About
Your Partners was created by a group of industry professionals, with extensive startup experience, who came to a common realization: the kind of business support startups really need is very different from the support available to them
Your Strategic Growth Partners
We represent a multi-disciplinary team with deep experience supporting startup growth in every area: management, people, tech, product, promotion, and finance.
Our approach to resolving existing pain points is holistic and we offer the benefit of our different perspectives to help side-step future issues.
We work with early-stage companies who are looking for support in building and mentoring their teams. We also provide leadership coaching and decision making support to founders and senior management.
We are your strategic growth partners.
Our Philosophy
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to attract the highest caliber people
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to scale the enterprise
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to iterate quickly and act decisively
Successful startups can never stand still. They must constantly evolve and grow. They must bite off more than they can chew and learn to deal with the consequences.
Investors fund startups because they buy into the founding team and their ability to pull off the big idea.
Even the strongest founders need support. They need to grow their team quickly, they need to build their organization sustainably and they need to learn how to make pragmatic decisions in the face of complexity to keep driving forwards.
At Your Partners, our team has the expertise to help startups build their vision faster. We have developed a set of core solutions that leverage our many decades of industry experience.
Stafford Lowe
Chief Operating Partner – Bermuda
Significant early stage operational management experience with 4 high-profile, fast growing fintech start-ups.
Experience setting up entire suite of back-office functions for multi-jurisdictional companies and managing the productivity of both in-house and outsourced resources. Conducted multiple fundraises and term sheet negotiations.
Former FinTech Advisor to Bermuda Government.
Capabilities
Chief of Staff; Business Management
Operations Management
Finance, Accounting & Payroll Management
Legal Contracts; Term sheet negotiation
Global Human Resources Management (UK, US, Singapore, Switzerland & Bermuda); Global Recruiting
Capital Markets and Financial Market Infrastructure
Significant executive Committee and Board Level experience
Company Director
Partner Profile
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Over 20 years of capital markets experience; broad-ranging leadership roles at venture capital, private equity and corporate backed FinTech start-ups; extensive blockchain / DLT experience
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Equally adept at client-facing and internal leadership roles; exhibits passion and capacity to accept all challenges, proactively solve problems, and to constantly drive the business forward
- Versatile hands-on experience in the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Finance Director, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief of Staff and HR Director for teams ranging from 25 – 150 people
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Experience setting up entire suite of back-office functions for multi-jurisdictional companies and managing the productivity of both in-house and outsourced resources
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Significant executive Committee and Board Level experience
Tim Reed
Chief Marketing Partner – New York
A rare blend of large enterprise experience running global marketing teams at major institutions combined with building marketing functions from scratch as Chief Marketing Officer at numerous FinTech start-ups.
Expertise includes: Strategic marketing, Go-to-market planning, Content marketing, Event and conference management, Public relations/Social Media, and Marketing automation.
Capabilities
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Strategic marketing: competitive analysis, audience segmentation and messaging platform development
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6-12 month comprehensive marketing plan development
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Content marketing/thought leadership (social media strategy, writing, video production, podcasts, etc)
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Event and conference management
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Marketing automation: email marketing, funnel management, sales enablement
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Public relations
Partner Profile
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CMO-level entrepreneurial strategic marketer with US/global leadership experience launching, growing and turning around businesses
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Distinctive ability to develop corporate narratives and thought leadership programs that increase market leadership. Partners with sales teams to develop demand generation strategies that drive revenue and profitability
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Over 25 years’ experience delivering B2B marketing expertise in brand positioning, public relations, web, content and growth marketing
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Expertise across all asset classes including digital assets, fixed income, equities, FX and futures
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Thorough understanding of the institutional Wall Street space having held senior positions on the sellside, exchange and tech platform space
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Experience rebranding and repositioning from Fortune 500 companies to early stage start-ups
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Created a major institutional crypto conference from scratch and lead marketing as a fraction CMO for some of the crypto ecosystems leading brands
Simon Clarke
Chief Talent Partner – London
Passionate about global talent sourcing with significant experience both as a corporate recruiter and in executive search of developing and managing teams of recruiters within the Technology and Financial Services sectors.
Demonstrable record for the entire resourcing processes, providing advice and guidance to senior management on all aspects of talent acquisition and onboarding.
Designed and delivered resourcing strategies to identify first class technical, corporate and commercial talent to support high growth targets. Participative leadership style, inclusive and culturally aware D&I champion and brand ambassador.
Capabilities
Significant global talent sourcing across EMEA, APAC and US
Full recruitment lifecycle management across all functions
Significant contact base within global FinTech
Participative leadership style, inclusive and culturally aware D&I champion
Acknowledged brand ambassador mindset
Partner Profile
Passionate about global talent sourcing, DEI and brand awareness
Significant experience of developing and managing teams of recruiters across Technology and Financial Services sectors
Demonstrable record of responsibility for the entire resourcing process, providing advice and guidance to senior management on all aspects of talent acquisition, onboarding and brand management
Designed and delivered resourcing strategies to identify first class technical, corporate and commercial talent to support high growth hiring plans
Participative leadership style, inclusive and culturally aware D&I champion and brand ambassador
Created and delivered successful graduate and internship programs
Marc Sparrow
Chief Architecture Partner – London
15 years experience in UBS Investment Bank and O’Connor hedge fund, building and integrating order, trade, and risk management solutions from concept to deployment Head of IT for London at UBS O’Connor Senior Trading Tools Developer at Getco building high-frequency trading analytics for the Equity and Fixed Income desks.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise grade blockchain and DLT solutions across all major platforms.
Capabilities
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Capital Markets Business Architecture
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Design and implementation of high performance distributed enterprise systems for buy and sell-side trading businesses
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Research & Development; technical architecture specification
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Technical thought leadership for Engineering Teams
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Blockchain / DLT technical evaluation
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Client liaison; Solution Architecture
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Kotlin, Java, Python, JavaScript, DAML, Quorum, Enterprise Ethereum, Corda, Hyperledger
Partner Profile
Strong technical background designing, building, installing and supporting high performance and high availability order/trade/valuation/risk management applications in hedge fund, HFT, and investment bank environments
Desk-level understanding of financial products from the diverse perspectives of both trader/analyst/portfolio manager and operations/financial control, encompassing equities, FX, credit and interest rate products, commodities, and many derivatives
Responsible for Business and Technical architecture, research, design, client liaison, implementation and deployment of products, bridging the expertise gap between business and technology
Pioneered the “ledger appropriate” approach involving an evaluation framework to objectively assess and select the correct distributed ledger platform for any given solution
Designed a technology to simplify the development and deployment of trusted distributed applications ensuring a common framework for business value interoperability
Technologies include Kotlin, Java, Python, JavaScript, DAML, Ethereum, Quorum, Corda, Hyperledger
Paul Coleman
Chief Technology Partner – Bermuda
Blue chip pedigree with over a decade of startup experience. Co-founded, raised investment, drove growth, and sold startups.
Experience building tech strategies and teams mission aligned that deliver. Magic power, bridging business and technology.
Former policy advisor for the Bermuda Government.
Capabilities
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Buy or Build decisions; offshore, near-shore, in-house team decisions
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Evaluation / qualification for technical hires
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Partner and vendor selection; who to select and how to implement (including Cloud)
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Regulatory requirements; InfoSec hygiene; Security testing
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MVP Development
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DevOps / CICD Management
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Bridging the gap between business and technology (including investor communications)
Partner Profile
successful CTO with an M.B.A. 25 year startup and blue-chip experience in growing and leading technology teams
Known for delivering results, cross team collaboration, growing high performance teams, and creating usable technology
Keen sense for prioritizing and making tradeoffs between cost, scope, quality and schedule
Recognized for building consensus among diverse teams, coaching employees, and ensuring teams have proper focus, necessary resources, and training to achieve success
Experience managing many world class technology projects, from end-to-end
Proficient at explaining complex technology and technical issues to non-technical peers
Extensive hands-on technical experience including legacy, serverless, web and desktop applications with millions of users
Effective verbal and written communicator. Attentive listener and mentor. Confident public speaker. Experienced with public relations and the press
Sharon Dauk
Chief Culture Partner – Connecticut
16 years as Executive Coach to senior executives and their teams at companies ranging from Fortune 100 to early stage.
10 years Investment Banking experience at Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney. 15 years experience as private investor, board member and mentor to emerging growth companies.
Capabilities
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Accredited Executive Coach and Professional Mentor
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Culture development including vision & mission; core values and behaviors; mindset development
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Workshop facilitation
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Conflict resolution
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Trusted sounding board for senior executives
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Over 20 years of diverse professional experience as an investor, board member, financial advisor and business executive
Partner Profile
Executive Coach and Mentor working with Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Key Managers to achieve their goals and overcome their greatest challenges
Combines an extensive business background with formal Coach training to provide a highly focused approach as an independent, objective confident to help you to set and achieve your greatest goals
Over 20 years of diverse professional experience as an investor, board member, financial adviser and business executive provides a unique perspective on key issues facing business leaders at all stages and at all kinds of companies
I will work with you as your thinking partner in a challenging yet supportive way to help you see things from different perspectives all geared toward helping you be more successful, confident and happy.