The group
The brands and tools behind my value creation work
Growth Shuttle advises private equity sponsors and leadership teams. DevriX builds and runs the platforms, integrations and data that revenue depends on. The data tools, publications and directories below are where we research firms, markets and buyers. I founded or own every site on this page.
- 500+ companies advised since 2010
- 40+ acquisitions as an operator
- 6 companies founded, 2 exited
Three ways to work with us
For sponsors and the leadership teams of their portfolio companies.
Advice only
Growth Shuttle reviews the plan, the technology and the go-to-market with the sponsor and management. The advice carries no obligation to buy the build.growthshuttle.comBuild only
DevriX takes on the technical and revenue workstreams of the value creation plan: web platforms, CRM, integrations and data.devrix.comBoth on one plan
Growth Shuttle advises and DevriX builds against the same plan, for companies that need both.Scope a first engagementAdvisory and services
Firms that sell advice and engineering work under their own names.
Growth Shuttle
Digital value creation advisory for private equity and mid-market companies: technical due diligence, fractional CTO, portfolio company audits, revenue and go-to-market.growthshuttle.com
DevriX
The engineering and RevOps company I founded, operating since 2010. It executes the technical and revenue workstreams of value creation plans for private equity firms and their portfolio companies.devrix.com
Async Advisor
Written, fixed-scope advice on the technology side of a deal: pre-LOI checks, five-day technical diligence and an async fractional retainer.asyncadvisor.com
Value Creation Partner
A DevriX practice that finds where EBITDA is trapped in a portfolio company’s systems and builds the fix, with website checks written for five industries.valuecreationpartner.com
Robust Branding
Campaign and positioning experiments for mid-market B2B companies, tested in market with its own ad accounts.robustbranding.com
Premium WP Support
WordPress maintenance, support, development, redesigns and migrations for $10M to $50M companies, run by senior engineers under written service levels.premiumwpsupport.comData and software
Products we build and run, and use in our own work.
PE Firm Index
A map of private equity firms, their portfolio companies and the deals on record.pefirmindex.com
GTM Brain
Competitor research from public websites: pricing, messaging and the changes competitors make.gtmbrain.com
SaaS BPM
Accountability software for teams of people and agents: every recurring job with an owner and proof it happened.saasbpm.com
WP Commit
Scheduled WordPress checks for speed, security, updates, tracking and accessibility, free to start.wpcomm.it
Behavly
Suggestions to improve a website’s copy, design and user experience.behavly.com
WP-CRM System
Customer relationship management built for WordPress.wp-crm.comPublications and communities
Where we publish research, interviews and operating notes.
Growth Shuttle Insider
A weekly briefing for private equity and mid-market operators, with 29,000+ readers.insider.growthshuttle.com
CEO Hangout
A private network and research desk for CEOs of $10M to $1B companies.ceohangout.com
CEO Playbooks
Operating guides and templates for leaders of $25M to $500M companies.ceoplaybooks.com
B2B Ecosystem
A B2B growth publication with its own directories and tools.b2becosystem.com
MBA Disrupted
Notes on bootstrapping digital businesses past $1M.mbadisrupted.com
Business at Scale
A weekly newsletter on business diversification.businessatscale.com
Blogger Hangout
Starting a blog, growing its readers and earning from it.bloggerhangout.com
Trainer Hangout
The business side of coaching and training.trainerhangout.com
The Daily Creators
A Slack community for business leaders.thedailycreators.comDirectories, lists and projects
These sites list, rank or review other companies, tools or courses.
Top Consulting Firms
Directory of consulting firmsallconsultingfirms.com
AI For Businesses
AI automation tools and resources for businessesaiforbusinesses.com
Minds of Enterprise
Profiles of business leadersmindsofenterprise.com
Top Analytics Tools
Marketing analytics tools and servicestopanalyticstools.com
SEO Marketing Directory
SEO tools and marketing resourcesmarketingseodirectory.com
PPC Marketing Directory
PPC tools and agenciesppcmarketinghub.com
Email Service Business
Email tools and servicesemailservicebusiness.com
Top Marketing Funnels
Marketing funnel tools and resourcestopmarketingfunnels.com
SalesCRM
Sales CRM softwaresalescrm.org
Get AI Courses
AI coursesgetaicourses.org
Beta Testers Hub
Early adopters for new productsbetatestershub.com
Mara’s Angels
Free websites for vets and animal shelters.marasangels.comI own or control every site on this page. Where a site lists, ranks or reviews companies or tools, we may own or work with some of the companies it lists. The same disclosure is published on robustbranding.com.
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