Neo-Eco is a leading EU circular economy consultancy, engineering firm, and venture builder. We leverage 17 years in material science and our diverse portfolio of startup spinoffs to turn waste streams of all types into reusable materials and products. Areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, construction and demolition waste, disaster response, and agricultural and industrial waste. Noteworthy projects include the expansion of the Paris Metro, the reconstructions of Ukraine and… Show more Neo-Eco is a leading EU circular economy consultancy, engineering firm, and venture builder. We leverage 17 years in material science and our diverse portfolio of startup spinoffs to turn waste streams of all types into reusable materials and products. Areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, construction and demolition waste, disaster response, and agricultural and industrial waste. Noteworthy projects include the expansion of the Paris Metro, the reconstructions of Ukraine and Turkiye, and patent protected low carbon cement production. Show less

Carries out two main workstreams with private clients: investment-related consulting and growth-related consulting, which includes marketing and sales. Investment- and M&A-related consulting:• Family Offices: Organize my own events to connect family offices while teaching them about impact investing.• New VC Funds: Guide new VC funds through aspects of fund formation, financial modeling, and setting up due diligence operations.• DAI / USAID: Advised USAID on how to support… Show more Carries out two main workstreams with private clients: investment-related consulting and growth-related consulting, which includes marketing and sales. Investment- and M&A-related consulting:• Family Offices: Organize my own events to connect family offices while teaching them about impact investing.• New VC Funds: Guide new VC funds through aspects of fund formation, financial modeling, and setting up due diligence operations.• DAI / USAID: Advised USAID on how to support Ukraine’s cybersecurity startup market by identifying the steps needed to attract international VCs.• GoStork: Recruited a 7x unicorn founder to the board of directors for this growing fertility marketplace startup.• General dealflow: Connected my contacts to recent investment rounds for Anthropic, x.ai, and a new AI-powered smart energy grid manager with a $2.5B new client pipeline and access to 400+ utilities.• insightsoftware: Helped this global leader in enterprise resource planning and financial software ($300M ARR in 2021) to harmonize its messaging and content strategy with a key European acquisition. https://insightsoftware.com/blog/2020-02-20/Growth-related consulting:• Google: via contractor ZeroChaos, helped train AdWords' quality-rating algorithms in 2014-2015, right when Google was shifting away from rewarding keyword stuffing to instead prioritize higher quality content and ad clarity.• Outstaffing and build-operate-transfer (BOT) agencies: Developed messaging for one BOT agency when it launched, helping them grow to $15M ARR and was engaged again for another messaging and strategic lift to position the company for an acquisition.• IT outsourcing agencies: Have worked with marketing agencies, creative agencies, product design agencies, and full-stack product development agencies on strategy pivots, marketing and sales improvements, and both operations and account management improvements.Learn more: www.ryanrmchenry.com Show less

Originally launched as a VC fund when I was living in Ukraine, Grand Founders quickly pivoted to become a foundation to support Ukraine's long term reconstruction following Russia's 2022 invasion. Over the years, Grand Founders has widened its mandate to promote innovation and economic development globally by bridging US-based investors with emerging entrepreneurs from around the world. The foundation currently functions as a members community for family offices, VC/PE fund managers… Show more Originally launched as a VC fund when I was living in Ukraine, Grand Founders quickly pivoted to become a foundation to support Ukraine's long term reconstruction following Russia's 2022 invasion. Over the years, Grand Founders has widened its mandate to promote innovation and economic development globally by bridging US-based investors with emerging entrepreneurs from around the world. The foundation currently functions as a members community for family offices, VC/PE fund managers, institutional investors, and founders who believe in the power of impact investing. The foundation has run several programs, including humanitarian support, mentorship for founders from emerging markets, and event for investors. Show less

insightsoftware is a global leader in financial reporting and enterprise performance management software. The company's hyper growth, from $35M to $300M in annual revenue from 2019-2022, was driven in part by aggressive M&A activities.

Cieden is a software design and marketing agency with operations in the United States and Ukraine. Its main practice areas in business analysis, product management, product design, and marketing are all leveraged to assist both startups and established enterprises with their goals.

Gridics is a real estate and government software startup whose suite of web apps assists both city governments and private sector real estate professionals in navigating the world of zoning and urban planning.

Stradigys was an integrated marketing agency that focused on small and medium sized service providers primarily in the healthcare, real estate, and legal fields in South Florida and Atlanta. Stradigys has since been rolled into the in-house marketing department of Location Ventures, a Miami-based real estate developer.

The Harry Fox Agency, later called HFA-Rumblefish and acquired by SESAC, is a music rights and IP technology company that automates licensing and royalty payments between record labels and music publishers, which represent songwriters.

The U.S. Department of Commerce teams up with the State Department in many countries to promote strong bilateral commercial ties between the United States and the host country.

The Congressional Page Program, now closed, was a long-running program in which high schoolers lived and worked on Capitol Hill, supporting the daily clerical and logistical needs of the House Floor.