Matthew Bowe Consulting

Strategy and Product Consulting for Startups, Entrepreneurs and Mid-Market Organizations.  Realizing outcomes through Product Strategy, Product Management, mentoring Product Owners.

Strategic Product and Marketing Consultant

GRAVICORE

Director Of Solution Strategy

Charles Schwab

Director, Product Strategy, BPM, Agile Leader COE

Modis

Agile Coach, Program and Product Transformation

Product Management/Agile Consultant and Engagement Manager

Pearson eCollege

Agile Program Manager / Agile Program Coach

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

* Guided organization wide team to create reporting methodology to efficiently report on almost $100 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
* Represented organization as presenter of industry award winning software which manages liquidity, swaps, and bond activity for over $1 billion in assets.
* Currently assisting in the adoption of Agile project management methodologies on an organizational level.

Product Manager

Consultant

Embracing projects in User Experience Design, Business Analysis, Product Strategy, and Product Delivery. Currently designing and helping to build a Healthcare and Benefits Account system for FSA, HSA and other card benefit systems.

Product Owner

The Mortgage Coach

Director of Product Development

Self-Employed

Entrepreneur, Mortgage Technology

My 9 years at Apple were the best fit for me of any company.  Why?  Because Apple empowers the individual.  

It's what I am currently focused on... empowering Solopreneurs, Intrapreneurs and Entrepreneurs to fathom and realize their full potential.

Matthew Bowe

If you’re an independent consultant under $250K, 
read this first.  Then watch.

You don’t need another tactic.
You don’t need another channel.
You need to stop doing a few things — 

and this video explains which ones ⬇️ .

Growth, Product Management, Productization, Sales and Marketing. I also coach Founders on how to get Clients on LinkedIn.

PSA - You are Not Your Client’s Lifeguard.

Most indie consultants build their business on the wrong people.

Not lazy people.
Not cheap people.

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.

It feels noble at first.
Helpful. Needed. Important.

Until you realize you’re no longer consulting —
you’re rescuing.

If you’ve ever felt drained after signing a client,
this video will explain why 👇

Helping Leaders Ignite Change Through Inner Growth 🌱

There are truly two ways to live in 2025:

1. Striving endlessly for more. Feeling separate & disconnected.
2. Living fully in the present. Aware of our shared connection.

Most live stuck in the first.

Inevitably leading to stress, burnout, and a sense that something’s missing.

The bigger problem?

This way of living doesn’t just drain your energy, it costs you the deeper joys of life:

- A clear & peaceful mind.
- Meaningful relationships.
- A deep sense of fulfillment.

The truth?

You don’t have to sacrifice well-being for success.

Life doesn’t need to feel like a constant grind.

Your way forward:

Live (and lead) with presence, connection, and intention.

My goal is to help leaders and organizations:

- Embrace the present moment to lead with clarity & connection.
- Build emotional intelligence for stronger relationships.
- Shift focus from individual goals to shared progress.

The future belongs to those who lead with the heart, inspiring collective growth over individual ambition.

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I am a husband, father and co-creator.

For 15+ years, I have been building tech companies and supporting leaders to:

- Improve lives
- Extend quality time
- Foster positive change

My deepest purpose in life is to touch and improve as many lives as possible.

To achieve this, I share everything I know and continue to learn over time.

It's up to you to decide how to use this knowledge to help others.

If you ever want to work with me, my door is open.

If not, take what you learn and pay it forward. 

We are all in this together!

Marco Franzoni

If your job drains your energy,

It’s too costly.

Just because you can carry the load,
doesn’t mean it’s worth the weight.

When your spark becomes strategy.
When days off still feel like work.  
When your phone feels heavier than your purpose.  

That’s not balance.  
That’s burnout.

Here’s how I protect my energy (and still perform at my best) 👇🏼

1. Lead from presence, not pressure  
↳ The team mirrors your nervous system.  
↳ Regulate yourself, elevate everyone.

2. Protect recovery time like revenue  
↳ You don’t rise by running empty.  
↳ Rest sharpens, it doesn’t soften.

3. Redefine ambition  
↳ Chasing everything dilutes excellence.  
↳ Choose impact over image.

4. Replace urgency with clarity  
↳ Emergencies are rarely real.  
↳ Slow is smooth — smooth is fast.

5. Audit your attention  
↳ Your focus is your fuel — guard it.  
↳ Check what drains vs. what drives you daily.

6. Set “end-of-day anchors”  
↳ Write 3 wins, close the laptop, step away.  
↳ Completion beats perfection every time.

7. Build emotional buffers  
↳ One mindful breath before every meeting.  
↳ Calm is your new competitive edge.

No title is worth losing yourself.

Work should amplify your life,
not consume the parts that make it meaningful ✨

👉🏼 Which energy habit will you start today?


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Mindful Leadership Advocate | Helping leaders live & lead in the moment | Father, Husband, & 7x Founder | Follow for practical advice to thrive in work and life 🌱

If you have to make yourself smaller to fit in,

it’s time to find a space built for growth.

It’s not a confidence issue, it’s a context issue.

Because the wrong environment can turn
strength into self-doubt.

Here’s how a limiting culture quietly gets to you:

❌ You triple-check every word because candor feels risky

❌ You hide your pace because moving fast triggers pushback

❌ You lower your standards to fit a room that fears growth

And before you notice, you forget the version of you 

Healthy rooms don’t need you muted.

So here’s a leaders checklist:

↳ Do people elevate your ideas or water them down?

↳ Can you bring tension with care — without fallout?

↳ Do your strengths spark collaboration or insecurity?

You’re not the problem.
The environment is.

And there are always two choices:

Change the culture.
Or move to a room that can handle your full range.

Don’t spend your life adjusting to places that deplete you.

Choose people who sharpen your presence and stretch how you think.

Find environments that recognize your strengths, not feel threatened by them.

You were built to expand.
Not to fold.

💬 Who in your life expands your potential?
Tag them. Let them know.


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Success isn’t about being the brightest.

It’s about who sharpens you ✨

I used to feel safest being the expert.

Turns out, that comfort was my ceiling.

Real expansion starts when you:

- Feel exposed, not impressed
- Listen more than you speak
- Stay long enough to be stretched

Here are 5 shifts that changed my growth path 👇🏼

1) Celebrate others out loud  
↳ Generosity compounds trust and momentum  

2) Admit what you don’t know early  
↳ Clarity arrives faster without pretending  

3) Let others finish your thinking  
↳ Pausing invites better ideas to emerge  

4) Track patterns, not opinions  
↳ Repeated signals matter more than loud takes  

5) Build rooms, not pedestals  
↳ Systems beat solo brilliance every time  

Growth isn’t about standing out alone.  
It’s about rising inside the right ecosystem ✨  

Which shift feels most uncomfortable right now?


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Fear-led leadership may hit fast.  

But trust-led leadership lasts.

I've seen it too many times, leaders chase quick wins.

While they lose the people who could help them build something lasting.

When fear takes the wheel, teams choose:

↳ compliance over creativity  
↳ caution over contribution  
↳ burnout over belief  

Here’s what to do to make your people stay:

❌ Ignoring the quiet ones  
↳ Silence often hides disengagement.  

❌ Micromanaging every move  
↳ It tells people you don’t trust them.  

❌ Confusing urgency with importance  
↳ Not everything needs to be a fire drill.  

❌ Holding back feedback until it’s too late  
↳ Growth happens in real time, not in reviews.  

❌ Rewarding results over relationships  
↳ You’ll hit targets, but lose loyalty.  

What to start doing instead:

✅ Lead with clarity, not control  
↳ Direction beats pressure every time.  

✅ Coach, don’t control  
↳ Help them think, not just execute.  

✅ Build psychological safety  
↳ Let people speak without fear of fallout.  

✅ Celebrate small wins  
↳ Recognition fuels intrinsic motivation.  

✅ Share your own learning curve  
↳ Vulnerability builds credibility.  

Fear can force performance for a moment.  

But trust fuels momentum that lasts.


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