Mike Koziol

I develop strategic plans that help reach company goals and targets and improve profitability

Business Strategist

ComplianceIQ

Strategic Compliance Consulting. Fraud investigations. Corporate governance. Compliance monitoring services.

Founder

University Canada West

MBA program faculty member  Department of Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship.

MBA Faculty Lecturer -  Business Strategy, Business Ethics, CSR

Eight Loop Social

A business strategy coach helping marketing agency owners grow their businesses, achieve efficiency and increase revenue. Consulted on:
- effective digital marketing strategies to get more clients
- team structure
- growth strategies

Coach

Teva Canada

Head Of Compliance Canada, Generics

Bizness Rebels

Co Founder

Johnson & Johnson

Reviewing and assessing if the requests to conduct activities made by JnJ employees are
in compliance with applicable Regulations; as a result – making approval or refusal decision 
with regards to these activities
- Conducting or initiating internal investigations concerning potential violations of company policy or the law
- Supporting JnJ in managing delicate ethical issues, conducting explanatory proceedings, investigations, monitoring, and audits
- Compliance and legal documentation assessment
- Preventing and detecting conduct inconsistent with JnJ policies
- Assisting in the development and oversight of a third party compliance auditing and monitoring program

External Compliance Adviser. Compliance Monitoring.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals

Supporting 4 Business Units (300+ employees);
New compliance framework and approval process setup;
Review of sales & marketing activities;
Adjusting procurement process;
Implementing post-audit recommendations;
Annual certifications & Trainings;
Business analysis;
Projects implementation

Country Head of Compliance

Novartis

Fixed time project (interim):
Verification of marketing activities;
Design and implementation of compliance responsibilities framework;
Introducing new compliance approval processes;
Post audit recommendations implementation;
Internal communication;

Head of Compliance (Interim Position)

Deloitte

Conducted 6 projects:
Compliance advisory;
Compliance audits and reviews;
Internal audit support;
Business consultancy (processes effectiveness improvement);
KYC / AML;
Healthcare Compliance;
Project implementation;
UKBA, FCPA;
Financial institutions, healthcare, telco

Senior Compliance Consultant

Feeling stuck? I help founders earn more while working less. | Helped 900+ Solo & Entrepreneurs Gain Freedom | 📈 6-Figure 86% Profit Margin Biz 💵 | Daily posts on how

Transform Your Agency into a Scalable, Profit-Generating Machine

Are you an agency owner feeling stuck in the grind, overwhelmed by client demands, and struggling to scale your business? Imagine transforming your agency into a powerhouse that consistently generates $100k+ in monthly revenue, with 30%+ profit margins, all while freeing up 50% of your time for strategic growth or personal freedom.

That’s not just a dream—it’s a reality I help my clients achieve.

With over 15 years of experience, including successfully running my own two marketing agencies, I’ve seen firsthand the challenges of scaling a business. I’ve taken those hard-earned lessons and developed a proven framework that has helped over 900+ businesses level up and reach new heights.

Here’s how I can help you:

Revenue Growth: I’ll work with you to implement strategies that drive your agency’s revenue to $100k+ per month within 12 months.

Profit Maximization: We’ll focus on increasing your profit margins to 30%+ by optimizing your service delivery and cutting unnecessary costs.

Time Freedom: By streamlining operations and introducing productized services, I’ll help you reclaim 50% of your time, allowing you to focus on what truly matters—whether that’s scaling your business further or enjoying more personal freedom.

My Approach:

Productized Services: I’ll teach you how to streamline client delivery with productized services, making your agency more efficient and scalable.

Strategic Business Model Upgrades: I’ll help you shift your business model to one that pays you what you’re worth while giving you more time and less stress.

Operational Streamlining: My framework simplifies and automates key processes, so you can focus on growth, not the grind.

Why Work with Me?

Proven Results: My clients have consistently achieved $100k+ in monthly revenue, with many surpassing these goals, while maintaining healthy profit margins and enjoying more personal freedom.

Experience You Can Trust: I’ve been in the trenches—first as an agency owner, and now as a solopreneur consultant. I understand the challenges you’re facing and know how to overcome them.

No Fluff, Just Results: I’m committed to providing actionable strategies that get you results, without the unnecessary jargon or fluff.

If you’re ready to transform your agency into a revenue-generating machine that doesn’t just survive but thrives, let’s connect.

Work with me: https://mikekoziol.com/connect/
Pre-recorded courses: https://mikekoziol.com/
Newsletter: https://mikekoziol.com/consulting-news/

Nick Stromwall

Rise48 Equity

Driving efficiency, innovation, and scalability across Rise48 to maximize impact and growth.

I lead strategic initiatives that streamline operations, integrate AI and cutting-edge technology, and eliminate friction—empowering teams to work smarter, not harder.

My focus:
✅ Optimizing processes to improve productivity and reduce costs
✅ Implementing new technologies that enhance efficiency
✅ Driving innovation to keep Rise48 ahead of the curve
✅ Leading change management to ensure smooth adoption of new systems
✅ Collaborating with top leaders to align innovation with company goals

At the heart of it all: empowering gifted leaders to thrive by removing obstacles and unlocking their full potential.

VP of Efficiency and Innovation

Oak & Vine Capital

I help people multiply their money and impact through passive real estate investing in commercial real estate and alternative asset syndications.

Principal Owner

Oak and Vine Upstream Energy Fund

I'm helping my investors multiply their money so they can multiply their impact through investing in alternative assets like oil and gas

Principal Fund Manager

Kingdom REI

Chief Operating Officer

Director of Operations

Minneapolis Midtown Duplex

I invested in SFH, duplexes, open land and AirBNBs

Real Estate Investor

Campus Outreach Minneapolis

* Linked passion & proficiency for administration and student mentorship with leading a team of gifted resource professionals to manage, lead and serve the team in our mission of Glorifying God by building laborers on the campus for the lost world in the areas of:
    * Human Resources
    * Finances
    * Event Planning and Management
    * Project Management utilizing asana
    * Team Communications using mailchimp (external) and slack(internal)
    * Technology and Systems implementation using google apps
    * Donor Management
    * Facility Management managing a fleet of vehicles and AV equipment
Projects:
—> Implemented asana project management tool to process internal projects such as templating onboarding process for hiring complete with 80+ steps, task dependencies and detailed task descriptions ensuring successfully trained hires who are well informed and a leadership team who is updated weekly on progress 
—> implemented and created COSTART.org a fundraising support raising and coaching system training over 200 regional, international & local staff on the fundamentals of support raising in order to deploy more laborers to local college campuses. Our team created a support coaching curriculum that trains local CO franchises to deploy local coaches for successful onboarding and deploying of field staff. 
—> Led the team and facilitated project management to celebrate 40 Years of Campus Outreach https://co40years.org/ utilizing asana, slack and google apps. Launched a multiple series blog and newsletter to each of the 800+ campus outreach staff worldwide complete with stories of changed lives, video interviews, and collected regional statistics to show showing the impact of campus outreach ministries over the past 40 years 
—> Conference director for our annual New Years Event (https://conycindy.com/) from 2009-2020 leading our staff in a 5 day conference with up to 1,200 attendees in various cities in the midwest.

Resource Team Director

* Implemented Google apps for our regional franchise team and after a period of testing led a team to implement across 400+ staff members within 20 franchises on 5 continents.
* Managed company budget of over $1MM
* Implemented new donor management systems that facilitated simple and effortless donations and simple reporting for staff members

Finance & Office Administrator

Support the Cities

A block from my home, the riots happened in Minneapolis after George Floyd. I woke up to find a way to be a good neighbor and love my city. The outpouring of the community in wanting to find a way to help was remarkable. What started off with a facebook live video surveying the damage, birthed Support the Cities, a way for the community to find ways to help in the aftermath. View more at https://www.facebook.com/supportthecities/

coFounder of Support the Cities

Teknicks Computer Consulting

* implemented Technology saving solutions & services for private individuals and small businesses
* provided onsite, remote and phone/email support for computers and any devices that was connected to the web
* solved small business owner technology problems through implementation of hardware and software solutions
* grew business through word of mouth connections and referrals

Owner

Principal Fund Manager @ Oak and Vine Upstream Energy Fund | Real Estate Investing, Syndications

What if we lived on 10% and gave 90% away?

I’m an entrepreneur at heart and an alternative asset fund manager who loves educating faith-driven investors on how to invest in alternative assets like real estate and energy.

Can you multiply money and impact with your current investing strategy?

I’m on a mission to build a thriving business that propels generosity—helping investors multiply their income so they can multiply their impact.

I spent 15 years in ministry developing leaders and building systems that empowered people to thrive. Now, I help people invest, train leaders, and build scalable systems that create lasting impact.

… And I help leaders get the #TripleWin:

✅ Winning at Work – Building scalable, high-impact businesses
✅ Winning with Family – Creating financial freedom for the people they love
✅ Winning in Community – Investing in opportunities that serve a greater purpose

As the VP of Efficiency and Innovation at Rise48, I focus on:
→ Streamlining systems to help our investors and team operate at peak efficiency
→ Developing scalable processes to support growth and maximize returns
→ Optimizing investor experience so they can confidently invest in high-quality, cash-flowing multifamily real estate

As the founder of Oak and Vine Capital, I focus on partnering with world-class operators in the best asset classes. I’ve served as a General Partner and Managing Partner in multiple real estate and energy syndications. 

My mission is clear:
→ To invest in businesses that create Kingdom Impact and empower investors to do the same.

Let’s multiply your resources for greater Kingdom impact.

6 Months ago we marked a moment my son will never forget.

Alongside three other dads and their sons, we celebrated the transition from boyhood to manhood.

Inspired by The Intentional Father by Jon Tyson,
we built a full day of adventure, challenge, and blessing.

→ Sunrise bike ride
→ Hearty breakfast with the dads
→ Time at the gun range
→ All-out paintball battle
→ Knighting ceremony at an overlook in St. Paul
→ And a feast at Fogo de Chão to finish the day

Each dad stood before his son, sword in hand,
and publicly declared,

“You are now entering a new season and chapter, may you trust in the Lord 
With all of your heart, all of your strength and all of your soul”

Now is the time for more young men and women to rise up
→ the journey is just beginning
→ the real work of shaping, praying for and guiding
→ the input from peers, and wise grandparents

But we need more:

More intentionality.
More fathers speaking life.
More moments that mark the shift from child to adult.

Let’s raise sons who know who they are
and daughters who know what kind of man to look for.

This book was a catalyst but the vision was inside.
I want Isaac to know
→ who he is and whose he is
→ who he is becoming
→ and take steps of courage to continue to learn

It doesn’t happen overnight. (This is a season)
I’m not expecting perfection (more will be learned through failure)
I’m going to fail (but we have one to look to who is perfect)

Will you pray for us?

We marked the start 6 months ago, but the real work is the day-in, day-out mentorship, discipleship, and most importantly, our presence.

Pray
Proverbs 3:5-6: ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.’
1 cor 16:13-14 ‘Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.’

→ Have you ever witnessed or participated in a rite of passage?
→ What traditions have meant the most in your own story?

Drop a “1” if you wish more families did this.
Drop a “2” if you’ve done something similar.

Please repost ♻️ if you want to propel this rite of passage movement!

I help faith driven leaders multiply their money and impact through investing in alternative assets like real estate

Last weekend showed exactly what true partnership looks like.
 
We hosted our first ever Rise48 Equity  Partner Summit in Scottsdale, AZ, bringing together our incredible capital partners and investors from all over the country.
 
The weekend was packed with high level conversations, valuable insights, and unforgettable moments. From keynotes with Gail Kasper and John Chang, to networking happy hour and an off-road ATV adventure through the Arizona desert.
 
But more than anything, it reinforced something I’ve always believed. 

Partnership isn’t just about numbers or deals. 

It’s about people. 
It’s about trust. 
It’s about building something great together. 
 
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and made this event such a success. 
I’m already looking forward to what we’ll build in the year ahead. 
 
👉 What was your favorite part of the Summit? 
👉 Or what should we bring to the next one

What makes events stand out for you?

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What if the risk you fear is actually the doorway to multiplication
Ever notice how the right opportunities appear when you finally decide to act

Today I have invested in sixteen syndications
Multifamily
Oil and gas
Industrial
Private credit

And I really like multifamily in Q4
This is the season to take advantage of bonus depreciation
This is the season to capture tax savings
This is the season when action creates impact

A friend shared something honest with me recently
“We have wanted to invest for a long time
We are just afraid to begin”

I get that
Fear shows up every time you stand at the edge of a new season

Before my first investment
I felt the same hesitation
The same doubt
The same questions

What if I get it wrong
What if this is not the right time
What if I fail

But here is what I learned

→ Fear is not a signal to stop
→ Fear is often the threshold of growth
→ God forms us through steps of obedience

It all started with one step
One decision
One moment of courage

And for so many leaders
This season is about stewardship
Not perfection
Not timing the market
Not waiting for certainty

Because here is the deeper truth

It is not about the money
It is about the impact you can create
With the resources God entrusts to you

When you grow resources
You grow generosity
You grow influence
You grow your ability to serve

This is about stewardship
This is about impact
This is about becoming who God designed you to be

→ One decision can shift your entire trajectory
→ One step can move you into a new season of obedience and impact

If you want to talk through that first step, reach out
I will walk you through it

Want to walk through this with someone who has done it sixteen times?
Want help overcoming the fear of your first investment?

whats one decision that has shaped your investing?

$50,000 becomes $3,200,000
But waiting one year costs you $1,600,000

What does waiting one more year actually cost you?

Most people think the cost is small.
But the math tells the truth.

If you invested fifty thousand dollars today and it doubled every five years, here is what happens.
Over thirty years, that money doubles six times.

$50,000 becomes $3,200,000

But if you wait just one year
You lose the final doubling cycle
Your return gets cut in half

Your fifty thousand dollars still grows
But now it becomes only $1,600,000

Waiting one year does not cost a little
Waiting one year costs $1,600,000

And this surprises most people.
Waiting one year
Waiting two years
Waiting three years
Waiting five years
All cost the same amount

Once you miss the final doubling cycle
You cannot get it back

And Q4 magnifies this more than any other season.
Invest today and you receive bonus depreciation this tax year
You can reduce what you owe
You can offset passive gains
You can keep more of what you earn

The delay is where most people lose
Not the investment
The delay

→ One year of action builds momentum
→ One year of waiting erases a full doubling cycle

But here is the deeper truth.
It is not even about the money.
It is about the impact you can create with the resources God entrusts to you.

When your money grows
Your generosity grows
Your influence grows
Your ability to serve grows

You multiply what you have so you can multiply what you give
You steward well so you can bless well
You create margin so you can create impact

If you want to explore this before the year ends, reach out
This is my final offering of the year

Curious what bonus depreciation could do for you this year
Want to compare investing now versus investing next year

95% of buyers aren’t ready to buy when they see your post.
But 100% of them will see your DMs.

Most content creators struggle because they assume their audience will engage.

But the numbers tell a different story:
→ 99% of your audience will never like, comment, or share.
→ 95% of buyers aren’t ready when they first see your content.
→ It takes 8–12 touchpoints before most deals close.

For me to close an investor in one of my syndications, I counted 58 touch points…

So if you’re only relying on posts to grow your business…

You’re missing out on 95%+ of your potential opportunities.

For the past year, I’ve been part of Nat Berman of Brand Built community.

→→ and it completely changed my LinkedIn strategy.

Instead of waiting for inbound leads, we:
✅ Start direct conversations with the right people.
✅ Use outbound messaging to drive real business growth.
✅ Convert connections into clients, investors, and partnerships.

Want to learn more about this community?

Drop “build” in the comments, and I’ll send you the free access link.

👇 Also, tell me where you’re struggling:
1️⃣ if you don’t know what to write
2️⃣ if creating content feels overwhelming
3️⃣ if your content isn’t translating into new business
4️⃣ if you know you need to do more but aren’t sure what

How long have you been thinking about investing without acting on it
Ever notice how fear grows louder right before your biggest breakthrough

A friend texted me today.
He has been receiving my alternative investment emails for over a year.
He has watched deals come and go.
He has talked with his spouse.
And he finally admitted something real.

“We really want to do this. We are just afraid.”

I get that.
I felt that same fear before my first deal.
The fear of the unknown.
The fear of doing something new.
The fear of getting it wrong.

Here is what I have learned.

→ Every investor starts with fear
→ Every investor starts with one decision
→ Every investor starts with one step

Today I have invested in sixteen syndications.
Multifamily.
Oil and gas.
Industrial.
Private credit.

But it all began with one moment of courage.

And right now is one of the most timely seasons to take that first step.
Q4 is when many high earning leaders have gains to offset.
Multifamily provides bonus depreciation that can reduce what you owe this year.

You can invest.
Reduce taxes.
Own real assets.
And finally start the journey you have been thinking about for months or years.

→ Do not let fear sit in the decision seat

If you have been on the sidelines, reach out.
I am hosting one final end of year opportunity.

Are you open to exploring the one question that would remove your hesitation?

Want me to walk you through how bonus depreciation actually works and how it could help you this year?

→ Content is the front door to conversation.
But the goal isn’t to leave people standing outside.

Let me explain.

Imagine your LinkedIn presence as your home.

Each space invites a different level of conversation and depth of relationship:

🏡 The Front Yard:
This is your content—people see it, engage with it, and maybe wave from a distance.
It’s casual. A ‘like’ or a comment is the equivalent of chatting over the fence while doing yard work.

🚪 The Front Door Foyer:
This is when someone sends a DM, asks a question, or engages more intentionally.
They’ve stepped closer. They’re interested in the conversation, but they’re still feeling it out.

🛋️ The Living Room & Kitchen Table:
This is where real relationships are built.
Phone calls. Zoom meetings. In-person meetups. Trust is built here.

The mistake most people make?

→→ They spend all their time chatting outside the house.

Great content isn’t the goal.
It’s the gateway.

→ The goal is not just engagement—it’s deeper connections.
→ The goal is not just reach—it’s real relationships.

So here’s my question:
→Are you staying outside, or are you bringing people in?

Drop “outside” if you’re still working on it.
Drop “in” if you’ve got a system to move conversations deeper.
Drop “help” if you need a system and community to help you move from the outside in.

p.s. our sweet rosemary loves helping with all things at home

One post at 7 AM = 234% more engagement than one at noon. Timing matters.

Here’s why I post at 7 AM Central every day:

→ 87.4% of LinkedIn engagement happens before 9 AM.
→ 81.3% of LinkedIn users check the platform before starting work.
→ More engagement = more reach = more inbound opportunities.

But staying consistent isn’t easy.

Life gets busy. Meetings pile up. The day runs away from you.

That’s why I schedule my posts in advance.

Here are 5 scheduling tools that help me stay consistent:

✅ HubSpot – All-in-one scheduling + analytics
✅ Taplio – Built for LinkedIn growth
✅ Supergrow – Simple & user-friendly
✅ AuthoredUp – Deep analytics for LinkedIn posts
✅ LinkedIn Scheduler – Free & built-in

Want help picking the right tool?
Drop a 1 if you’re already scheduling posts.
Drop a 2 if you want to start.

What’s your biggest challenge with staying consistent on LinkedIn?

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