Enterprise Innovation & CX + AI Leader, Creative Strategist, TEDx Speaker
“My purpose is to better people’s lives. I am fulfilled when others are fulfilled.”
Leadership
Growing and scaling businesses, building culture and values, and the discipline to get it done.
Entrepreneurship
Ecosystem building, economic development, and mentoring founders from idea to launch.
Business & Innovation
Innovation strategy, digital transformation, change management, and AI adoption that ships.
Creative & Marketing
Brand and design, inbound and social marketing, and experiential campaigns people remember.
Connecting traditional, top-down economic development with the grassroots, community-driven environments where most entrepreneurs actually thrive. Through NTX Collective, Right to Start, and Startup Champions Network.
“In order to prevail in today’s ever-changing economy, we must treat our communities like a startup; taking calculated risks, but being willing to lead with boldness and courage to move into the future and not stay stuck in the past.”JAKE HAMANN / APR 2021
Panels, keynotes, and interviews on entrepreneurship, emerging tech, and building startup communities. Plus writing on leadership and the North Texas ecosystem.
ON THE SHELF
- Start With Why — Sinek
- Leaders Eat Last — Sinek
- The Third Wave — Case
- Atomic Habits — Clear
- The Infinite Game — Sinek
- Startup Communities — Feld
- Leading with Character — Loehr
- Hooked — Eyal
- Smartcuts — Snow
- Viral Loop — Penenberg
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