Building Enduring Companies.
For Founders, Funds, and Innovation teams.
The call you make when the problem is too important to ignore and too cross-functional to hand to one team member.
After a decade of investing in over 100 companies, seeing over 5,000 deals, and building out 9 accelerator programs, I've learned that there are many ways to build a great company. Some optimize for metrics that make a company an attractive investment for a downstream investor.
I believe in a different way: building a company on business fundamentals. Focusing on things like capital efficiency, adding value to customers, and getting to profitability. It's equally ambitious and grounded in founders owning their destiny.
“Though few companies last forever, all of them should be built to last a long time ... It’s a crime in America to build a weak bridge. How much nobler is it to build a weak company?”
Endurist is for people who venture differently.
How I Work.
The hardest problems in company building don't fit neatly inside one function, they span the entire business. That's where I work.
I'm not a fractional anything. I'm the first call when the problem doesn't fit in a single function. Your senior advisor who helps you see holistically and make the decisions that compound.
Founders and CEOs: Market expansion, positioning, branding, and the cross-functional challenges no single hire can solve. I'm often the sounding board before the board meeting.
Funds and Investors: Thesis development, deal sourcing, portfolio support, and evaluation frameworks. You'll like working together if you're asking where the worlds of Berkshire and venture capital overlap (and don't).
Corporate Innovation Teams and Ecosystem Builders: Founder programs, innovation evolution, and ecosystems that create lasting value. Not just activity for activity's sake. If your team is figuring out what the next stage of innovation looks like, I help you think through it.
You're building for the long term and you need a partner who thinks that way too.