John Grillos Email & Phone Number

Sonoma, Ca, Us

My coaching is focused on B to B CEOs/company owners of rapidly scaling companies who know two things; coaches help top executives perform better, and the best way to realize a maximally valued exit from your company is to prepare well in advance for that exit. I may be the right coach for you which we can determine quickly by having a short chat which you can book here. https://calendly.com/john-1942I am good at what I do because I have been through the company building and exit process dozens of times. For three decades I was a venture capitalist had financed dozens of companies the majority of which had successful exits. I've been a CEO nine times and have managed six companies through periods of disruption to successful exits. I have proven my ability to transfer what I learned over 5 decades to others and I am a published author on the topic of exit planning https://www.amazon.com/Art-Exit-Choosing-Maximizing-Value/dp/B08P3QTMX7/You can check me out on my website https://johnmgrillos.com and please take a look at my company page. https://www.linkedin.com/company/36144992. You are unlikely to find more qualified help to get you to the financial goal you intend your company to provide for you. Book that call using the link above or send me an email john@grillos.net.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

I am a Saphire Ventures Fellow. Saphire Ventures is a private equity investor with $2.5B under management that invests in and supports extraordinary entrepreneurs building industry-leading businesses. It uses its global relationships, experience in growing technology companies, and portfolio of services to help portfolio companies rapidly scale. Sapphire has created the Sapphire Fellows program to help founders navigate the often hard issues accompanying rapid growth. The program matches proven technology and business experts with portfolio companies looking for experience and a guiding hand as they grow.In addition to deep domain expertise, Fellows can assist entrepreneurs with activities such as:• Fundraising• Recruiting• Participating in strategic meetings

Who We AreWe are a team of AR Experts, Software engineers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with decades of experience consulting to large industrial companies, teaching trade skills and providing real time support for complex or dangerous tasks. What We doWe provide off the shelf and customized Augmented Reality based solutions to industrial organizations for skilled trades personnel requiring the use of both hands to do their work but who need information or real time SME support to successfully and safely complete tasks.Why We are UniqueWe blend advanced technology with experienced SMEs that have taught skills training for decades in classroom settings. That experience allows us to blend advanced technology enhanced productivity and safety that is comfortable for the user.Strategy noteAs real time task support goes hand in hand with training and staffing we are interested in creating a joint venture with or acquiring a skilled trades training and/or staffing company.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

IntelliVen helps owners, founders, CEO’s, and investors solve problems normally associated with growth, strategy or enterprise value realization. IntelliVen provides consulting, mentoring, education, custom retreat facilitation and a variety of tested guidance materials to help management teams fulfill their potential to perform and grow.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

M&A advisory services deliver the process of getting companies to a successful exit; sale, IPO, merger transaction, ESOP, or transfer of ownership to heirs. I provide this service in partnership with Stony Hill Advisors. Coaching and advisory provide a complete service of getting companies ready for a high value exit and creating that exit at the optimal time. For over 15 years Stony Hill Advisors has provided merger and acquisition advisory services to middle market companies and small business entrepreneurs. We use our own 5 step process that has been proven to create the best outcomes for our clients. In addition we apply these skills on behalf of companies in the market to do acquisitions.A unique aspect of Stony Hill is all its partners have many years of successful prior corporate experience as owners, managers, and senior executives in corporations of all sizes. Combining these experiences with our years in advising merger and acquisitions, and with the uniqueness of the Stony Hill approach, allows us to stand out as a premier M&A advisory firm.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Growth10 Practice Leaders create and coach groups of 10 high-quality individuals in virtual “Tribes” of driven entrepreneurs committed to each other’s growth, well-being and success.

Besides the routine duties of a director, I founded and managed the Elios mentoring program, which has helped 20 young Greek/American professionals launch or improve their careers.

San Francisco, California, Us

Smart Sparrow (SPR) is a SAAS company providing a learning design platform that enables users to create rich, interactive and adaptive learning and training courseware. My role is to employ my experience to help the company reach its potential as the leader in its market.My role as Executive Chairman was to coach the CEO, evaluate and tune the company's strategy and aid in capital raising. These duties were concluded successfully.

Vysk Communication is providing solutions for what may be the most wide spread threat to your privacy; voice and data communications originated from your smartphone. Its solutions provide once thought impossible privacy to consumers, businesses, and governments around the world. Post March of 2016 I remain a Board observer.

Lectured about entrepreneurship at Draper in 2015 and 2026Lectured about entrepreneurship at the Wharton program in 2018.

Centennial, Co, Us

Founded in 1984, NTT is the leader in several niches of the industrial continuing education and technical training markets. The company conducts over 1,200 instructor led courses annually, covering 50 course subjects in the National Electrical Code, safety and compliance (primarily electrical), electrical systems and electronics, HVAC, fluid power, telecommunications and mechanical/industrial systems. The teaching staff numbering over 50 brings an average of over 35 years of practical field experience to the class room. A competitive advantage of NTT is the hands on nature of our training, allowing students to spend time practicing learned techniques on working equipment.

Seed stage information technology venture capital investing. Notable investments included Wine.com and Google (Through SV Angel Fund 1). The fund was wrapped up in 2010.

Founder of this early stage company that is private but which has a merger agreement with a public company that will be consummated with the acquisition of a private post secondary institutions. WorldSage had the mission of combining the interests of several private institutions into an international education powerhouse, initially emulating the bricks and morter strategy of Laureate Education (LAUR) and the on line strategy of The Apollo Group (APOL), but being the first to do so at scale in Europe.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Founded this $330mm public venture capital fund in a cooperative relationship with Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The fund invested in 27 companies. As of the third quarter of 2005, the fund had three successful liquidity events.

COO of worlds largest eLearning provider. Was part of the turnaround team that took the company over in 1998. That team redesigned the company and its startegy, increasing the market value of the company 10 fold in 18 months.

Managing Director in two funds with activities focused on Information Technology. Assumed management of four troubled situations when joining the firm. Two companies were sold and two went public. Originated investments in early stage companies and compiled a top quartile IRR. Led fund or partner investments in CBT Systems (SmartForce), Sylvan Learning, C/Net, Calera Recognition Systems (Kurzweil), Ask Jeeves, VTel, Wine.com and Summit Design.

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Managed the turnaroung of a leading statistics and graphics software company. The company later went public and remains as an independent public company.

Paradise Valley, Az, Us

Managed the turnaround of this Human Resources enterprise software company.

Auckland, Nz

Managed western US consulting and development practice for this large custom development and consulting company.

Computer engineer, software developer and experimental designer for Medical, Physics and Business departments of the University of Chicago.

Mba, Finance And Information Science

Bs, Ee, Math, Computer Science