Experienced Business & Investment Professionals
We have extensive experience in working with, and investing in startups and successful businesses.
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Subject Matter Experts - Associates
Our Subject Matter Experts will help you with industry-specific knowledge, insider's knowledge and experience.
JOHN FRASER |
PAM MICZNIK |
DEVVAN STOKES |
IP, Tech Commercialization
AVP, Research & VC Washington, DC / Moab, UT
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Customer Education /
Customer Success Detroit, MI
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CTO, Software Entrepreneur
CEO, GYVLink.com Albany, NY
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CARLA PAGOTTO |
YOU! |
MAGGIE |
Leadership Team Bios
Randy Shawn Fisher, MA, has worked with 75+ startups and early-stage companies on customer discovery, business model development and product-market fit. He has a Masters in Organization Management and Development from Fielding Graduate University. He is the Founder and CEO of Customer Discovery Pros, an agency that helps early startups and early-stage companies find product/market fit and commercialize their technologies. Randy has coached entrepreneurs who have gone on to raise considerable venture funding. A notable example, is CardMedic which revolutionized healthcare communication with digital flashcards, was a winner of Mass Challenge (Boston), and named as Fast Company's Most Innovative Company in 2023.
Landon Steele, MSc. is an experienced COO, strategic management and startup consultant. She was co-founder, President and COO of Axiom Mobile Imaging, a leading all-digital mobile imaging company that brought hospital-quality imaging to the bedside. Over 10 years, the company grew to be California-wide before a successful exit by acquisition. Landon developed expertise in the US insurance system, regulatory requirements and negotiating contracts with them and and marketing and selling to large healthcare chains.Landon holds a B.A.Sc. and an M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
David Friedman, MBA was a consultant and partner at McKinsey, working on strategic and organizational challenges in health care, pharma, transportation, insurance, real estate and many other service industries. After 15 years at McKinsey, he started Bridgewell Partners, a company to train and coach professionals on selling. He also launched Collaborating Minds, an online problem-solving community. From 2015-2021, David was faculty at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management leading Executive Education programs. .David has an MBA from Yale and a BA from Harvard University.
Landon Steele, MSc. is an experienced COO, strategic management and startup consultant. She was co-founder, President and COO of Axiom Mobile Imaging, a leading all-digital mobile imaging company that brought hospital-quality imaging to the bedside. Over 10 years, the company grew to be California-wide before a successful exit by acquisition. Landon developed expertise in the US insurance system, regulatory requirements and negotiating contracts with them and and marketing and selling to large healthcare chains.Landon holds a B.A.Sc. and an M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
David Friedman, MBA was a consultant and partner at McKinsey, working on strategic and organizational challenges in health care, pharma, transportation, insurance, real estate and many other service industries. After 15 years at McKinsey, he started Bridgewell Partners, a company to train and coach professionals on selling. He also launched Collaborating Minds, an online problem-solving community. From 2015-2021, David was faculty at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management leading Executive Education programs. .David has an MBA from Yale and a BA from Harvard University.