| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
James Brett |
Chief Revenue Officer | Profile |
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
Started with nothing more than a vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, AmeriLux International was formed in May 2004. AmeriLux is a value-adding distributor of multiwall and corrugated polycarbonate sheet products, PVC sheet and liner panels, and steel coil. Headquartered in De Pere, Wisconsin, AmeriLux sources and distributes materials from and to companies around the world. It is by building and maintaining strategic, win-win partnerships with vendors, customers, and employees that AmeriLux is able to profitably – and sustainably – grow its business. With an emphasis on customer service and support, AmeriLux International seeks to provide its customers with creative, cost-effective solutions to their unique challenges. This solutions-focused mentality has driven facility expansions and key equipment investments, enabling AmeriLux to provide a variety of fabrication services, component assembly, and turn-key manufacturing solutions. Strongly committed to educating the architectural, building, and construction communities on the benefits of using its products, AmeriLux International provides distance learning courses, webinars, and in-person presentations whereby continuing education units can be earned. These online educational programs are free, one-hour-long programs that focus on topics such as energy efficiency, polycarbonate glazing solutions, and sustainable design. This has led to a greater grass roots demand for their products. To reduce lead times and improve on-time delivery with key customers, AmeriLux International started AmeriLux Transportation — a trucking company with its own drivers and equipment — in June 2012. AmeriLux Transportation is a direct delivery carrier and regularly operates in the US. With the recent formation of AmeriLux Logistics, AmeriLux now has access to a network of qualified carriers and a wide range of freight shipping services - yet another offering to better serve the marketplace!
After driving growth for my third VC-backed exit, Andrew Lee Miller (@andrewstartups) founded GrowthExpertz, a unique growth agency focused solely on helping tech startups in their first 12-24 months post-funding. Since 2016 weve helped over a dozen startups get to 8-9 figure valuation, several exits, and almost 100 total successful projects. We specialize in full-stack growth, handled remotely by expertz, for companies that have raised capital but still need help with marketing. We work in the background to strategize, launch and scale their organic and paid campaigns while they handle everything else. Some notable clients: www.datadistillr.com (raised $10m off of our work) www.canweapp.com (exited) www.withdouble.com (grew 30% in first 3 months) www.getemails.com (now retention.com doing $30m ARR) www.CrownDating.com (exit to Tinder/Match Group) www.denizen.io (BBVA Incubator) www.zedge.net (100m+ installs) www.different.com.au (now one of the largest startups in Australia) www.fly.com (300% increase in traffic in 12 months) www.openinvest.co (acquired by Chase) We are industry agnostic but often focus on SaaS, Fintech, Marketplace, Online Dating, Consumer Mobile Apps, and more. Email contact@growthexpertz.com or book a call at www.growthexpertz.com