Jim Barnish Jr.

Founding Managing Partner

# Design Thinking
# Launches & GTM
# Mergers & Acquisitions
# P.E. / V.C.
# RevOps
# Startups
# Strategy

Background:

Jim Barnish has spent the last two decades growing tech companies as an entrepreneur, operator and consultant. Jim now runs Orchid Black, a growth services firm complete with growth experts just like Jim that share an incredible track record maximizing growth and enterprise value for founder-led tech companies with at least $3M ARR that are “in the black” (profitable).

*Racemi: Chief of Staff (COO) - Led the turnaround, growth and exit of a Series B cloud migration company. (See Abstract)

Tribridge, GES (Gulfeagle Supply), Supervalu: M&A Strategy - 15+ years M&A experience, acquiring and integrating 30+ companies ranging from $2-$250M.
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‍*TradeSmith: Growth Architect - Guided a fintech company to a $36M exit - 55 percent valuation increase in seven months. (See Abstract)
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*Florida Funders: Partner & Director of Investments - Structured investment engine, now the most active VC in Florida. (See Abstract)

Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison - B.A., Business Administration & Management; University of Missouri - B.A., Strategic Communications & Journalism - Advertisement; University of South Florida - MBA, University of South Florida - M.S., Management - Entrepreneurship & Sustainability

Industries

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# AI / ML

# Big Data

# ERP / CRM

# FinOps

# FinTech

# Gaming

# Retail / CPG

# Social Media

# SaaS Development

# Cloud Computing

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- 2021: Forbes Next 1000 Honoree

- 2018: Tampa Bay's 40 Under 40

- Supervalu: Employee-of-the-Year

- Board Advisor: USF, Synapse, Blockspaces, TSO Life

‍‍‍- Certified Agile Leader & Scrum Master: Scrum Alliance‍

- Chapter Adviser & Alumnus: Beta Theta Pi‍

- Alumnus: Delta Sigma Pi

- Member: Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

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Articles & Case Studies

Both Ends Burning

More Alignment, More Value‍

‍Not Your Grandfather's Value Creation

Five Lessons I Learned When I Created My App or SAAS

Pricing & Packaging Revamp for Fortune 500 Cybersecurity Company

From VCA to Exit, a Fintech Firm Reenvisions Their Go-to-Market Strategy

Cloud Computing Market Research for a $77 Billion Semiconductor Chip Manufacturer

“Fail seven times. Get up eight.”

—Dwayne Wade, former American professional basketball player

What I'm Reading / Listening To:

Comment:

This book simplifies many of the concepts leveraged in the foundation of Orchid Black's design thinking mentality working with growth stage businesses. Another great one is the Startup Equation by Steve Fisher.

Still On My Bucket List:

Hang glide in New Zealand.

Best Business Advice:

Success in business is more about your mentality and determination than it is about finding little hacks and exploitations in the marketplace.

Jim Barnish Jr.

What I'm Reading / Listening To:

Get in on “The Dirt!”