25 Years of
Wearing All the Hats.
"I've never consulted on something I haven't done myself. That's not a policy — it's just how I ended up here."
1997 – The First Bet
I saw the internet coming before most people knew what to do with it. I raised $250K, launched DotCom Solutions — a live event company teaching small businesses how to build e-commerce operations — and did $12M in revenue in the first year. Successful exit a year later. That bet set the pattern for everything that followed.
Early 2000's – Learning the Machine
I spent years inside some of the top live event companies in the country. Directly managing $6M+ in annual marketing budgets across multi-channel, performance-driven campaigns in the US and Canada. TV, radio, direct mail, digital. I learned what moves the needle and what burns money.
CMO – Building the Engine
Later, I was brought on as full-time CMO with a young company and within 2 years scaled from $5M to $30M+ in annual revenue through national TV, radio, and direct response campaigns. Working alongside TV business celebrities, we produced 4 books, 8 training programs, and sold out live events across the country. It was in those years of testing, refining, and optimizing I began to clearly understand what a fully-optimized marketing machine actually looks like.
On Stage – Doing It Myself
Then I was fortunate to work with a couple of the Sharks from the TV Show Shark Tank. I jumped back on the stage and over the next few years, I trained over 45,000 entrepreneurs and investors at live events across the country and sold $35M+ in training and services. Standing in front of rooms full of people who've bet everything on their business helped me hone the skills of drilling-down to the specific strategies and tactics needed and how to use technology and the right team to scale to the next level. Real-world constant learning and testing, not classroom theories.
The Clinics – A Different Kind of Challenge
I opened men's health clinics. Eight providers and staff, $3M+ in annual revenue, and every operational challenge that comes with a physical healthcare business. I wanted to know what it felt like to have patients depending on you, a team to manage, and a P&L that doesn't care about your marketing background. Now I know.
Now – The Canton Group
The Canton Group brings all of it under one roof. 25+ years of connections, systems, and real-world experience, combined with a full embrace of where AI and emerging technologies are taking marketing and business operations next. I work with a select number of clients at a time. You're not getting an account manager assigned to your business. You're getting me.
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