Grind Startup Ventures

Building a startup (or an innovation arm of your business) is nearly impossible. There are countless challenges headed your way, and believe it or not, only a handful of factors can lead to success, while hundreds can cause you to fail.

We collaborate with seed stage - to series A founders and medium to enterprise-sized companies to accelerate innovation and drive critical initiatives forward. By empowering corporations to swiftly implement cutting-edge mobile products and advanced AI solutions, we mitigate risks and enhance agility. Our expertise enables businesses to navigate the ever-evolving tech landscape, ensuring they stay ahead of the curve and achieve their strategic objectives with unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness.

What We Offer:

Your Problem, Right Solution Fixes: We identify your most pressing issues and craft the right solutions to address them effectively.

Your Talent Requirements, Right Small Team Working on the Challenges: We provide the precise team with the expertise needed to tackle your specific challenges.

Your Headache, Guaranteed Relief: We guarantee measurable improvements, offering you peace of mind and concrete results.

Our projects start at $250,000 USD.

Principal Consultant

SeeSnap

SeeSnap: AI is Revolutionizing Project Management from Planning to Payment

About Us
SeeSnap is a pioneering SaaS platform transforming construction, property management, and contractor workflows. We provide seamless visual documentation and workflow automation to enhance efficiency from planning through payment.

Key Features
1. Smart Photo Workflow

Metadata Enrichment: Captures user, image, location, and timestamp data for accountability and compliance.
Real-Time Verification: Provides proof of work done, reducing disputes.
AI-Driven Insights: Flags issues and validates progress.
2. Automated Workflows:
Customizable processes for punch lists, change orders, and approvals streamline project efficiency.

3. Integrated Payment Solutions:
Connects payments to verified milestones, minimizing late payments and fraud.

4. Collaborative Communication:
Facilitates task assignment, issue resolution, and punch list management within a unified platform.

5. Vendor Management:
Effectively manage relationships with trades, contractors, and subcontractors for improved collaboration.

Core Solutions
Vendor Management:
Maintain vendor profiles and performance metrics with a centralized communication hub.

Property Maintenance & Punch Lists:
Track maintenance needs and create punch lists in real time.

Claims & Dispute Management:
Compile visual evidence to mitigate disputes and generate compliance-ready documentation.

Payment Milestone Automation:
Set payment milestones backed by visual proof to ensure accountability.

Why Choose SeeSnap?

SeeSnap reduces risk and increases transparency, streamlines vendor management, and ensures smooth cash flow from project completion to payment. Empower your teams to work more efficiently and drive success in every project.

Founder and CEO at SeeSnap

sxipped

Are you a Logistics Partner looking to Enhance your Cash Flow? Are you an innovator and early adopter?

We are developing an advanced A to B delivery engine powered by AI, set to revolutionize how goods are transported. Our solution modernizes the pickup, delivery, and safety processes, transforming the logistics landscape.

Our proprietary algorithm is designed to maximize financial rewards, ensuring fair compensation for every effort. By evaluating factors such as distance, time, and demand, the algorithm provides competitive rewards for each delivery.

Drivers can effortlessly track their earnings and performance through our intuitive interface, which highlights the direct impact of their work. Additionally, we offer ongoing support and training to help drivers optimize their earnings and excel on our platform.

Partner with us to boost your cash flow and ensure you and your drivers are rewarded for quality, service, and outcomes.

Founder - building an A to B delivery engine platform that rewards costs, times and outcomes. 

CoachCRM

We help customers track the Coaching Plans, Activities, and Results that drive sales rep performance. I'm a Closed Loop (CoachCRM) Triangle selling Certified. I use the S.C.A.L.E and P.L.A.N methodologies and connect smart business owners and founders to the CEO Cory Bray for review of sales team and possible induction of triangle selling courses as a first step.  

I highly recommend anyone with a sales team under 200 people take the Triangle Selling courses at Clozeloop University you can sign up at clozeloopuniversity.com

Advisory Board Member

Compliance PT

In under 12 months as Senior Advisor and acting Chief Revenue Officer & COO, I spearheaded the turnaround of multiple startup initiatives, including adding three multi-billion-dollar enterprise healthcare pilots, closing a co-marketing agreement for 5,000 locations, and securing major new logo pilot accounts. I built sales and marketing processes from the ground up, including CRM implementation, and provided strategic guidance for a new product build.

Our AI SaaS solution monitored insurance payer policies to ensure compliance with medical record requirements and reduce the noise-to-signal ratio. By combining algorithmic monitoring with human analysis, we deliver unparalleled accuracy, providing plain-English policy change notifications. Our solution makes important updates immediately actionable and trackable, aligning seamlessly with revenue cycle management needs.

Chief Revenue Officer (offered CEO role and equity) 

ANKR

Founder, CEO, and lead investor. 

ANKR was a napkin idea turned into a full-fledged IOT app-enabled hardware startup. 

I built the engineering team, set up the manufacturing partner in Asia, and lead the company to market.  I personally signed 2 nationwide retail distribution partnerships. This plan paved the way to me to add major eCommerce and retail partners, Including Walmart, HomeDepot and one hundred e-commerce partners in less than 90-days. 

The company was turned over to a new CEO in late 2015. (then crickets) nothing... sad.

 www.ANKR.com - Watch QVC video below.

Mark Russell Filaroski - Founder, CEO & Investor

Ncontracts

Ncontracts.com is a web-based contract management solution you can use to manage vendor contracts, client contracts, employment agreements, leases, and virtually any type of business contract.

Acquired. https://www.gryphon-inv.com/news-article/gryphon-investors-acquires-ncontracts-a-leader-in-integrated-risk-management-software-for-the-financial-industry/

Mark Russell Filaroski -  Investor

CompNation - Nashville Future 50 - Value added reseller for HP, Cisco, and 100's of OEMs (Exited) 

Bootstrapped to 13.1 million in revenue (from $0) 
Inc500 - List of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies 3x (2009, 2010, 2011)
Honored as an Internet Etailer - #538 (2010)
Nashville Area Chamber announces 2010 Future 50 Award winners

Hardware/Software VAR / 150 + million sold.

Solo Founder & CEO -Multiple time INC 500 - #538 Internet retailer -Exited - Protected under NDA

Continental Computer Corp (On prem server software and equipment) 

In my initial role post-college, I started as a Sales Representative and, within just over a year, advanced to the position of National Sales Manager. During this period, I played a crucial role in driving the company’s revenue growth from several hundred thousand dollars to over $10 million.

This role required navigating significant challenges, including a comprehensive reorganization and a complete overhaul of sales processes and hiring practices. I was responsible for revamping sales territories, scripting, and operations, and for developing the company’s entire go-to-market (GTM) strategy.

I managed the daily cold calling operations, leading a team that averaged over 4,000 calls per day. In this capacity, I served as a trainer, sales manager, and closer, ensuring high performance and adherence to best practices.

My leadership extended to coordinating the company’s sales and marketing functions, where I developed and executed comprehensive strategies across both areas. I closely monitored and analyzed sales and marketing activities to ensure alignment with goals, making necessary adjustments to drive continuous improvement.

Additionally, I strengthened partner relations with over 100 OEMs, negotiating and managing product agreements, and overseeing the integration of hardware and software solutions. Through these efforts, I ensured that sales and marketing initiatives were aligned with the company’s strategic goals, leading to substantial growth and enhanced operational efficiency.

From graduating college to National Sales Manager in less than 2 years - EXIT - Protected Under NDA

SeeSnap is focused on helping those in construction/proptech have fast, efficient, and error-free operations

Board Chairman | Founder & CEO, SeeSnapINC | Startup Mentor | 3X Inc. 500 Alumnus | Nashville Future 50

As the Founder and CEO of SeeSnapINC, I lead the company’s strategy, vision, mission, and funding efforts, always with a customer-centric approach. I'm a results-driven startup leader with a proven track record of taking companies from inception to multi-million-dollar success. My relentless commitment to winning the hearts and minds of our customers drives me daily. I'm an ENTJ personality type—assertive, strategic, and focused on achieving excellence.

Professional Expertise:

Self-starter with a talent for implementing and driving transformative change.
Strategic and analytical thinker, adept at planning, motivating, organizing, and achieving specific outcomes.
Skilled at swiftly building relationships, maintaining credibility, and fostering teamwork to achieve 100% of key objectives.
Goal-oriented, with a natural drive to lead and influence others to act.

100% Guided by Faith: I believe God gives us the ideas, courage, smarts and abilities to deliver his will.  God first—upholding faith-based values in all aspects of my life and work. I strive to exemplify professionalism, unquestionable integrity, and the highest moral and ethical standards in everything I do. Because of this, I recognize that challenges often arise, including encounters with bad actors who must be dealt with firmly.


Accomplishments:

Bootstrapped multiple startups to over $10 million in revenue each ($11.6M, $13.1M, and $15.8M).
3X Inc. 500 honoree as a solo bootstrapped founder.
Mentored, helped, or invested in over 200 startups, with 16 achieving successful exits and 30+ reaching Inc. 500 status.
Nashville Future 50 
Named Internet Retailer of the Year (#538).
Past member of the Young Presidents Organization.


Philanthropy:Actively supports initiatives led by people of integrity.

Local Catholic Church and affiliated groups.
Tucker's House (Talk to Graham Honeycutt about sponsoring a special needs project today).

Mr. Mark Russell Filaroski 🤳

Fonoa

Indirect tax automation and compliance for the internet economy.

Enterprise Business Development

Antler

Antler is a global early-stage investor. 3% acceptance rate for founders.

Helped numerous teams develop their GTM Strategy/Monetization before their final pitches to the investment committee, with a few successfully raising a seed round.

Entrepreneur in Residence

Nova

Digital LP management/compliance for fund managers.  

Stood up outbound sales process from 0-1 for YC backed startup, including, but not limited to:

Built over a dozen sales sequences through trial and error before landing on a single master sales sequence based on a specific trigger that landed over 25 outbound meetings with a $375,000 qualified pipeline.

Defined strategic narrative and messaging strategy. Created simple, problem-focused messaging for a highly complex product. 

Oversaw and led implementation and use of Outreach and Zoominfo. Importing and segmenting out the entire market into certain verticals by industry, AUM, headcount, geography, and more.

Worked closely with founder to test new verticals and use outbound as a way to get feedback on product hypotheses. 

Created positioning and messaging from scratch to break into a new vertical (Institutional asset managers- Hedge Funds and Private Equity).

SME on Zoominfo and Outreach.

YC '18

Inside Sales (YC'18)

Gravy

Senior member of the SDR organization. Currently focused on helping revenue growth team source revenue from new channels (referrals and partnerships).

-100% of ramp quota. 30k closed MRR sourced in this period.
-Trained over 5 reps on our tech stack (Zoominfo, Salesloft, Salesforce)

Senior SDR, Team Lead

Senior SDR

Launchmetrics

Worked on the Global Demand Generation team focused on the Americas and Australia. In my role I owned the GTM strategy and execution for our Account-Based Marketing Strategic and mass outreach segments.

- Co-created an extensive account planning system to align multiple stakeholders (Account executives,  BDRs, brand marketing, and regional sales directors) for our strategic accounts. Internal project management for strategic accounts. Sourced an opportunity with Gucci USA, one of our top targets. 

- Handled all inbound lead qualification, discovery, follow-up. Managed roughly 10 demo requests per week. Created over $300,000 in qualified pipeline from demo requests

- Was one of the internal subject matter experts on Zoominfo, our data source for account insights and organizing our ICP by industry, geography, and size. Played a role in data hygiene project for salesforce. Importing/updating over 1,000 accounts.

- Tolerated high ambiguity being the 1st BDR in the English speaking market for a complex product suite serving multiple verticals.

Strategic Business Development - US, Australia, Canada

Various Companies

Worked throughout my college years. When I was 19, I acquired my real estate license and worked with a real estate investor to acquire, rebuild, and sell a property in a transitioning area. The property was sold at a 3x increase in value. 

I then decided I wanted to pursue the fashion business; I met a designer/boutique owner during my time in real estate and started working at his store. During this time, I started working on my own designs and worked with a manufacturer in Colombia to create activewear t-shirts for men. I quickly learned how hard it can be to manage costs for a physical business when the product being designed is unique.

Sales, Real Estate, Fashion Industry

B2B SaaS GTM/Sales | T1D Advocate

🇺🇦 
A multilingual generalist in the SaaS space. Thrive amid high ambiguity and complexity, Passionate about solving real business problems. Excellent at crafting and executing bespoke, 0-1 GTM strategies for complex industries (Finance/Healthcare). 

Lover of the humanities and technology believe they are complementary and co-exist gracefully. 

My writing: https://medium.com/@carlosdiaz_89559

Languages: English (Native), Italiano (Advanced)

Media Features: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-robinhood-traders-need-to-know-about-taxes-11612521002

ENTP “Debater”
Gallup Strengths- Futuristic, Significance, Command, Competition, Context

*Thoughts are my own*

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