Startups & Entrepreneurship

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Awards

 

Winner Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award in Growth Strategies. “Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, 2011” 


Winner Rice Alliance Energy & Cleantech Venture Conference Business Plan Competition. “Most Promising New Company, 2009"

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CASE STUDIES

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Kaia Technologies, Denver, CO

This early stage high-tech company develops advanced optical instrumentation using Microfluidic chips to provide value propositioned test results for critical parameters in Unconventional Oil Reservoir recovery. The co-founders needed a Marketing and Entrepreneurship Advisor for government grant applications and their first institutional investor Pitching Contest.


  • Contacted & solicited support for SBIR and NSF grant applications from End Users in the Oil & Gas Exploration industry.
  • Pitch Book Editorial support & coaching for Kaia’s Elevator speeches and VC Investor Pitching Contests. 
  • Serving as Corporate Marketing Advisor in Investor Relations, strategic partnerships and government grant programs. 

http://www.kaia.tech

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Codex Therapeutics, Parsippany, N.J.

This early stage Biotech Company with a Biologic wound care drug needed an Interim Chief Executive Officer to raise Series A investment funds and drive traction quickly forward toward FDA approval.


  • Formalized Delaware C corporate structure, drafted Business Plan with financial model & projections, Elevator Speeches and Investor Pitch Book.
  • Secured $1Million Term Sheet from the Keiretsu Forum, the largest Angel Investor Network globally.
  • Established Sub-licensing Agreement with Chinese CMO.



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Senscient, Inc., (now a division of MSA, Inc.) Houston, TX, USA and Poole, Dorset, UK.

Founder with new Gas Leak Sensing technology for Oil & Gas & Industrial Safety applications needed a co-founder to join him as CMSO, COO to raise funds, create and implement successful Go-to-Market plans, and manage sales operations for the company.


  • Raised >$17Million in Seed, Series A, B and C investments from top tier Angel & Venture Capital firms to fund technology commercialization, production ramp and revenue generation.
  • Grew sales to over $5 Million in just 2 years using ABM, targeted sales strategies and Customer Care programs. 
  • Managed NetSuite CRM/ERP implementation in 8 months with full ROI tracking resulted in >90% HOT Lead qualification for closed business within 6-12 months.