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A business, like flowing water, doesn't follow a straight line. Disruptions, blockages, and opportunities occur - in unequal and uncertain proportions. Businesses often stumble on uncertainty . . . correction, lag in adjusting to new information. Explore how I've leveraged my expertise in finance, business development, and operations to create, build and re-engineer business models to drive profitable growth. Frameworks that clearly showed which opportunities were inline with organizational assets, stakeholder interests, and the market gap.

Niche Marketing Service

Exploited a market gap that not only made standalone sense but enhanced the potential of the venture's sister company. The Read More

Rescuing the Dream

Salvaging a once in a lifetime opportunity. The North American Division of a Global 50 corporation wanted to drive Read More

Stepping Out Right

The founders of iAnswers had a dream. To create a digital marketplace for the exchange of niche information, advise, and Read More

Asset Divestiture

Extracting value from an unprofitable, dying business. The world is a four dimensional place (the best know three plus the Read More

Pivoting a Business

In the late 1990s the traditional cable network model of aggregating content was under attack. Digital technologies had Read More

US – Brazilian Enterprise

Translated creative vision into a solid business model. A promising joint US-Brazilian enterprise's nascent concept needed Read More

Capital Market Financing

Securing sufficient funding from the right strategic investors. Action: Worked with outside Investment Bank to develop Read More

Marketing Package

… we needed help that was both business and technically savvy, would hit the ground running, and provide a customized Read More

Donald McMichael

Numbers Guy (Finance & Engineering) by training. Business Development and Strategy (revenue models, partnerships, technology) by experience. Creative by heart. More...

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