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I've helped over 330 startups raise capital and get their businesses launched by creating a STRONG STORY that is BACKED BY DATA. Contact me to - Stress test your business models and monetization strategy (Pricing Strategy) - Prepare for capital raises (Pitch Decks, Financial Models, Business Plans, Investment Memos) - Drive growth (Go-to-Market, Sales Strategies, Sales Decks) - Improve forecasting (Translate accounting to finance) - Optimize reporting (Executive Decks, Board Decks, Strategy Reviews, 13-week cash flows) Additional Keywords: Fundraising, Voice of the Customer, Competitive Analysis, Benchmarking, Go to Market, Strategy, Operations, Management, Leadership, Bourbon. Wait, can 'bourbon' be a keyword?

For the past 30 years, since leaving DRW, I haven't drawn a salary. Every dollar I've earned has come from generating returns or creating value. That perspective shapes everything I do. I ran a derivatives trading operation at StoneX Group for 21 years — one losing year, averaging 8x annual returns on margin capital. Before that, I spent eight years in private equity investing on behalf of a Forbes 400 family, where we averaged 45% annual returns across deals from $5M to $100M. Today I advise family offices and sophisticated investors on complex investments while managing my own capital through a systematic strategy I've been running for the past seven years. I work across the full lifecycle of an investment. On the front end, that means sourcing, screening, and structuring — building the financial models, stress-testing assumptions, and identifying where the real risk sits before capital goes in. Mid-stream, it's portfolio construction, allocation strategy, and ongoing performance monitoring against the thesis that justified the investment in the first place. On the back end, it's risk mitigation — designing hedging programs, modeling downside scenarios, and knowing when to restructure or exit. My alternative asset experience covers most of the map. On the private side: buyout funds, venture capital, co-investments, mezzanine and distressed debt, and special situations. In real assets: commercial real estate, infrastructure, farmland, timberland, and commodities. In hedge funds and liquid alternatives: relative value, arbitrage, quantitative systematic strategies, managed futures, and structured products. I've also built pricing models for parametric insurance products — work that came from helping a startup create hedging instruments for exposures that traditional markets couldn't touch. Right now I'm serving as interim CFO for a real estate development company building data center infrastructure — structuring the deal, modeling LP/GP economics, building levelized cost of power analysis across grid and behind-the-meter generation, and managing a Reg D 506(c) capital raise. I've been profitable through 2008, 2020, and every other dislocation in between. The frameworks I use work when theoretical models don't. Most of my clients are funds, family offices, and UHNW individuals who need someone who thinks like a principal, not an advisor. Some want ongoing portfolio oversight and allocation guidance. Others need help structuring a specific transaction, evaluating manager risk, building out a hedging program, or pressure-testing a deal before they commit capital. University of Chicago Booth School of Business, MBA. Kenyon College, BA, Honors.

I am a former Vice President at a Financial Advisory firm and boutique Investment Bank. During my time in valuation, I led and managed engagement teams responsible for providing valuation-related services to clients. I’ve performed valuations for public and privately held businesses, business interests, gift and estate planning, financial accounting, and tax reporting purposes. I have over seven years of experience in business valuation and more than ten years of experience in financial modeling and analysis. Recently, I left my full-time job to focus on freelancing and two side projects within the business valuation space. My passion is helping business owners understand the numbers to better serve their customers and clients. The numbers are only one piece of the puzzle, and I work with my clients to connect the dots between their knowledge of the business and the needs of investors. Industries Served: Blockchain, Business Services, Crypto/Digital Assets, Cannabis, CBD, Marijuana, Hemp, Financial Services, FinTech, Healthcare Technology, Technology. Services Offered: Cash flow projections, financial statement analysis, start-up pitch decks, 3-statement modeling

Deep expertise in venture capital, cap table modeling, SAFE Notes, Convertible Debt Notes, Startup Equity Structures, Options, conversion of Notes, Equity Funding Rounds. If you are need a cap table, need to understand SAFE Notes or Convertible Notes, need to understand future state proforma cap table. I take a consultative approach to working with clients to not just provide a "deliverable", but to understand what you need and provide expertise on what you need. I've done over 200 VC deals. I am your expert with very, very deep expertise and experience in this area.