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    Joshua Kriger

    Joshua Kriger

    Builder & Futurist. Co-Founder & Co-Host of Edge of Company, a web3 driven media, tech, & event company. Prior Co-founded Mindful Chef, merged w/ Power Supply in 2013, re-branded Territory.

    Entrepreneur Los Angeles College of William an...
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    Experience
    MainChain Ventures
    MainChain Ventures
    Founder, Consultant 2017 - Present (over 9 years)
    Formed with former co-founder of Territory to help innovative companies and brands on a range of mission-critical initiatives essential to scaling including product development,... more business development, competitive analysis, go-to-market strategy, strategic partnerships, and supply chain optimization. Long-term projects include: supporting capitalization strategy and go-to-market planning for kombucha company reducing launch time by 50%.
    Canopy
    Canopy
    Founder, Head of Growth 2019 - Present (over 7 years)
    Canopy is a mission driven lifestyle brand that creates highly sought after interchangeable patches that our customers purchase and wear on Interchangeable Enabled™ eco-friendly... more apparel & accessories, currently baseball hats & backpacks. Consumers choose their base, choose their limited edition patches, rep what they love and come back frequently to get new patches.
    Territory Foods
    Territory Foods
    Founder, Co-Founder and Head of Culinary Operations 2012 - 2017 (almost 6 years)
    Co-founded and helped scale company to 5 metro regions, over 800 pickup locations, and millions of meals delivered annually. Ensured consistent delivery of high-quality products... more meeting the diverse needs of each core customer segment in each market, maximizing customer retention and profitability throughout rapid growth.
    Phase One Consulting Group
    Phase One Consulting Group
    Program Manager 2010 - 2012 (over 1 year)
    Established and maintained client and contractual relationships as well as directed financials and resources. Led multiple successful proposals and supervised teams to implement... more consulting projects, including deployment of an innovation lab. Won a five year $8M contract to perform IT services across full software development life cycle for Veteran Affairs Elimination of Veteran Homelessness Initiative. Directed Open Government Program Management for Department of Housing & Urban Development.
    ASI Government
    ASI Government
    Manager 2008 - 2010 (over 1 year)
    Established and maintained client & contractual relationships as well as directed financials & resources. Won $48M IDIQ contract then led development of governance... more for a multi-billion-dollar medical IT portfolio. Performed program management for HealtheVet initiative for Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of IT, including development of program management plan, communications plan, change management plan, & risk management plan. Steered revenue improvements & system enhancement acquisition for the VA.
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    Territory Foods, Canopy, MainChain Ventures
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    ASI Government, Phase One Consulting Group
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    About
    Achievements

    • Scaling: Track-record of success in leading corporate development initiatives, negotiating and managing large contracts, developing strategic partnerships, and accelerating growth of startups, medium, and large organizations.
    • Business Development: Led proposal development for over $58M in government contract awards.
    • Innovation & Operations: Led customer discovery, R & D, market expansion, and culinary operations for a venture-
    backed FoodTech subscription meal company enabling rapid growth and mid-8 figure annual sales within five years.
    • Project Management: Over a decade of experience leading high-impact projects supporting both business and IT functions, from creating government-wide geospatial shared services to predicting homelessness among veterans.
    • Performance Optimization: Created vendor performance management approach and supported all phases of one
    of the largest ever civilian public-private competitions, saving $2.2B over 12 years by upgrading aviation services.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Business Development Innovation & Growth Sales and Marketing Lean Startups Strategic Partnerships Mergers & Acquisitions Project Management Program Management Go to Market Strategy Customer Development Operations Performance Management Growth Hacking
    Locations
    Venice San Francisco Bay Area San Diego County Portland
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Facilitating the growth of game-changing companies (with a little extra travel thrown into the mix)

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Mindset is everything when it comes to creating possibilities - we can all bend the matrix

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