Services
Areas of Practice
startup pitch decks
Putting together a pitch deck is a challenge especially when you are too caught up in your idea or technology. After listening to lots of pitches over the past 10+ years, it is easy to identify the good ones from the not so good ones. Based on the fundamentals of the lean canvas, I’d be happy to help you refine your pitch.
strategy development
If your business is looking to develop a new strategy in areas where I have practitioner knowledge, I can help develop and refine that strategy including market understanding, market landscaping, targets and developing a multi-horizon strategy. Areas of strong expertise include: safe, secure and reliable systems, edge computing, edge intelligence and distributed systems.
startup investment
Determine the right investors and reaching out for investment is a full-time task. With connections throughout the Bay Area, I can help you with organizing and negotiating investments with the right VCs and corporate VCs. My network of legal colleagues can also help with efficiently codifying the deal.
Strategy acceleration
Whether I developed your strategy or you have a solid internal one, I can help identify companies that would accelerate that strategy through investment and/or M&A then work through the process with you and your business teams.
sell-side
Sometimes it is better to scale a startup within a larger company rather than continue on your own. If you reach this conclusion or would like to discuss the market dynamics, please reach out. This is critical in competitive areas where it is better to do this sooner, while things are hot, than later. My legal and banking network of colleagues can help with ensuring a fast, efficient process.
Extension of your corporate development team
Corporate Development projects typically spin up and spin down at different cadences. If you or your team has insufficient bandwidth, I can take on various aspects of the buy-side deal process to increase the velocity of the deal.