Growth Marketing Executive · Founder · AI-Fluent Operator 00 / PORTFOLIO

Growth that compounds—built, not just directed.

The finance brain who builds the product and the demand engine himself.

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Where I've driven growth
Clearer.io GreenGrowth CPAs Panda Restaurant Group ExaVault LearnAirbnb Yopki
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The short version

I started in corporate finance and never lost the analytical edge.

Across 15 years I've grown a CPA firm from $300K to $3M, scaled a B2B SaaS portfolio 600% through nine acquisitions, and built multiple products to profitable exits, usually on little or no ad budget. My specialty is customer acquisition and the full user journey—I find untapped channels, then build the system that compounds them.

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Revenue growth at GreenGrowth CPAs — $300K to $3M, $0 ad spend.
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Top-line growth across nine acquisitions at Clearer.io.
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0M
Raise supported through marketing due diligence.
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Acquisitions integrated into a 20+ app SaaS portfolio.
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Pages of content and SEO scaled into a competitive moat.
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Average ROAS over two years, with peaks above 20x.
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What I'm known for

A few things people hire me for.

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Outsized growth on a tight budget: 10x revenue with zero ad spend.

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Making acquisitions actually compound: 9 deals, $155M raised, 600% growth.

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Finding the untapped growth opportunity.

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Building both the product and the demand engine myself, not just directing from the sidelines.

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Built and exited my own startup, and helped scale others through acquisitions and funding rounds.

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Growth Framework in the Age of AI

"I'm not competing with AI—I'm the architect who makes it useful."

My answer to "why hire a person over a tool" is a simple operating model:

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Process

I visualize systems from the ground up, drawing on multidisciplinary experience to define what the process should be. This is the human intuition, context, and lived experience AI can't supply on its own.

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Technology

I translate that vision into AI-executable instructions and harden the output so it's reliable, not just functional. This is the bridge between human intent and machine execution.

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People

I deploy and lead the team that operates the system, so it actually works at scale.

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Select career highlights

Proof points, by category.

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Capital-Efficient Hypergrowth

  • GreenGrowth CPAs: grew revenue 10x ($300K to $3M) with $0 ad spend, purely SEO and content.
  • Clearer.io: PE-backed with strict capital-efficiency requirements; drove growth on a lean budget.
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Scaling SaaS Through M&A

  • Clearer.io: 600% top-line growth across 9 acquisitions; supported a $155M raise.
  • Identified target-audience overlap across a 20+ app B2B SaaS portfolio, unlocking high-impact cross-selling that drove zero-cost growth.
  • Integrated and led a 16-person cross-functional team across multiple continents.
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Founder & Operator: 0 to 1, to Exit

  • LearnAirbnb: founded a leading Airbnb-host community (45K subscribers, six-figure course revenue on under $1K of ad spend); exited my stake to my co-founder.
  • Yopki: co-founded a funded startup; own product, engineering, design, marketing, and finance.
  • Entrepreneur-in-Residence who incubated a venture and stepped in as its CEO.
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Modern Growth Engineering

  • Shipped 6 micro-apps as live go-to-market vehicles, using AI to compress build cycles from quarters to days.
  • Scaled content and SEO to 90K pages, turning a channel competitors can't staff manually into a moat.
  • 12.2x average ROAS over 2 years (peaks >20x); 400+ videos driving hundreds of watch hours.
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Other side projects

Things I've built lately.

Voice-first thinking tool

Instant Owl

A voice-first thinking tool that turns rambling, unstructured thoughts into organized notes, tasks, and next steps, so you talk out loud and walk away with a plan.

instantowl.com ↗
AI flashcards

Fluent Flash

AI flashcards that turn any PDF, image, or YouTube video into spaced-repetition study sets, so you remember more while studying less.

fluentflash.com ↗
Toolkit
AI Toolkit
ClaudeGeminiOpenAIFal.aiNano BananaHeyGenElevenLabsDescript ClaudeGeminiOpenAIFal.aiNano BananaHeyGenElevenLabsDescript
Core Tools
Google AdsYouTube & SEORedditMetaCustomer.ioActiveCampaignIntercomPostHogGA4Looker StudioMixpanelAdobe CS Google AdsYouTube & SEORedditMetaCustomer.ioActiveCampaignIntercomPostHogGA4Looker StudioMixpanelAdobe CS
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Work history

The full track record.

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2025–Present
Co-Founder · Yopki
  • Co-founded a funded startup; own product, engineering, design, marketing, and finance.
  • Led a team of developers and a designer through sprint cycles and delivery.
  • Built 6 AI-assisted micro-apps and a multi-channel GTM that acquired thousands of users.
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2025–Present
Entrepreneur in Residence → CEO · Cometary Ventures
  • Generated and validated new venture concepts through market research and feasibility analysis.
  • Recruited and assembled founding teams for the most promising concepts.
  • Stepped into the CEO role for one incubated venture.
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2023–2025
Director of Marketing · Clearer.io (fka AppHub)
  • Led go-to-market for 6 ecommerce SaaS products, driving new monthly recurring revenue.
  • Integrated and led a 16+ person cross-functional team spanning multiple continents.
  • Managed a multi-million-dollar performance budget across SEM, SEO, paid, and content.
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2022–2023
Director of Growth · Clearer.io (fka AppHub)
  • Drove 600% top-line growth across nine acquisitions while sustaining double-digit organic MRR growth.
  • Built product-led growth programs hitting revenue targets across a 20+ app B2B SaaS portfolio.
  • Ran marketing due diligence for acquisition targets supporting a $155M raise.
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2019–2020
Chief Marketing Officer · GreenGrowth CPAs
  • Grew revenue 10x ($300K to $3M) with zero ad spend via SEO and content.
  • Launched new service lines including Fractional CFO and public audits.
  • Built a 10K-subscriber YouTube channel and a 30K-contact email list organically.
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2017–2022
Growth Marketing Consultant · ExaVault, OEM Audio Plus, Everbooked
  • ExaVault: built a YouTube SEO engine driving six figures in recurring revenue; acquired by Files.com.
  • OEM Audio Plus: managed Google/YouTube ads at 12.2x average ROAS over two years.
  • Everbooked: optimized onboarding and product; contributed to acquisition by Evolve.
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2014–2017
Founder · LearnAirbnb.com
  • Built a leading Airbnb-host community through high-value content and organic SEO.
  • Grew a 45K-subscriber email list and six-figure course revenue on under $1K of ads.
  • Exited my stake to my co-founder.
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2012–2013
Brand Manager · Panda Restaurant Group
  • Launched food and branding promotions across 2,000+ locations nationwide.
  • Identified opportunities to lift transaction counts and average check size.
  • Directed cross-functional teams to execute brand initiatives.
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2011–2012
Financial Analyst · Panda Restaurant Group
  • Led annual sales and marketing planning for 1,800+ restaurants.
  • Analyzed sales, transaction, and check-size data to surface business opportunities.
  • Evaluated marketing ROI, pricing, and break-even across major initiatives.
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Education
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2005–2009
Michigan State University · Bachelor of Arts (BA), Finance
  • Studied financial management, accounting, small business development, and business strategy.
  • Worked full-time throughout my entire college career.

Let's build the growth engine.

I bring an entrepreneur's growth-hacking instincts—and I ship the apps, content, and demand engine myself.

Get in touch ↗ Connect on LinkedIn
Troy, MI [email protected] 586-944-5504 marketingwithjim.com