I am a marketer and operator an investor a podcast host a problem solver most importantly, a dad

I’ve always been driven by the idea that the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Right now that’s AI. Plenty of business owners use it every day and still have their marketing living in their heads, and that’s the gap I’m working on with AJ in a box.

My family is at the center of everything I do: my wife, our three kids, two Spanish Water Dogs and two rabbits.

I’m always looking at what’s new, and I like meeting people across a lot of industries. Depending on the day, I’m a guide, an investor, a problem solver, or a willing guinea pig for someone’s new idea.

How I got here

I’ve been building businesses for a long time, and I still don’t think of myself as an expert. Most of what I know I learned from people who got further than I did, and I still learn that way, including from the operators I bring on the podcast.

I took my digital marketing agency, The JAR Group, onto the Inc. 500 twice, and I’ve had several seven-figure exits. That’s where most of the judgment in AJ in a box comes from.

Previous experience

I have over 30 years of experience across business strategy, sales and marketing, recruitment, running remote teams, and operations. Most of it has been in CPG, tech and SaaS, health and wellness, financial services, and travel and hospitality, as a founder, an investor and a consultant.

These days my time splits between AJ in a box, the podcast, and investing. I’ve invested in a lot of startups, I’m involved with several funds including TinySeed, and I advise private equity and VC firms. I also sit on the board of Onfolio Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed company.

What’s next

Right now it’s AJ in a box. I work with a limited number of owner-run businesses at a time and build a sales and marketing growth system into each owner’s own AI in a two-week sprint. If your marketing still lives in your head, tell me a bit about your business.

I’m also still looking for companies to buy. The ones that interest me most are B2B digital businesses serving small and medium businesses, with about $750,000 to $2 million in free cash flow.