Chris Ferrato

FMS Business Coaching

As Business Breakthrough Strategists, we specialize in helping businesses overcome obstacles and achieve significant growth. With a keen understanding of market dynamics, consumer behavior, and industry trends, we analyze businesses from every angle to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for expansion.

FMS Business Coaching possesses a deep knowledge of various business functions, including marketing, finance, operations, and management. We work closely with business owners and executives to develop tailored strategies that address specific challenges and capitalize on strengths.

Skilled at crafting innovative solutions to complex problems, whether it's developing a unique selling proposition, optimizing business processes, or launching targeted marketing campaigns. We leverage our expertise to guide businesses through periods of stagnation or uncertainty, steering them toward sustainable growth and profitability.

With our guidance and support, businesses can break through barriers, unlock their full potential, and emerge stronger and more competitive in their respective markets. We are not just consultants; we are a trusted partner on the journey to success, empowering businesses to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape.

CEO & Profit Breakthrough Strategist

I work with business owners who are self-managing sales and shouldn't be. Many SMBs don’t have the budget for a full-time superstar sales manager.  As an experienced sales leader and individual contributor for over 30 years with public and pre-IPO/start-up companies, I bring valuable experience to any business seeking to establish and refine a successful sales process. Specifically, I offer fractional sales management services as a Fractional Sales Director/Manager for SMBs and funded, early-stage start-ups. In this role, I benchmark the best sales practices of SMBs and start-ups, and leverage this knowledge to benefit companies in the San Francisco Metro Bay Area and beyond.

My areas of focus span the entire sales cycle, including lead generation, prospecting, qualification, negotiation, objection handling, deal closure, account management, pipeline funnel management, and more. In addition, I can help companies navigate sales technology, such as sales enablement and sales engagement tools, CRM selection and implementation, contact databases, call recording systems, outreach acceleration tools, and so on.

As we work together to build out your sales process, we'll address all of these key areas and ensure that your team is well-equipped to succeed by utilizing a proven, repeatable sales process.

Founder

BraLisa

Advising and acting SVP developing an effective wholesale sales process to drive sales, revenue and profits. BraLisa is women-owned and women-sewn in the US by skilled sewers in rural Pennsylvania. Discover the ultimate in bra positivity with BraLisa’s unmatched comfort and support. It’s perfect for women healing from breast surgery and those seeking an everyday bra. With a front closure, wide straps, and full back coverage, our bra feels great – all day long. And it’s flattering to wear!

Advisor & Vice President of Sales

My Buddy's Batch

Helping the Founder and CEO launch a new product line.

Strategic Advisor & Sales Hound Hero

Handprint

Assisting the Founders to develop a better understanding of the buyer's journey for this unique offering.

Strategic Advisor

GMC Consulting Group, LLC

Helping the Founder and CEO create a repeatable, predictable lead development and handling process.

MY GREEN LUNCH LLC

Working with the CEO and Founder to develop a brand extension.

RevGenius

RevGenius is a group of revenue-generating sales and marketing professionals brought together to learn, share, support, and grow with each other. You can consider us your alt work family!

Member

Fractionals United

Fractionals United is the leading global community for Fractional Leaders. It's the go-to place for Fractionals to grow their expertise and business, network with other like-minded executives, and access valuable resources and support. Companies can also take advantage of the community if they're in need of Fractional Leaders to help grow their business.

Kentik

Leading and scaling a strong, effective SDR team. Hiring, onboarding, training, and coaching to achieve a high-level, actionable pipeline development.

Head of Global Sales Development

SocialChorus

I've joined the organization, as the Head of Sales Development, where we believe a business is only as strong as its people. SocialChorus is a workforce communications platform that helps companies reach, inform, engage, and align EVERY worker, no matter what they do or where they work. I could not be more excited to join an amazing management team led by Brian McDowell, SVP of Global Sales. I will be focused on building, training, enabling and coaching a strong team of 15 SDRs. This is going to be fun and exciting!

Global Head of Sales Development

Fractional Sales Director - Get Your SMBs Revenue Growing Again! Trusted Advisor for Small Business Owners & Sales Teams | Author: The SMB Owners’ Ultimate Guide To Sales Team Management

Hey there! I'm Chris Ferrato, the founder of FMS Business Coaching. Yep, you got it right - I'm all about turbocharging small businesses and solopreneurs with killer strategies that skyrocket leads, conversions, revenue, and, most importantly, profits. And guess what? I've got a bag full of tricks to make it happen.

Now, here's the kicker: I don't just throw advice at you and wish you luck. Nah, I'm all about getting down and dirty with you through my fractional coaching model. Think of it like this - you've got options: Want to DIY it? Cool. Prefer some hand-holding with DWY? No problem. Or heck, want us to just take the wheel with DFY? We've got you covered there too.

Let's talk real talk. Revenue's great, sure. But what really gets me going is what hits your bank account. That's where my secret weapon, the "Profit Acceleration Software™," comes into play. Give me 45 minutes, and I'll identify up to $100,000 in revenue and profit hiding in your business. Yeah, you heard that right.

Now, buckle up for the "Jumpstart 12" program. It's like rocket fuel for your business growth, with 12 proven strategies that'll make your head spin (in a good way). And listen, this ain't some shady get-rich-quick scheme. It's a straight-up, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work kind of deal. We put in the effort, implement those strategies like a boss, and bam - watch those profits soar. And hey, if you don't see results, you don't pay. Simple as that.

The best to see my content and point-of-view is on my LinkedIn page - www.linkedin.com/in/chrisferrato I am revamping my website for this new focus in 2024 and beyond and it is coming soon.

But enough about me - let's talk about you. Curious about how I can turn your business into a profit-making machine? Shoot me a message, send me a DM, or hit me up at 408.221.8344. I'm here to help you secure that financial future for you and your family.

To your success,
Chris Ferrato

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Skills and experience include: Sales Leadership | Coaching, Mentoring & Development | Team Building | Talent Acquisition | Inside Sales | Sales Development | Pipeline & Revenue Generation | Consultative & Solution Selling | Strategic Planning | Sales Process Improvements | Salesforce | Cyber Security | Cloud Solutions/SaaS/IdaaS/IaaS/IoT | Hyper-Growth Starts Up/Pre-IPO | Policy/Procedure Development | Challenger Sales Model | Expectation Setting & Accountability | Repeatable, Scalable Programs & Processes | Sales Development/Inside Sales Team Development | Change Management

Fractional Sales Director 

CONNECT to COMPEL

CONNECT to COMPEL™ helps you learn to captivate viewers when presenting online or in-person.

President

TalkXpertise

TalkXpertise is a weekly-ish newsletter about all things related to "short talk" messaging.

** DISCLAIMER: 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝐸𝐷𝑥 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝐿𝐿𝐶. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦.

BETTER Speaking

A biweekly-ish newsletter that dives into "short talk" presentations, storytelling, and something more.

Click to the latest edition (and sign up) here: 
https://betterspeaking.substack.com/subscribe

Contributing Editor

Thinker Thursdays™

Thinker Thursdays™ — a weekly discipline of blocking out time each Thursday for reading (a real book), connecting (with a thinker), and reflecting (pen on page). 

THINKER THURSDAYS™ | Read. Connect. Reflect.

Join newsletter here:
https://thinkerthursdays.substack.com/

The THINKER THURSDAYS tribe invites you to pursue margin — in the company of others. Whether in Boston (where this all began) or beyond, consider adopting the discipline of blocking out a regular block of time each week for page-turning, conversation, and scribbling.

Convener, "Grateful Host"

LEXINGTON ROWING COMMUNITY CLUB (#LexRowClub)

Co-Founded #LexRowClub (with Natalie Chambers), fall of 2023, after a move from New England with a pre-teen daughter interested in crew!

Fun coverage on Lex18 News launched the adventure:
https://www.lex18.com/community/positively-lex-18/introducing-kentuckys-newest-rowing-club

Co-Founder (Chief Volunteer & Oar Carrier)

HUTCHINSON, MARKS + COMPANY (Speaker Messaging and Story Training)

HUTCHINSON, MARKS + COMPANY offered comprehensive speaker messaging and story training services to U.S. and European markets.

Atlanta || Boston || D.C. || Kansas City || Paris || Ottawa 

Insights Catalyzed™

Founder, Sr. PartnerFounder, Sr. Partner

Millwheel Creative

MILLWHEEL CREATIVE (MWC) offered event design consulting; event production services; post-event promotion; and catalytic brand counsel to corporations, nonprofits, and thought leaders nationwide. 

SPECIALTIES INCLUDED speaker training; legacy conference adaptation; video production; and idea propulsion in the TED style. The company serviced conferences, summits, executive gatherings, and VIP speakers via a portfolio of brands and entities: mySHORTtalk™, THINKER THURSDAYS™, CONNECT to COMPEL™, etc.

AWARD WINNING, the firm's reputation (or the principal’s insights) were publicly acclaimed in venues as diverse as The Boston Globe; The Massachusetts State House; The S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University; the broadcasts of NPR; the main stage of the inaugural Faith@Work Summit; The N.E. Historic Genealogical Society’s events; the rebrand of the world’s first internet-specific mutual fund; the virtual-screens of Huffington Post; and the old-fashioned print pages of The Washington Post and the (now defunct) Tampa Tribune. 

MWC CLIENTS garnered recognition in virtually every print, broadcast, and web media outlet in the Western world. Alumni speakers include 100s of thought leaders, theologians, academics, technologists, pastors, business leaders, authors, and innovators. Collectively, MWC clients enjoyed talk views in the tens-of-millions; and 100s-of-millions of media impressions were realized on other platforms.

Anne Marbury Hutchinson Foundation

The mission of the AMHF was to honor the vision and example of Founding Mother Anne Marbury Hutchinson (b.1591, d.1643) and celebrate her life — and the lives of our nation’s other courageous founding mothers — as a role model and mentor from our past™ for future generations of Americans.

INAUGURAL EVENT: In 2016, the Anne Marbury Hutchinson Foundation commemorated its namesake's 425th birthday with a 14-event, 5-day, 3-state celebration (July 20-24, 2016). The "FOUNDING MOTHERS CELEBRATION" event-series began in Boston, MA (July 20-21) and continued to Portsmouth, RI (July 22); Bronx-Eastchester, NY (July 23); and returned to Boston for closing events (July 24). The celebration's mission was to both raise awareness about Founding Mother Anne Hutchinson's" nation-shaping contributions and serve to springboard enthusiasm for celebrating the lives of other "founding mothers" — role models and mentors from our past.™

The 2016 Founding Mothers Celebration — a collaborative organized by a number of similarly-aligned, history-loving nonprofits — focused its inaugural year of programming on the life and example of Anne Marbury Hutchinson (b.1591, d.1643). In coming years the foundation will turn to honor the memory of other remarkable women in our nation's early history.

Founding Trustee, 425th CELEBRATION Director

Leadership Loop

Leadership Loop was the nation’s first alumni circle of community leadership program graduates.

Board Member, Co-Founder

Reclaiming Our Heritage

Funded and ran nonprofit celebrating Florida’s boomtown history and heritage.

#TheTEDTalkWhisperer Helping niche experts authors, and leaders master the TED-Style and "short talks." (TEDx clients enjoying millions of views.) 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘!™

Want to next-level the reach of your message — and even build a growing speaking career?

Here's my #1 suggestion for you: 

Give my (no fee) 2-day workshop** a try!

𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘉𝘐𝘎 𝘛𝘈𝘓𝘒 𝘍𝘈𝘚𝘛 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒 ™

** Drop me a DM for the application link.

My best strategies are shared there LIVE every few weeks or so.

And since you're here, reading...

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡-𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡?

I can help with that. I guide coaches, authors, and experts how to spread BIG ideas.

Look, I believe your insights can catalyze change for the better — the world should begin to LIVE your message.

But sorting and clarifying your ideas for a big stage isn’t easy. 

I'm here for you. 

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗢: I help folks (just like you) catalyze their ideas into singular, memorable, and spreadable messages.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜'𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: I’ve trained hundreds of speakers with many, many 100s of millions of views. 

For example, my training directly contributed to:

→ A 50M view TEDx by Harvard’s Dr. Robert Waldinger
(“What Makes a Good Life” is a TOP 10 TALK on TED.)

→ A breakaway TEDx by Food Revolution Network’s Ocean Robbins
(Garnered 1M views in under 6 months.)

→ A talk elevated to the TED website by 4x TEDxer Dorie Clark 
(Garnered 2M views after being featured.)

Those are just a few examples on the extremes of million-view talks. 

And on the *paying* keynote and storytelling fronts:

→ SWA Capt. Tammie Jo Shults prepped her 1st talk in 6 days.
(Her 2x-ovation message launched her 6-figure speaking career.)

→ A VC Series B funding raise for Hydrow CEO Bruce Smith.
(His storytelling was key to that $200M success.)

And the list continues... Former Director of the U.S. Mint, MacArthur “Genius Award” recipients, 100M+ CEOs, leadership coaches, bestselling authors, inventors — and yes, small business owners — have all benefited.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨: Want that catalytic reach on a live conference stage or virtual screen and know it is more than an online speaker application and a countdown clock?

I am at your disposal. (Drop me a DM.)

𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 LIVE 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘™


DISCLAIMER: 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝐸𝐷𝑥 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝐿𝐿𝐶. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦.

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