Partner to CEOs, Entrepreneurs & Founders
Helping drive exceptional growth as a proven Coach & Board Member
About Jim
Jim is an investor, active board member, and CEO coach driven by his love for people, business, and life. With a proven track record, he excels in helping founders and senior leaders develop winning strategies to grow revenues, optimize profits, and foster healthy corporate cultures. His expertise also extends to guiding them through significant liquidity events and exits, all while emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balanced approach to work and personal well-being.
Drawing on his 40 years of experience in business, Jim is now the type of confidant and advisor he now realizes would have benefited him, especially during his 25 years as a CEO. Unlike fleeting consultants, Jim becomes a true partner, deeply invested in the success of both the CEO and the business. He doesn't just offer advice; he collaborates with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams to crystallize and actualize their visions, coaching them through every step of their journey.
Jim's mission is crystal clear: to propel outstanding revenue and profit growth by initially helping to refine the CEO's vision and subsequently transforming it into a set of specific, measurable, actionable, and time-bound Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Armed with a proven toolbox of techniques, he ensures that businesses flourish financially while also generating value for customers, employees, shareholders, and society at large. Crucially, Jim understands the intricate balance between professional achievement and personal contentment, actively working to integrate both for his clients' overall well-being.
“Between 2018 and 2020, Jim helped me identify, recruit and retain our CEO & CFO, launch an international sourcing program, implement Objectives & Key Results (OKR’s), and much more – all of which helped drive growth of our revenue by over 50%, and our EBITDA by a factor of over 3x.
This exceptional growth ultimately resulted in the creation and realization of nearly 5x our 2017 equity value. It also lead to the successful sale of the majority of my business to a $1 Billion + Private Equity firm in December of 2020. Jim became a true partner, confidant and team member to me, our CEO and other members of our executive team and remains an investor in JonDon and valued friend to this day. I highly recommend him as an excellent thought partner for any Founder or CEO looking to supercharge his or her growth.”
—John Paoella - Chairman and Founder, JonDon