Inception-stage experts, in the work with you

Lives in and loves the −1 → 1 process. Whatever you're experiencing as a founder, he's dealt with it before — and is excited to help you tackle it.

Sets the vision and backs it with capital. 20 years building, buying, and exiting companies.

Raises capital and runs the pipeline of Utah's best student founders. Two exits of his own before he started building others'.

Pressure-tests your product thinking before you spend months building the wrong thing. Went from $0 to $1M ARR twice — once with a product that didn't exist yet.

Opens doors across Utah real estate, energy, and capital. 40 years building the Gardner family enterprise.

Designs the founder experience across every Philo program — the workshops, rituals, and rhythms that help founders turn ideas into companies.

Turns product into pipeline. Builds the positioning, messaging, and sales motion that gets your first customers to say yes — then hands you a repeatable playbook.

Brings Fortune 500 operating discipline to early-stage decisions. Ran business across Africa, Asia, and the Rocky Mountain region before Utah.

Handles legal and finance for Build portcos.

Leads design and the Designer-in-Residence program. Embeds for 0 to 1 product and brand.

Leads the Engineer-in-Residence program and engineering across the portfolio.

Sourcing, diligence, and venture strategy.

Working alongside you to test and refine your best ideas.

Raises the capital that fuels your company's growth. Sold her own startup, then spent a decade scaling marketing at VC-backed and public companies.

Designs products people actually want to use. A decade leading design across fintech, consumer, and web3.

Builds and ships the product. Came to code through psychology, stayed for the impact.

Handles the work behind the scenes so founders don't have to think about it.

Sharpens and executes on your go-to-market strategies.

Helping you see around corners and into the future with fundraise-ready pro formas and strategies.

Lives in and loves the −1 → 1 process. Whatever you're experiencing as a founder, he's dealt with it before — and is excited to help you tackle it.

Sets the vision and backs it with capital. 20 years building, buying, and exiting companies.

Raises capital and runs the pipeline of Utah's best student founders. Two exits of his own before he started building others'.

Pressure-tests your product thinking before you spend months building the wrong thing. Went from $0 to $1M ARR twice — once with a product that didn't exist yet.

Opens doors across Utah real estate, energy, and capital. 40 years building the Gardner family enterprise.

Designs the founder experience across every Philo program — the workshops, rituals, and rhythms that help founders turn ideas into companies.

Turns product into pipeline. Builds the positioning, messaging, and sales motion that gets your first customers to say yes — then hands you a repeatable playbook.

Brings Fortune 500 operating discipline to early-stage decisions. Ran business across Africa, Asia, and the Rocky Mountain region before Utah.

Handles legal and finance for Build portcos.

Leads design and the Designer-in-Residence program. Embeds for 0 to 1 product and brand.

Leads the Engineer-in-Residence program and engineering across the portfolio.

Sourcing, diligence, and venture strategy.

Working alongside you to test and refine your best ideas.

Raises the capital that fuels your company's growth. Sold her own startup, then spent a decade scaling marketing at VC-backed and public companies.

Designs products people actually want to use. A decade leading design across fintech, consumer, and web3.

Builds and ships the product. Came to code through psychology, stayed for the impact.

Handles the work behind the scenes so founders don't have to think about it.

Sharpens and executes on your go-to-market strategies.

Helping you see around corners and into the future with fundraise-ready pro formas and strategies.

Lives in and loves the −1 → 1 process. Whatever you're experiencing as a founder, he's dealt with it before — and is excited to help you tackle it.

Sets the vision and backs it with capital. 20 years building, buying, and exiting companies.

Raises capital and runs the pipeline of Utah's best student founders. Two exits of his own before he started building others'.

Pressure-tests your product thinking before you spend months building the wrong thing. Went from $0 to $1M ARR twice — once with a product that didn't exist yet.

Opens doors across Utah real estate, energy, and capital. 40 years building the Gardner family enterprise.

Designs the founder experience across every Philo program — the workshops, rituals, and rhythms that help founders turn ideas into companies.

Turns product into pipeline. Builds the positioning, messaging, and sales motion that gets your first customers to say yes — then hands you a repeatable playbook.

Brings Fortune 500 operating discipline to early-stage decisions. Ran business across Africa, Asia, and the Rocky Mountain region before Utah.

Handles legal and finance for Build portcos.

Leads design and the Designer-in-Residence program. Embeds for 0 to 1 product and brand.

Leads the Engineer-in-Residence program and engineering across the portfolio.

Sourcing, diligence, and venture strategy.

Working alongside you to test and refine your best ideas.

Raises the capital that fuels your company's growth. Sold her own startup, then spent a decade scaling marketing at VC-backed and public companies.

Designs products people actually want to use. A decade leading design across fintech, consumer, and web3.

Builds and ships the product. Came to code through psychology, stayed for the impact.

Handles the work behind the scenes so founders don't have to think about it.

Sharpens and executes on your go-to-market strategies.

Helping you see around corners and into the future with fundraise-ready pro formas and strategies.