Jay
Hirshberg.
25 years in Forum, EO and YPO. Forum moderator six times and Forum Chair on the YPO Chapter Board. Three substantial exits, and counting. I'm a nut for meeting new people and doing solid growth work. That's where The Growth Engine came from.
“The survey results from my work sort of speak for themselves.”
Built it. Sold it.
Still building.
Fortelligent
Marketing analytics for high-transaction businesses: software that predicts future customer purchases, online and offline. Acquired in 2005 by WPP (NYSE: WPP), one of the world's largest media and branding companies, returning 800% to shareholders.
Mark 7
Built from the ground up: machines that manufacture ammunition automatically. Developed the business model, scaled it and sold to Lyman Products in May 2019 in a significant liquidity event.
Range Aardvark
Autonomous vehicles, sold primarily to the armed forces. Still in the arena. rangeaardvark.com
Career arc: YEO → YPO → EO · WPP executive through May 2011
- Cartridge reloading improvements (sensors) · U.S. 10,753,717
- Cartridge reloading improvements (main system) · U.S. 9,151,583
- Predictor variable selection for predictive models · U.S. 8,751,273
- Target profiling in predictive modeling · U.S. 7,725,300
- Predictive model generation · U.S. 7,933,762
- Plus model development, generation and profiling
- MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
- BSBA, Boston University
- Semi-pro action pistol, Grandmaster: #22 U.S., #68 World (USPSA, IPSC)
- Formerly a top-50 world trapshooter
- Co-author, Champion Shooting (Amazon)
Wheels up.
Your place.
I fly my Vision Jet SF50 to clients across the U.S. Commercial, multi-engine and instrument rated, with a jet type rating and high-altitude single-pilot (RVSM) privileges.
Let's
talk.
CEO coaching or a forum retreat: thirty minutes to see if I can help.