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Decisions, visions, hiring…
You have a good business that has potential to be great. You’ve generated at least $500k+ ARR…
But you, or the business, is stuck in a bit of a plateau, personal funk, and you’re not sure exactly what’s next.
It’s easy to get stuck on personally difficult one-way door decisions like…
“Should I hire an executive or CEO?”
“How can I raise money, creatively?”
“Should I shut down? Try and exit?”
And “What should my role be going forward?”
Who do you call for those moments of council? That uniquely understands the difficult emotional and strategic moments like this as a founder?
Try us.
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$500k+ In ARR
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This is a conversation about what you want, what’s best for the business, about why you might want to change, hire in someone else, but you’re scared of the potentials and risks.
The hard thing is there’s not much practice you ever get in these critical decision moments. And most of the decisions are “one-way doors.” Raising money, hiring a CEO, shutting down, selling your business…
See our “Why” below.
ABOUT MATT JUNG
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
Matt founded Wellen Surf Co.
He was hired as the growth CEO of Last Crumb, a fantastical luxury cookie brand.
He helped Forward Consumer raise their $400M venture fund.
Most recently Matt bought and become CEO of GOODONYA.
He’s based in Minneapolis and Golf’s across the states, and is an excellent home-chef.
ABOUT DAVID SHERRY
David Founded Death to Stock, which serves the visual universe of global brands and creatives at companies like Spotify, Twitter, BBDO and Playboy.
He bootstrapped a 500k+ newsletter. Crowdfunded road trips around the U.S. and hired artists from Bangkok to Seoul and Brisbane.
Co-Organizer of Jacuzzi Club, the internets hottest chat hub for 350+ founders.
He has Coached 50+ Founders & CEO’s from companies like Kinn, Superpower, Capital, and Last Crumb.
He takes entrepreneurs on private and group retreats to taste unique global experiences that change their perspective from head to down to soul.
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For transparency: we’re also buying & Investing in great companies seeking to fulfill their potential
we believe When you feed the community, the community feeds you.
Free Introductory Conversations: We like to think of ourselves as good samaratins, in a way. We’ll talk with you about where you’re at with no expectation or pressure to do anything but help, or see if we know someone who can help. You’ll expand your view of what’s possible, we’ll learn something new about you and the business you’re in. We do this because we know that building a community ecosystem helps all of us.
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You have a good business that has potential to be great. You’ve earned at least $500k+ ARR but you, or the business, is stuck in a bit of a plateau, personal funk, and you’re not sure exactly what’s next.
“Should you hire an executive or CEO?”
“How can you raise money, creatively?”
“Should you shut down? Try and exit?”
And “What should my role be going forward?”
We know what it’s like to be in that position. We’ve both hired executives, worked as CEOs, coached and advised CEOs.
We’re offering conversations with founders at this crossroads to help with guidance, support, and access to our network.
How it works: CONNECT IN TO our CEO-ECOSYSTEM
When you feed the community, the community feeds you.
Introductory Conversations: We like to think of ourselves as GOOD SAMARATINS. We’ll talk with you about where you’re at: you’ll expand your view of what’s possible, we’ll learn something new about you and the business you’re in. We do this because we know that building a community ecosystem helps all of us.
Big Decisions: We’ll talk with you about your options for selling, raising capital, or exiting. We won’t tell you what to do but we’ll help you decide what is right for you.
Business Analysis: We’ll give you a second opinion on your numbers and metrics and recommend a course of action based on what we believe is possible.
Hiring Executives: We’ll discuss whether or not the moment is right for you to bring in an outside CEO, President or executive. We’ll discuss best practices and how we’ve done it from our own experiences on both sides of the table.
"David helps me see the forest through the trees.
It's like he’s seen every personal and founder hardship I've gone through before and always has great frameworks for dealing with these things."
JACOB PETERS, 3X FOUNDER & CEO SUPERPOWER.COM
“He truly understands the challenges and what it's like being a founder.
Jennie yoon, founder of kinn jewlery
good ceo’s, get better with our support calls
It’s Lonely at the Top. Let’s talk about it.
When Entrepeneurs, CEO’s and Founders have a good business they don’t know how to make better, the opportunity is to change the arc from plateau to inflection point.
It’s easy to get stuck on personally difficult one-way door decisions like…
“Should I hire an executive or CEO?”
“How can I raise money, creatively?”
“Should I shut down? Try and exit?”
And “What should my role be going forward?”
Who do you call for that council? That uniquely understands the difficult emotional and strategic moments like this as a founder?
Try us.
since 2012 we’ve helped people running businesses through key inflection points. We’ve also worn the hat of ceo, investor, advisor, coach, and mentor to dozens of founders & companies
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“When you feed your community, your community feeds you.”
We created a private space for a different type of founder conversation to be had.
You’ve worked tirelessly, given your heart and soul to your business and now you’re at an inflection point.
Do you dig deeper?
Do you make a change?
What is the best path forward?
It’s hard to have this discussion with friends, employees, investors and co-founders who may have your best interest at heart yet might not be seeing fully from your unique perspective.
Plus, these tough decisions
Quit rowing upstream alone
Our aim is to help businesses and founders reach their full potential. We meet with founders to discuss what’s possible and help connect them with resources that help them do just that.
We also are searching to buy great little companies that need a boost from support – helping founders quit rowing alone.
Full transparency: we’re also buying companies
ABOUT MATT:
IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA. MAYBE YOU WANT TO LAUNCH A BUSINESS. MAYBE YOU WANT TO TURN A HOBBY INTO SOMETHING MORE. OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A CREATIVE PROJECT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD. WHATEVER IT IS, THE WAY YOU TELL YOUR STORY ONLINE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT SOUNDING PROFESSIONAL. SOUND LIKE YOU. THERE ARE OVER 1.5 BILLION WEBSITES OUT THERE, BUT YOUR STORY IS WHAT’S GOING TO SEPARATE THIS ONE FROM THE REST. IF YOU READ THE WORDS BACK AND DON’T HEAR YOUR OWN VOICE IN YOUR HEAD, THAT’S A GOOD SIGN YOU STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.
How we Can Help: vision, decisions, & business analysis
Offering helpful, human, founder & CEO support
ABOUT MATT:
Matt founded Wellen Surf Co.
He was hired as the growth CEO of Last Crumb, a fantastical luxury cookie brand.
He helped Forward Consumer raise their $400M venture fund.
Most recently Matt bought and become CEO of GOODONYA.
He’s based in Minneapolis and Golf’s across the states, and is an excellent home-chef.
ABOUT David:
David Founded Death to Stock, which serves the visual universe of global brands and creatives at companies like Spotify, Twitter, BBDO and Playboy.
He bootstrapped a 500k+ newsletter. Crowdfunded road trips around the U.S. and hired artists from Bangkok to Seoul and Brisbane.
Co-Organizer of Jacuzzi Club, the internets hottest chat hub for 350+ founders.
He has Coached 50+ Founders & CEO’s from companies like Kinn, Superpower, Capital, and Last Crumb.
He takes entrepreneurs on private and group retreats to taste unique global experiences that change their perspective from head to down to soul.
MEET YOUR TEACHER
DREW ROSE TO NOTORIETY PRODUCING CONTENT FOR YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK SUCH AS MUSIC REACTION/REVIEW VIDEOS, OUTFIT HAULS, AND ALL THINGS RELATED TO STREETWEAR CULTURE. AS HIS COMMUNITY GREW, A MONETIZATION PLAY BECAME A CLEAR EVENTUALITY, GIVEN HOW A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING / IDENTITY IS CULTIVATED WITH HIS FOLLOWERS.
Good CEO’s seeking
better.
It’s Lonely at the Top. Let’s talk about it.
Entrepeneurs, CEO’s and Founders have the opportunity to turn your business plateau into an inflection point for growth.
“Should I hire an executive or CEO?”
“How can I raise money, creatively?”
“Should I shut down? Try and exit?”
And “What should my role be going forward?”
Who do you call for council that uniquely understands the difficult emotional and strategic moments of a founder? Try us.
since 2012 we’ve helped people running businesses through key inflection points. We’ve also worn the hat of ceo, investor, advisor, coach, and mentor to dozens of founders & companies
IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA
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IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA ✦