Penbrothers

The founders at Penbrothers recently brought me onboard with a special mission: to build a world-class sales team. With our eyes set on a bold growth target, and the backing of Mynavi, one of Japan's HR leaders, momentum's on our side.

Though our roots are in Manila, we embrace the global stage with our remote-first approach. We have a super diverse and entrepreneurial team with ample room to grow. If you're open to considering a new avenue for career growth you should get in touch.

Interim Head of Sales

500 Startups

As a resident mentor I've had the chance to mentor 100's of startups around the Globe, being part of the very exclusive group of mentors who got a perfect 5 out of 5 rating from both founders and 500's staff. Apart from mentoring I've also led the development of the curriculum and materials of 500's current Global Growth Program.

500 STARTUPS is the most active early stage global venture capital firm. Notable investments in the 500 portfolio include Twilio, Canva, The RealReal, Talkdesk, Udemy and Ipsy.

Resident mentor

Hone

Course Facilitator

Plug and Play Tech Center

Startup Mentor

MentorCruise

Mentor

GrowthMentor

RevGenius

Member

The Unicorn Playbook

🦄 90% of startups fail. We can do better.

I want to help more entrepreneurs beat the odds. I’ll be blogging weekly at The Unicorn Playbook, sharing some of the ‘secret’ frameworks, methodologies and templates I’ve learned from working at the top startup programs in the World.

Writer

Startupbootcamp

Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka is an equity-free opportunity for high-growth mature startups to accelerate their market entry into the world’s 3rd largest economy, with a focus on business development and running pilots with some of Japan’s largest corporates.

Tokyo Tech Startups

Tokyo Tech Startups is a group of entrepreneurs/engineers who have a strong interest in tech and startups. We share a common goal to grow Tokyo’s tech/startup ecosystem.

We identify Japanese startups with potential and provide them with the stage to connect with the two most critical resources: capital and talent. We run one event every month. By doing this we set the foundation for the Japanese startup ecosystem to flourish.

Advisor

💀 Tough to get customers and investors? I know why | 200+ Startup mentor @500Startups | 2x Founder | Japan nutcase 🇯🇵

I speak to fearless founders every day.
They all struggle with the same 5 things:


ººº FUNDRAISING
Raising funds is really hard and the survival of the company often depends on it.

ººº SALES
Low email and call conversion rates make it incredibly difficult to reach any significant revenue goals.

ººº TEAM PRODUCTIVITY
Difficulty in managing and communicating with people spread across time zones and geographies.

ººº PRODUCT-MARKET FIT
Uncertainty about the market fit of the product, too many pivots and little results.

ººº FOCUS
Drowned in work, grappling with priorities and lack of focus, feeling overwhelm and stress.

As a founder you need to fix these.
For a chance at crossing the Valley of D3ath.

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When I mentor founders, I give them a hard time. 
I challenge them. Push them to their limit. 
It's a painful process and it’s not for everyone.
That's often the cost of resurrection.

Get in touch if you feel I can help with any of my (ob)sessions:

*One Liner: From Zero to Hero.
*KPIs: Make it to cash, dodging the crash.
*High-Tempo Testing: Fail fast. Fail forward.
*Cold Calls: 20 hacks to ‘manipulate’ any conversation
*Early Research: Validate any idea with $5 (for Post-Its).
*Fundraising: 7 slides I stole from the #1 investor in the World
*Cold Emails: Beat 99% of the World at writing emails that convert
*Remote teams: How to avoid hiring amateurs (and keeping them working for you)

Rui Bom

Fractionals United

Consultant

Working with CEOs, founders and marketing teams to accelerate marketing impact on revenue growth.

Focused on:

- Marketing foundations
- GTM strategy
- Building and differentiating the brand
- Better capturing and converting existing demand
- Growing and nurturing new demand
- Mentoring and coaching teams and individuals until my services are redundant

Fractional CMO & Marketing Strategist

Inspiring Rare Birds

Proud to join the Inspiring Rare Birds community - both to learn and give back as a mentor to entrepreneurs and emerging leaders.

FINITE

FINITE is the private community for ambitious marketers in B2B technology & SaaS companies to connect, share & learn.

JobAdder

JobAdder is a B2B, cloud-based SaaS platform for the recruitment industry. Owned by Australian employment marketplace SEEK, JobAdder operates globally, with headquarters in Sydney.

My role as a senior leader included:

- Building a high-performing global marketing team from scratch
- Giving the brand a full makeover to improve JobAdder's commercial footprint
- Rebuilding the JobAdder website as a critical sales tool
- Leading the team and business through a period of digital transformation and growth.

Rezdy

Rezdy is a fast-growing SaaS business focused on helping tours and activities professionals get more bookings, increase their distribution and grow their business.

My role was to define and drive the marketing strategy for international growth, build the team and manage external suppliers.

I worked collaboratively with clients of all sizes to help businesses grow and brands become remarkable.

Strategic Marketing Consultant

eBay

eBay is 'the world's online marketplace'

My role was as Head of Brand and Communications with a team of 15, working across consumer brand, C2C, SMB, social, content, creative services and production.

Head Of Brand & Communications

ansarada

ansarada is a global leading software as a service (SAAS) technology company. They offer specialist virtual data rooms for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), due diligence and beyond.

My role:

- CMO and member of the leadership team  
- Leadership, growth and management of global marketing team
- Management of all relevant external suppliers and consultants: design, media, web development, SEO/SEM, copywriting, PR, video production, community strategy, social selling and marketing automation. 
- Doubled marketing qualified lead generation year on year. 
- Put ansarada firmly on the global map through launch of a pioneering M&A Game app.  
- Completion of a number of leadership-based training courses and Maxwell mentorship program.

three:15

My role:

- 5 years working as a consultant for agencies, directly with clients and Growth Mantra, a boutique strategy consultancy.
- Work included brand auditing, positioning and creative development, strategic tool and IP development, investigation of key business trends and implications, qualitative customer research, team pitch work, shopper marketing, internal training and more general strategic consultancy.

Strategic Planning Consultant

Marketing drives business growth, but who is driving your marketing strategy?

Random acts of marketing - jumping on the latest trends, following the loudest voice in the room, swinging through short term tactics - can damage your brand, exhaust your team and whittle your budget, all without shifting the needle on the results that matter.

But how do you know where to start and what to prioritise? 

That's where I and my extended network can help.

I work with small and midsize businesses to bring a fresh perspective to your marketing efforts in order to:

🔸️Identify areas for immediate improvement.
🔸️Lead, coach, mentor, build your marketing team.
🔸️Align strategy and team behind driving measurable commercial impact.
🔸️Build your brand and market presence.
🔸️Find creative solutions to your marketing challenges.

With extensive time as a Chief Marketing Officer, building teams and brands from the inside, and as a strategist working within marketing and advertising agencies, I bring over 20 years of experience solving business and marketing problems across SaaS, technology, eCommerce, retail, tourism, Government, FMCG and beyond. 

Experience across this diverse portfolio means I am able to immerse myself fast, find seemingly unrelated parallels I can draw upon to expand thinking, and remain objective as I do so. 

So, if you have a gap between marketing expectations and reality, let's connect and find if we are a good fit to work together. 

👉 Drop me a line: tazbareham@gmail.com

👉 Schedule a call: https://calendly.com/tazbareham

Helping businesses with:

- Digital marketing strategy
- Global brand development
- Full funnel marketing 
- Insights and analytics
- Customer-centric thinking
- Agency and supplier management
- Employer branding
- Team building, coaching and development
- Executive leadership and stakeholder management
- Creative problem solving
- B2B SaaS, Technology, eCommerce

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