ADRIAN COLE
aka The Product Wizard
Product and brand coach to founders
I provide expert product and founder coaching to turn your idea into a product customers love and build a thriving business around it.We'll work on developing your personal brand and grow your audience while building a community of people that love what you do.Already have a product? Let's work on polishing the user experience and unlocking new exponential growth.
Overcome The Founder's Challenge
Transforming an idea into a product customers obsess over is one of the biggest hurdles founders face. Having been through the journey myself, I understand the struggles at every stage of building a business from scratch, including:
Validating your concept's market potential
Developing an offering that solves real user needs
Creating something users can't get enough of
Fuel Sustainable Growth
A great product alone isn't enough. I'll show you how to grow a thriving, profitable business around your successful offering by:
Executing tactics to acquire and retain customers
Maximizing revenue through savvy monetization
Continually unlocking new growth opportunities
Cultivating a brand that customers consistently choose
Bring Your Idea to Life using a structured blueprint
My coaching takes an end-to-end approach to guide you from initial idea validation all the way through to developing an incredible product experience. We'll make sure your product solves a pressing need. Here's how I'll help you bring your vision to life:
Refine your product strategy for market fit
Craft messaging that truly resonates with your target customer
Build a solution for your audience's pain points that they are willing to pay for
Amplify Your personal Brand
Your personal brand as a founder is key. I'll mentor you on becoming an influential voice and leader in your industry through by leveraging content and networking:
Honing your authentic founder story and expertise
Creating powerful content to grow an audience
Expanding your professional network and community
Establishing yourself as a go-to industry authority
I've built some cool products
I've had the pleasure of leading product development on some amazing products and worked with innovative startups.
LaunchSource
Online Marketplace
Two-sided sales talent hiring marketplace for startups
VoiceBlasts
Social audio network
The first async social audio network and community.
Adrian Cole
The Product Wizard
I'm Adrian - product guru, founder extraordinaire, and all-around creative force. I live for transforming wild ideas into game-changing products and businesses that blow minds.Over 10 years of building insane marketplaces, slick apps, and even mechanical marvels as an engineer. I thrive when I get to blend disciplines from every angle. Creativity on overdrive.For the last 5 years, I've been guiding other passionate founders to start-up greatness as their secret weapon. Need a strategic product coach, team leader, brand storytelling partner? I'll jump in with every visionary skill in my arsenal.I'm a multi-talented freak - designer, content creator, visual artist, the works. I'll tap into it all to manifest your bold ambition into an obsession-worthy reality.If you want a versatile partner to bring your big, weird, amazing idea into this world, I'm the founder's best friend you've been looking for. Let's get creatively nuts and build something iconic together!
Daniel Marzinotto
Daniel Marzinotto, VP of Sales
DealRoom
Adrian is a natural product leader. I had the pleasure of working with Adrian as our VP of Product at LaunchSource and experienced first hand how high performance product teams are built and managed. He has a rare ability to consume a lot of information about a problem and come up with elegant solutions that simply just work.
Chynna Morgan
Founder & CEO
Vidlo Inc.
Adrian is one of the best product strategists in the game! He can immediately see a problem and give you a solution that will solve your issue. He is truly an asset to any startup!
Todd Albert
VP of Engineering
Edgy Nerd
Adrian is an absolute genius. If you're running a business of any size, Adrian is the person you want checking you every step. His insight into product, marketing, and product-market-fit are second-to-none. I cannot emphasize enough what an absolute legend he is – oh, and did I mention that he's also a great human .
For first-time Founders
Navigate the Founder's Journey with Confidence
Taking that first step into entrepreneurship is exhilarating, but also daunting. As an experienced founder myself, I'll provide the guidance and support to help you navigate the journey with confidence from the very start.
Validate your brilliant idea's market potential
Define a product strategy optimized for product-market fit
Lay the foundations for sustainable business growth
For Accelerators
Equip Your Founders for Entrepreneurial Success
As an accelerator, your mission is fueling the next generation of great startups. Leverage my founder-focused coaching expertise to give your portfolio companies the focused support they need to truly thrive.
Validate ideas and shape product strategies pre-program
Provide mentorship during the accelerator journey
Prepare founders for post-program growth and fundraising
For existing Founders
Unlock Your Next Level of Growth for your startup
You've made it past the first stages of starting up, but now it's time to shift gears and accelerate your company's growth trajectory. I'll be your seasoned guide for clearing any hurdles and identifying opportunities for major expansion.
Optimize your product roadmap for maximum impact
Implement advanced customer acquisition tactics
Explore new revenue streams and monetization models
For Venture Capitalists
Maximize Your Portfolio's product potential
You've invested in brilliant founders with amazing ideas and tech. Now, ensure you're getting maximum return by engaging my services to guide your founders across all early product phases.
Advise on validating ideas for new product launches
Lead customer discovery to shape market-defining products
Mentor founders on branded leadership and thought leadership
Why you should work with me
As a founder myself, I know the journey. My end-to-end coaching covers every step - idea to product to marketing to sales to fundraising. Let's craft your vision and story.
You have the idea, I'll provide the roadmap. We'll nail product-market fit, growth tactics, monetization, and make you the go-to founder brand. Entrepreneurial success, streamlined.
Transform your idea into a product customers obsess over
Build a thriving business and revenue engine around it
Craft your authentic founder story and personal brand
Navigate the entire journey with an experienced guide
Proven strategies for product-market fit, growth, and scale
More than coaching - a partner for your entrepreneurial success
What we'll be working on
My Coaching Stack
I make it seamless for you to book sessions, meet, collaborate on tasks, share information and updates.
Calendly for bookings
Google Meet for Meetings
iMessage for checkins
Whimsical for whiteboards
Figma for design
Google Suite for docs
Stripe for payments
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