepreneur. Tech start-ups ($10 million funding), retail business & manufacturing (sourcing, international sales & 200+ retailer channel development), CEO of Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (500+ members, strategy development & sponsorship). High-integrity leader known for ability to envision & create successful outcomes in complex business environments.

Amine Ait

Montreal

$1000.0/min 5.0 1 $16.67/min

♠️ Amine has helped many 7, 8 and 9 figure DTC brands increase their Conversion Rate (CR), Average Order Value (AOV), and Life Time Value (LTV) with their CRO bulletproof approach.

Jesse Levey

$600.0/min 5.0 0 $10/min

Head of Product, Credit Sesame, Senior Director, Quinstreet, BCG Consultant, Wharton MBA.

Boris Fridman

Greater New York City Area

$100.0/min 4.0 2 $1.67/min

Boris is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building and leading successful technology companies in the mobile, consumer Internet, and advertising market segments. He is a partner at Level9 Advisors, a strategic advisory and business development firm. Recently, he has been the acting COO of social shopping marketplace Shop My Label. Until acquisition of Smart Device Media, Boris was the CEO of Crisp Media, a premium mobile ad network for brand advertising. Prior to Crisp, Boris was the COO of SJ Labs, which became a foundation for the revolutionary Magicjack VoIP consumer device. He founded Broadbeam Corporation, which he led as CEO to become a premier supplier of wireless middleware products to enterprises worldwide. Boris is co-author of "Wireless Data for the Enterprise: Making Sense of wireless Business," published by McGraw-hill, a patent holder in the area of wireless Internet, and a frequent speaker at digital media and mobile conferences

Taylor Welsh

Bend, Oregon

$120.0/min 5.0 1 $2/min

Founder / CEO / Entrepreneur / Mentor. Startup builder and zero-to-one doer with a knack for driving growth, strategic vision and scalable systems.

Linda Stewart

USA, UK, UAE, Asia

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

Boutique consultancy, Personal, Business & Lifestyle Mentor to Women Professionals & Entrepreneurs. Author, executive consultant, entrepreneur/owner of a number of ‘portable’ location-independent businesses, Linda passionately champions and empowers her worldwide clientèle to create sustainable businesses — marrying up what they love and living life on their own terms.

Jack Porter

Livermore, CA

$300.0/min N/A 2 $5/min

I am an 8 time Founder with 6 successful acquisitions and 2 IPOs. I run a startup accelerator and have extensive experience in raising investments from Angel Investors and Venture Capital. I have raised over $500M in Angel Investment, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Public Equity. I also work with great entrepreneurs on launch with a strong background in landing page optimization, customer acquisition, conversion funnel optimization, and analytics.

Jono Smith

Phoenix, AZ

$100.0/min N/A 12 $1.67/min

Marketer, political addict, and do-gooder. Former Clinton White House, Network for Good, Campus Pipeline, Ellucian, & Event 360. Current brand marketing & digital director at Make-A-Wish America.

Anastas Karagadaev

Nanjing

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

International Technology Transfer Expert. Start-up mentoring and Consulting. Business Development in China. Supply chain management. Founder & CEO of an Robotics Startup.

Stephane Balon

Montreal

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

25 years of international experience. Built partnerships globally for Expedia, where I was part of the European Management team. Created a new franchising model in North America for GDI, le leader in commercial cleaning in Canada. Expert in leadership, business strategy, strategic partnerships, business development and scaling operations.

Dhruv Prakash

Gurugram, Haryana, IND

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

CoS and Head of Strategy & Operations at Shyft. Led the Founder's office and spearheaded Business Strategy (GTM), Marketing, Partnerships, Operations & CX, driving significant growth (10 to 150+ employees; US$0 to 1.2Mn ARR). Previously marketing & strategy roles at Godrej Properties, Dentsu Inc., and Tata Consultancy Services.

Pierre-Olivier Puyo

Paris

$400.0/min N/A 0 $6.67/min

- Since 2021, design & management of around 20 strategic partnerships between start-ups & corporates - Program Manager with a methodology of Innovation in corporate: use case => Selection startup => design POC => Preparation for scaling - Targets : Clients & Employees - Domains : Mobility, Home insurance, AI for processes, Agricultural & professionnal businesses, Health, Fintech - Examples : 1. AI Solution provided by a startup for a better risk assessment for our underwriters on professionnals Market 2. Digital solution provided by a startup for our employees to help clients to repare in selfcare rather than replace the equipment 3. AI Solution for a better evaluation of fraud risk

Hugo Domenech

Dubai

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Accomplished plurilingual international marketeer with experience in Film (Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures) and Sports (Globe Soccer Awards). Main areas of expertise are strategic marketing and partnerships/sponsorships

Jubisha Kewalramani

germany

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

With over 12 years of extensive experience in the realm of payments, I am a seasoned professional who has honed expertise across various facets of financial services. Throughout my career, I have collaborated closely with a diverse array of financial institutions and industries, helping them in optimization of their payment systems. My journey in the payments industry has been marked by a deep immersion into the intricacies of card networks, payment service providers (PSPs), point-of-sale (POS) systems, and the entire lifecycle of credit cards. I have cultivated a profound understanding of the nuances involved in debt collection, account payables and receivables, as well as the intricacies of invoicing and reporting. My track record speaks volumes about my ability to deliver tangible results, having successfully spearheaded numerous projects aimed at streamlining payment processes, enhancing security measures, and optimizing financial operations for my clients. Whether it's devising strategies to mitigate risks, implementing cutting-edge technologies, or navigating regulatory landscapes, I bring a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience to the table. Having traversed through the ever-evolving landscape of payments, I am equipped with a comprehensive understanding of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices. My expertise transcends traditional boundaries, enabling me to offer invaluable insights and strategic guidance tailored to the unique needs of each client. I am passionate about leveraging my expertise to drive business success and foster innovation in the payments space. As a trusted consultant, I stand ready to lend my skills and insights to any project that requires the expertise of a seasoned financial professional specializing in payments. Whether it's optimizing operational efficiency, contract negotiations, partnership, maximizing revenue streams, or navigating complex regulatory frameworks, I am committed to delivering exceptional results and exceeding expectations covering the markets like EU, UK, US, Asia, India, Middle East, Africa etc

Yash Lohiya

Pune, India

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

Results-Driven Revenue Leader for Startups: Driving Growth, Building Relationships & Launching Products. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashlohiya/ I assist startup founders in scaling revenue. I've hands-on experience of 15+ years in the startup ecosystem with go-to-market strategy & execution, business development, customer development, strategic partnerships, revenue operations, processes, hiring, & technology sales.

Colleen Kazemi

Denver, CO

$175.0/min 1.0 0 $2.92/min

Founder of a BioTech company. Completed BioTech Accelerator, Interim VP of Marketing for multiple B2B companies. I have a unique ability to match vision/strategy with execution and can span across varied topic areas including digital strategy, CRM, business development, marketing, partnerships, community development, investor relations, communications, content strategy, PR, sales enablement, staffing, events, and branding.