Chris Vaughn

Over the past decade, I've built 3 multimillion dollar businesses, generated $300M+ in revenue, served 3M+ customers, and raised $30M+ in capital.

While building a family and raising 4 children.

I started with no resources and didn't have access to the  playbooks that would have made the journey 10X easier.

As a kid, I made money garden landscaping for families from church, manufacturing merchandise for private clubs, and then developing websites and running ad campaigns for local businesses.

By the time I was 21, I started building companies.

Those companies have:
-Driven $300M+ in revenue
-Served over 3 million customers
-Run operations in 1,000+ U.S. cities
-Helped grow 100's of small businesses
-Received awards from leading publications

But... the journey was hard.

Along the way I've survived many near-extinction events where we had single-digit weeks or days to save the company.

I've been through both successful and failed multimillion dollar acquisitions.

I've faced many of the things you don't think about when starting a company: Fighting off predatory lawsuits and winning. Working with lobbyists to introduce legislation. Negotiating with government agencies (ABC, TABC, ATF, EDD) and much more.

I've raised Angel, Venture, Private Equity, and Family Office capital. Each requiring very different pitches and incentives.

Most major professional challenges have always been timed perfectly with huge personal events. For example, closing a Seed round days after my wedding, closed a Series A while in the hospital for my first son's birth, and going through a failed merger while my daughter was born.
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These experiences have given me the opportunity to build incredible companies, work with fast growing startups, and advise the world's most iconic brands, including Diageo, Mars, Tesco, 7-Eleven, AB-InBev, Molson Coors, Constellation & more.

Now, after 15 years, I'm sharing the proven playbooks I've learned for growing businesses and living a better life.

Married the love of my life, Danielle. Father of 4 kids under seven years old. I love boxing, strength training, and am always in the ocean with our kids.