Our Playbooks
We created playbooks battle-tested across hundreds of companies from pre-seed to unicorn, drawing from our founder and operating experience.
playbooks
We take a hands-on approach to company building, onboarding you into our battle-tested playbooks that work from pre-seed to $B+ companies.
Charlie’s operator playbooks may have been the difference between life and death for many startups he works with.
Collin West
Founder, Managing Partner
Ensemble VC
Charlie’s playbooks have provided insights which has helped us refine the focus of our growth story.
Maria Goy
CEO, Co-founder
Spot Insurance
Charlie can peer through messy problems and narratives and clean them up in 15 minutes flat.
Scott Stevenson
CEO, Co-founder
Spellbook
Charlie's as good as it gets. He's been a founder and it shows. He understands the challenges that startups and their founders face.
Kevin Moore
CEO, Co-founder
Quilt Data
Charlie is my first call when I have an idea to talk through and the last call before a major project is rolled out.
Manny Cominsky
CEO, Co-founder
Sunbound
Charlie provides what every founder needs: honest feedback, psychological protection, and encouragement to go the extra mile.
Sumon Sadhu
Angel Investor
ClearTax, Benchling, UIFlow
fundraising
We’re exceptional at helping founders execute a successful fundraise, from crafting your story to making introductions to our network of friendly funds.
For a founder it's hard to separate the grand vision for the company from the current complexities of the business. Charlie helped us a) Craft the company narrative and b) focus on its supporting elements that enabled us to attract the right investors and rally the team.
Miguel Fernandez
CEO, Co-founder
Capchase
One of your superpowers is the ability to clearly get to the nugget to explain a company. You’re in the top 5% of seed investors.
Ben Ling
Founder, General Partner
Bling Capital
When fundraising, Charlie is a secret weapon. He partnered with us to cut through the noise and present the most compelling frame. This frame resulted in a competitive (multi TS) up-round in a down market."
Nicole Bocskocsky
CEO, Co-founder
Elaborate Health
Help in getting the next round done is super valuable to founders. Charlie did it all - from deck construction, pitch practice, target lists and introductions. We completed a successful raise in a VERY difficult market and he was a huge part of that.
Ben Tregoe
CEO, Co-founder
Bainbridge Growth
Expert Advice
We won’t have all the answers, that’s why we built an Operator Council. They are a direct resource when you need domain expertise.
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