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$49 hourly
- 5.0/5
- (97 jobs)
Thank you for visiting my Upwork "Top-Rated" profile. My company, ProductinPublic.com, helps founders launch & scale market dominating products. Including: - Product Ideation and Validation - Market Research - Product Strategy; including pricing - Capital Formation - Go-to-Market documents such as business plans, pitch decks, and content production (blog posts) Here are just a few of the things I've helped companies do: Increase net income growth by 10x. 🚀 Helped companies raise over $800M in capital (experienced with both debt & equity fundraising). 💵 Ideate, validate, and build net-new, modern products that have earned me national awards. 🏆 I've worked with companies ranging from pre-revenue startups to Fortune 500 tech giants. What I bring to the table: ✅Growth Strategies = Get help determining which products/services to invest in, and establish go-to-market strategies, and pricing structures. ✅Capital Acquisition = I work with you to get your business into a posture where it's ready to attract capital from investors and/or lenders. Plus, access my network of over 200+ investors and lenders. I do that by leveraging my eclectic set of experiences and skills, with a background as a former C-level banking executive, 3x startup founder, and Director of Product for a publicly traded company. If this sounds like you, we should talk about how I can help: I don't have enough time in the day to accomplish everything I need to.⏲️ Finance isn't my strong suit. 📊 I don't have the right contacts or network to drive toward closing a round of funding. 💸 I don't have the right experience creating "investor-ready" documents. 📃 I'm unsure what products to build, how to market them, or how to price them. 🎯

Business Planning
Investor Roadshow
Small Business Administration
Venture Capital Consulting
Venture Capital
Fundraising
Management Consulting
Business Plan
FinTech Consulting
Presentation Design
$250 hourly
- 5.0/5
- (92 jobs)
PROFILE: I am a strategically focused, tech-savvy entrepreneurial executive. My roles have included VC General Partner (GP), Board of Directors, Strategic Advsiory, Operating Executive (Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Chief Operating Officer (COO)), Investment Banking Equity Analyst and entrepreneurial management. I have broad and deep financial expertise coupled with experience in company strategy, business models, product strategy, financial modeling, pitch decks, capital raising, due-diligence, deal structuring, negotiations and business disputes. Career engagements include Fortune 500 companies (2x), entrepreneurial ventures - bootstrapped (2x) and venture-backed (1x), a venture capital fund (1x), and investment banks (2x). ------- Key deliverables and areas of focus: Founders' economics, startup/start up, seed capital, Series A, Series B, financial model/models/modeling, revenue model, dynamic cost model, staffing model, cap table/capitalization table, charts, dashboards, KPIs, OKRs, business model, pricing model, pricing strategy, go to market strategy, pitch deck, pitchdeck, waterfall analysis, equity, debt, value proposition, unique selling proposition (USP), venture capital/capitalist (VC), private equity (PE), investment funds, term sheets, negotiate/negotiation, deal structure, preferred stock, convertible notes, SAFE notes, commercial bank credit agreements, covenants. financial planning & analysis (FP&A), forecasting, operating budgets (OPEX), capital expenditure budgets (CAPEX), acquisition analysis, liquidity event, pro forma statements, scenario analysis, sales compensation / incentive compensation, and MBO structures. Corporate development, investment bankers/advisors, equity investments, M&A, acquisitions, exit events, partial liquidity events.

Business Planning
Fundraising
Executive Summary
Business Modeling
Growth Strategy
Analytics
Corporate Strategy
Business Presentation
Startup Consulting
Venture Capital Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Financial Analysis
Strategy
Financial Modeling
Business Plan
$50 hourly
- 4.9/5
- (103 jobs)
Stewards Unlimited is a business development consultancy which specializes in USDA grant writing. SU works with individuals and organizations across the US and internationally to research opportunities, develop strategic project plans, and secure funding through proposal development. SU works with a wide range of non- and for-profit businesses to secure funding and contracts from both public and private sources, specializing in working with agriculture, environmental technology, business/workforce development, and youth education/empowerment. With over 15 years of collective experience in aiding farm and food businesses to grow with confidence, the Stewards Unlimited team focuses on developing a long-term growth strategy which is then implemented in simple-to-understand steps. Stewards Unlimited has leveraged experience with over 150 clients to advise on business development and secure millions of dollars in funding. Our biggest passion is working with farmers to increase their profitability and ability to access new markets. We want to be stewards, taking what they have built and leveraging it to create new growth. A steward takes on ownership of work and treats each resource as if it were their own to be invested wisely. As stewards, we seek to be helpful, trustworthy, and competent in every interaction with clients.

Business Planning
Proposal Writing
Business Proposal Writing
Market Analysis
Request for Proposal
Program Evaluation
Sustainability
Program Management
Project Plans
Research & Strategy
Grant Application
Grant Writing
Business Plan
Agriculture & Forestry
$34 hourly
- 5.0/5
- (3 jobs)
As an experienced Data Analyst & Market research analyst, I transform raw data into understandable insights using Excel and Power BI dashboards. My skills are honed from diverse projects, translating complex data into strategic business intelligence. I also conduct market research, strategic management, business plan, SWOT analysis, competitor analysis, Web research, General research, Pestle analysis and case study analysis. As a dynamic individual, I am committed to advancing my clients' growth through innovative research, thorough analysis, and detailed reporting. I'm super passionate about generating deep insights from complex data & presenting them in a way that strategically supports decision-makers. My services include: * Data Connection: leveraging Power Query to connect data from multiple sources * Data Analysis: Using advanced tools and techniques, I analyze your data to uncover trends, patterns, and insights. * Data Visualization: User-friendly Excel dashboards and Power BI dashboards to communicate findings. * Performance Tracking: define and track your KPIs. * Business plan writing and consultancy * strategic management * Marketing management strategies * Statistical analysis * Project Management * Sustainable Project Management * Market Research * Business report * Web research * Financial analysis * Inventory Management * Supply Chain Research * Business analysis * Porter's Five Forces Analysis * Marketing plan * Total Available Market (TAM) * Product research * Grant writing * Market Growth * Marketing management strategies * SWOT Analysis * Pitch deck * Operation management * Market Drivers * Competitor Analysis I am ready to support you with top-notch research and data analysis, empowering informed and strategic decision-making. Have a unique project in mind? Let’s collaborate and craft a tailored research plan to bring your vision to life. By leveraging my skills and experience, I am committed to delivering results that not only meet but exceed expectations. Feel free to reach out—I'm eager to assist and ensure you’re more than satisfied with the outcome.

Business Planning
Microsoft Power BI Data Visualization
SWOT Analysis
Dashboard
Microsoft Power BI
Survey
Grant Writing
Microsoft Excel PowerPivot
Microsoft Excel
Business Plan
Market Trends
Competitive Analysis
Data Visualization
Market Research
Data Cleaning
Data Analysis
$175 hourly
- 4.9/5
- (163 jobs)
Hello. Greetings from Nashville. Thanks for taking a look at my profile. I provide c-level Fractional Sales and Marketing services to SMBs and entrepreneurial start-ups. To cover my qualifications: - 14 years on Upwork. I am a full-time freelancer and put my Upwork work first. I work only on-platform and know how to maximize client cost-effectiveness through responsible recording of time, sticking to the agreed-to-budget, and producing work that is appreciated for its value. - Expert Vetted This means I have been pre-screened through 1:1 personal interviews by the Upwork Talent Team. My projects have been checked to verify that they represent expert-level work delivered to many clients over a period of years. Upwork displays this badge only to "Enterprise Clients". I can send a screen shot of this badge from my profile. It distinguishes my services as top 0.5% across all Upworkers. - Personally | +150 projects and +5000 work hours completed. This has amassed a profound basis of experience and expertise within me. - 35 years in business. I entered the corporate workforce in 1986. I bring deep business experience to my projects. From 1990 to 1997, I led the sales and marketing function for a start-up that grew from 10 people to 600 in six years. We then sold the firm for more than $70 million. The early-ins did well financially. Since then, I have been financially secure and built my life around a wonderful career as a sales consultant, C-level executive, Digital Marketing Agency partner, and writer. - salesQB Licensee I am a salesQB licensee and expert in delivering the salesQB fractional CSO methodologies, approaches, and services. SalesQB is the nation's leaving Fractional CSO consultancy, with more than 90 QBs located nationwide. I cover the Nashville metro area locally and am a Remote Services specialist for firms located across the country. ____________________________________________________________________________ Education | Sales Training - My educational credentials include a: BS in Electrical Engineering (Texas A&M, '84) MBA in Finance (Texas A&M, '86). - I have formal sales training from: NCR | Major Account Sales IBM | Major Account Sales Miller Heiman.| SMB to SMB and B to Corporate gold standard of sales training _______________________________________________________________________________ Here is a list of my personal focus areas in service. Please keep in mind I have worked on more than 150 major projects on Upwork, so I have developed a lot of skills! - Strategic Consulting | C-level Fractional CSO Services I provide "C-level" management consulting, market strategy analysis, cash flow analysis, and business plan development services. Downstream from this, I have delivered strategic research services, developed complex marketing plans, installed marketing-sales infrastructure, and provided sales executives with training in complex sales processes. - Strategic Consulting | Lead Generation, including SDR and Digi Marketing Through alliances with leading Digital Marketing consultancies located worldwide as well as my own SDR prospecting services, I have delivered led lead generation projects spanning PPC, SEO, Social Media Management, branding, and content-push. - Business and Technology Writing In 2007, to celebrate my 'mid-life crisis', I bought a nice sailboat, moved to Key West, and decided to become a writer. This was the genesis of my Upwork career. Since then, I have completed more than 60 writing projects, including every form of major business writing: websites, social media content, print materials, information sheets, sales collateral, and blogs. On the blog side, I am a ghostwriter-published content creator for Forbes Online. _______________________________________________________________________________ I provide pro bono services upfront to learn your business model, gain knowledge about the project, and form my proposal. This typically includes 3 to 4 calls and multiple email communications to make sure I understand the project completely before I quote time and effort. Thank you for your time, and have a great day! John

Business Planning
Writing
Website Copywriting
SEO Strategy
Sales Management
Investment Research
SEO-Based Website
Business Process Reengineering
Business Process Modeling
Marketing Strategy
Financial Analysis
Business Plan
Strategic Plan
$250 hourly
- 4.7/5
- (182 jobs)
"TOP 3% OF ALL TALENT ON UPWORK." "TOP RATED PLUS ON UPWORK." "100% JOB SUCCESS ON UPWORK." "PERSONAL FUNDING NETWORK OF 5K+ ANGEL INVESTORS & 4.5K+ VC & 1.5K FAMILY OFFICES – ALL 11K OF WHOM KNOW ME." "45 YEARS OF STARTUP AND ANGEL INVESTOR / VC EXPERIENCE." "OVER 200 INDUSTRIES IN 49 OF THE 50 STATES AND MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES" ELEVATOR PITCH: “I HELP STARTUPS START AND STAY STARTED.” ™ | MBA | I HELP STARTUPS PLAN, FUND AND IMPLEMENT | FUNDING NETWORK OF 5K+ ANGEL INVESTORS / 4.5K+ VC / 1.5K+ FAMILY OFFICES - ALL 11K+ OF WHOM PERSONALLY KNOW ME. ARE YOU REALLY "READY FOR PRIME TIME" FOR YOUR FUNDRAISING? 30 Years of CEO Experience – With My Diversified Skillsets Creating "Ready for Prime Time" Investor-Focused Business Plans, Financial Projections, Pitch Decks and Fundraising Documents That Help Entice and Motivate Prospective Investors to Stroke the Check to Invest in Your Company. CEO RESOURCE has already helped, on a one-on-one basis, THOUSANDS of diverse startup and emerging companies and their CEOs in 49 of the 50 states in more than 70 countries on six of the seven continents. (Special discounts for the first client in both South Dakota and Antarctica!) I've helped these companies in more than 200 different industries with their business planning, marketing and sales, strategy and tactics, action planning, problem-solving, fundraising, and plan implementation. ANGEL INVESTOR / VC FUNDRAISING As background, I successfully completed all 44 of my Reg D offerings, raising $110 million in today's dollars from 1,342 Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists with $322 million (TD) in income property transactions in today's dollars of income property, managing over 45,000 rental units and became the 7th largest operator of self-storage facilities in the Nation. I even started my own NASD broker-dealer company. First Things First: I help ensure that my clients are genuinely "Ready for Prime Time" before we pitch our offering to the first prospective investor. This means that all 10 fundraising documents are comprehensive, investor-focused and have been completed – and that all documents and financial projections are consistent and error-free. If my Client has not yet prepared all of these 10 documents, I help create and craft them – including the critical detailed five-year financial projections that are usually the Achilles' Heel of most fundraising attempts. Once ALL of this is done, we are genuinely "Ready For Prime Time" and then READY to start executing the Fundraising Action Plan and asking for the check. FAST ANGEL PITCH SERVICE How Helpful Would It Be To You And Your Company’s Future Right Now If I Were… 1. To provide you with GENUINELY WARM INTRODUCTIONS about you, your company and your offering to more than 11K Angel/Accredited Investors, Venture Capitalists and Family Offices – ALL 11K of whom personally know me... 2. To personally write an enticing, dedicated Article – WARMLY introducing you and completely devoted to your current fundraising. Your Article can include your entire pitch deck, embedded video, etc. along with my “Top Takeaways” that summarize the major moving parts of your offering and direct links back to your website, data room, etc… 3. To include YOUR Article in my “Startup Company Investors” LinkedIn Newsletter that LinkedIn sends as an email to the inbox of THOUSANDS of my 25K LinkedIn 1st Level Connections + ALL 4.6K Newsletter Subscribers. 4. LinkedIn also IMMEDIATELY sends a NOTIFICATION MESSAGE, entirely devoted to your Article and offering, to ALL 25K 1st Level Connections. 5. This Notification Message usually includes a 2-3 line Quick Summary and a Clickable Link to your entire LinkedIn Article. 6. This includes LinkedIn Notification Messages sent directly to more than 10.5K Angel/Accredited Investors, Venture Capitalists and Family Offices – ALL 10.5K of whom personally know me. 7. Angel/Accredited Investors, Venture Capitalists, and Family Offices who are actively seeking a first crack at great diverse investment opportunities for their “Deal Flow.“ 8. To deliver every one of those 29.6K LinkedIn Notifications within 2-6 hours of me clicking the PUBLISH BUTTON for your Article – with ALL of them delivered as fast as the Next 72 Hours with Top Priority Service. 9. To save you the amount of executive time, energy, effort and money it would take you to get your deal in front of even a small fraction of up to 29.6K qualified folks with the above pedigree. 10. All of this gives you up to 29.6K Brand-New Warm Suspects who ALL get notified by me via LinkedIn about you and your offering. 11. How many WARM Suspects do you currently have on your Fundraising Action Plan? Are they genuinely warm suspects – or are they mostly just ICE-COLD Suspects who will probably never invest in your company? For more information, watch my FAST ANGEL PITCH YouTube video: Youtu.be/nL1QsRzhd9I Details and pricing at FastAngelPitch.com.

Business Planning
Microsoft Excel
Fundraising Presentation
Business Coaching
Business Modeling
Fundraising
Marketing Strategy
Business Plan
Scenario Planning
Business Management
Startup Consulting
Venture Capital Consulting
Investor List
Business Analysis
Financial Analysis
$225 hourly
- 4.4/5
- (76 jobs)
>$1Bn raised.🤑 Web3 expert. Crypto jobs since 2016. 💹 800%+ ROI marketer. Award-winning writer.🏆 Certified FMVA. “If you're on the fence about Matthew, get down immediately, pull out your wallet, and hire him. You'll be glad you did." —$65k client 🗣️ Pitch deck & planning client who raised $100M: "<...> Accepted first round, no revisions."🗣️ **** 💵 Seeking funding? I have helped my clients raise more than $1Bn since 2017 across more than 30 startups and 30+ verticals—running as many as 10 projects in tandem. My average raise: $20M across 30-60 days. If I could spend every dollar I’ve raised, I could buy a new Lambo Aventador EVERY DAY for the next five years. *** 🦉 Are you a startup? I have experience with 50+ startups as well as Fortune 500, Fortune 100, and Fortune 50 clients. Not only do I understand what goes into building a sustainable business, I have internalized it as an instinct. My gut feeling= everyone’s gain. ** 📢 Seeking attention? I’ve consistently delivered on marketing campaigns with an 800%+ ROI (averaged over five years). $3M added revenue in my first year as CMO of IBC Group. Becoming a fractional CMO has empowered me to benefit a more people at once—some have said that “Matthew can do more himself in one ten-hour week than most full-time marketing teams can do in two.”🔥🤯 * ⏱️Time is the one currency you can never get more of. The only way to increase your wealth is to spend time more wisely. By investing in expertise, you can feel confident that everyone’s time is being well-spent. I will always respect your time first and foremost, and I have deep gratitude for clients who do the same for me. ➡️➡️➡️Ready? Reach out via chat or book a consultation call via my profile. Let’s change the world together. ✌️🌐🌳 Please note, I ONLY work with projects that are ethically-aligned with my philosophies. That means projects that do not devalue the life or time of any creature, projects with real substance (however it may be derived. Even silly can be substantial). Projects that are willing to walk away if a bad actor approaches with an enticing deal and ones that seek to offer benefit more than they seek to have control. Loyalty, honesty, meaning, and respect are non-negotiables for me. If this resonates with you, let’s talk. 📱 *** 🔬Details about myself and my primary offerings: 🥇🗻🪨I’m in the top 1% of talent on Upwork. That’s how I got my shiny “Expert-Vetted Talent” badge at the top of my profile. That means that after meeting the 1% pre-requisite, I have also had discussions with Upwork staff who have verified my expertise. 💵 Fundraising consulting & financial services I am a… Certified FMVA. Fundraising dossier attached to my profile. I am on the path to becoming a fully-licensed, independent FINRA general securities principal and broker-dealer. Fundraising consulting Fundraising readiness Investor outreach Investor relationship management Investor materials (investor decks, white papers, cut sheets / one-pagers) Financial modeling and valuation Business planning and optimization 🦉Startup consulting I am an… expert on startup culture and what it takes to go from and idea to a hundreds of millions of dollars business. Startup consulting Hiring consulting Planning and processes consulting Partnership opportunities Authority building 📢 Marketing & Marketing Consulting I am a… 800+% ROI marketer and a fractional executive. Fractional CMO functions NFT & web3 marketing Marketing plan and strategy planning Guidance on novel approaches to influencer marketing Marketing materials such as playbooks and case studies Content creation for articles, PR, newsletters + Copywriting Marketing process optimization General marketing consulting I also have close connections with designers in the web3 space who can build out additional marketing materials, landing pages, branding materials, etc. *** Need something not listed here but that you think would be a good fit for my skills? Those are some of the best projects. Please reach out. * 💹 Ready to see some momentum? 📨 Send me an invitation, 💬 start a chat, 📗 or book a consultation right from my Upwork projects. *** ** *

Business Planning
Financial Writing
Marketing
Startup Consulting
Financial Modeling
Business Valuation
Metaverse
Venture Capital Consulting
Venture Capital
Web3
Pitch Deck
Fundraising
Marketing Strategy
Business Analysis
Business Plan
Financial Analysis
$150 hourly
- 5.0/5
- (5 jobs)
We have decades of experience helping business owners, boards, and executives build and grow profitable businesses that lead to an exit or higher shareholder returns. We approach your business with the mindset that we are also an owner and do whatever we can to accelerate results. We are specialists in driving growth in startups, middle-market private equity, and public company environments. We determine the right defensible strategy, define the product vision spec, validate it with customer development, and write requirements to drive organizational velocity and shareholder returns. We have experience with 10+ private equity funds and 30+ portfolio companies performing product and technology diligence and post-close value creation for operational execution as an interim executive. Financial Modeling Capital providers want to understand how much it costs your company to acquire and retain users, your pricing strategy, growth prospects, and profitability over time. Our financial models are simple but powerful, showing 3-year monthly summaries of users, pricing, income statements, cash flows, metrics, charts, and scenario analysis based on dynamic inputs.

Business Planning
Project Management
Blog Writing
Business Plan
Information Architecture
Technical Writing
Product Management
Analytics
Business Valuation
Financial Modeling
$75 hourly
- 0.0/5
- (2 jobs)
I am a Business Plan writing specialist and consultant for start-ups and existing businesses. I have the skills to help you create a comprehensive, informative and eye catching business plan whether you are seeking investor, grant and bank funding, implement process improvements or seeking accreditations. In addition to holding both a bachelors and masters in business business, I have also taught business courses, including business plan writing and investor pitching, at the college level. My previous professional experiences as the Director of Operations for an emergency preparedness company and Audit Manager for Motorola, Inc's federal government division also lend to my expertise and skill set. I strive for continuous process improvement and lean Six Sigma core principals. I am a highly detail oriented, efficient, thorough and thrive on multi-tasking. I encourage collaboration through the business plan process to ensure we write a plan that reflects you and your concept.

Business Planning
Business Planning & Strategy
Executive Summary
Business Services
Process Improvement
Financial Audit
Business Writing
Business Plan
Curriculum Development
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