After helping our last venture exit, I'm currently on a contract running strategy for an onchain venture, but looking to transition to a full time role before fall. Open to long term contracts or fractional work for the right projects.
The key areas where I bring a unique advantage and think are most relevant are:
Trusted voice: extremely comfortable being an outward-facing, persuasive ambassador in nearly every necessary capacity on behalf of the company - investor relations, partnerships, corporate/business development, media/press, trade, etc.
Strategic muscle: a voice confident in driving the direction and priorities of the company. Evaluating alternatives, prioritizing and knowing when to say no. A right hand to a CEO, partner to other executives.
Builder mindset: not in an engineering capacity, but in emerging and new markets, figuring out what it takes to win and deploying those strategies.
Operations: I how organizations operate and scale, how business development, sales, product and engineering work together to drive towards product market fit and sustainability.
Willing to relocate: No, fine with travel, however.
Technologies: I'm a former founder (everything non-engineering), 20+ years of experience at the intersection of biz dev/strategy/operations/marcom, running companies, managing teams, translating the complex to the people.
Background in / enthusiasm for: SaaS, analytics, cloud/infrastructure, web3/onchain, gaming, API and SDK products, pricing strategy, commercialization, strategy, gtm.
Good perspective by Mark on keeping your friends close and your competition closer.
"By having a good understanding of how rivals are operating, startups can get a better handle on the opportunities by offering a better, different or less expensive product."