I’m obsessed with helping to build the Next Big Thing. Prepping for a launch? Growth flatlining? Feeling overwhelmed? I'm here to help.As a Company-Builder-for-Hire consultant, I work holistically with ambitious business leaders to build, launch, and grow companies from scratch to scaling mode. I’m beyond passionate about aligning strategy with execution to drive scalable growth. With 16 years of experience across business growth, product development, brand design, and integrated marketing, I've partnered with F1000 brands and VC-backed startups to drive impactful Go-to-Market launches and brand turnarounds. I’ve helped build, launch, and scale businesses in various Brand, Product, Growth, and Sales roles. I’ve led multi-disciplinary agency teams at Dentsu, Red Antler, and Meredith for brands such as Casper, 7-Eleven, Victoria’s Secret, Church & Dwight, and Lowe’s. I played a key role in 7 startups and helped launch many more. Category expertise spans Future-of-Work, DTC, CPG, Retail, Femtech, Travel, and Social betting.✓ The outcome: progress and momentum▸ Gain clarity, calm, and control over your business roadmap and immediate milestones.▸ Build the right product or service, design a distinctive and compelling brand, and acquire the right customer. Working with me looks like:→ 1:1 consultancy as your plug-and-play leader across Brand, Product, Growth, Marketing, and Sales.→ Scoping, assembly, vetting, and management of flexible Design-Build-Market teams.For founders:→ Startup advisory (pre-Seed to Seed stage)→ Mentally stuck? Open creativity and find ‘Founder Relief’ through my 1-on-1 certified psychedelic trip-sitting; free of charge for New York City founders.I promote new work models like fractional hiring, distributed workforce, and Team Bursts. I strongly believe Team magic is created by bringing people’s superpowers together through shared energy and vision alignment, regardless of location. I am also an advocate of safe and responsible use of psychedelics to create personal and professional clarity, and am dedicated to helping founders find their flow in life.You'll mostly find me in New York City, training in Prospect Park for my next quarterly half marathon. I'm passionate about contemporary art and proudly serve as the managing partner to Dutch contemporary artist Ellen de Meijer.If you want to work with me, send me an email: mick{at}therise.io (no sales solicitation, please).