Hello, I'm Russell! I run my own business, Thistle Growth, as an early-stage investor, startup consultant, and fractional COO supporting early-stage high-growth companies in the Pre-Seed stage through Series C. I help companies prepare for the fundraising process and support through fundraising. I specialize in building, launching, and scaling infrastructure for a company to snowball. This support includes building operations, customer experience, product, people operations/HR, and recruiting.I have over 12 years of experience in health care, ride-sharing, food delivery, hospitality, residential & multi-family real estate, trucking, and transportation. My focus has been on services and two- and three-sided marketplace businesses.I worked at CVS Health for five years, focused on building new programs around medication adherence for chronic conditions such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Depression. In the last year, I helped rebuild CVS Medicare Part-D enrollment department. I joined Uber and spent nearly three years helping grow the business in the earlier stages. I oversaw 20 market launches and management of 20 markets in Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada, launched UberEats in Arizona, and grew the business from $40M in gross revenue to $500M.At Sonder, I launched the Arizona market, creating a go-to-market strategy, recruiting and hiring 25 employees, constructing an operational model and supply chain, negotiating 180 short-term rentals, and growing revenue to a $6.5M run rate in the first 15 months. While at Getlabs, I was responsible for building a launch strategy to expand from 1 market in Phoenix to 8 nationwide, covering 15% of the country. I also helped raise a $16M Series A round, built the operational infrastructure, and grew the company from 10 to 45 employees in 8 months post-Seed fundraising.