Curt Dowdy, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Filmmaker

Curt Dowdy

I’m an entrepreneur, venture advisor and executive consultant impassioned to make a difference in the human experience. I offer a free initial consultation to change-making entrepreneurs working to raise the well-being of people, communities or the planet. I bring mindfulness practice to my work, and I enjoy similarly engaging others on a path of deeper purpose. Let’s partner together to co-create, deliver and maximize results.

I’ve delivered successes in multiple venture domains:

Cleantech
Internet businesses
News, entertainment and educational media
Information technology products, hardware and software
Environmental protection & sustainability
Social responsibility
Organizational development
Wellness & wellbeing

My functional experience includes:

C-Suite executive management
Corporate development, mergers & acquisitions
Operations management
Strategic partners management
Business development
Product management
Marketing management
Executive training/coaching/facilitation

Please contact me to explore how I may assist. Between myself and my network of vetted entrepreneurs, consultants, contractors and service providers you’ll find your strongest match to deliver results in investor-facing, customer-facing or other business-critical scenarios.

Services

I provide executive-level consulting and deliver results in any of these areas:

Market opportunity assessment
Monetization strategies
New business planning & business plan presentations
Fundraising
Execution planning, implementation & optimization
Strategic qualifying & recruiting of co-founders, advisors, key staff, contractors & service providers
Corporate development, strategic partner recruiting, contract negotiation & management
Operations management
Large-scale project management or program management
Product management
Business development
Marketing communications
Organizational development
Social responsibility & environmental sustainability

About

Business Growth Consultant

Most of my clients have come from companies that create technology products, media content or online services, but I’ve delivered results in other industries as well. I’m doubly enthusiastic about any venture with social or environmental responsibility as part of the story. Contact me to explore the fit.

Experienced Executive

During a distinguished career with Hewlett Packard, I directed business strategies, investments, strategic partnerships, product development and marketing across a range of market-leading products and services, which included personal computers, servers, printers and Internet-delivered services. I conceived, staffed and became the P&L-responsible business and operations manager for an industry-leading laser printer product line that produced double-digit net profits. I went on to spearhead and manage HP investment capital placed with three pioneer cloud-computing startups.

Entrepreneur

I co-founded, along with former editors from MacWorld and Wired, an online news syndicate dedicated to the advancement of clean technology news.

Selected by The Reuters Green Business News Service as its largest provider of syndicated content, Matter Network grew to a collaboration of over 100 best-in-class web publishers, posting up to 300 articles per day and reaching over 10 million unique readers per month. Matter’s publisher network consistently topped comScore rankings for the most influential and deeply engaged audiences in their category – readers of eco-conscious technology and business news.

True to the startup experience, I juggled several roles, including raising investment capital as well as architecting, implementing and optimizing the operational vision for the company. Stepping into the COO role, I led business partnerships, contracts, product & technology development, finance, web operations and all aspects of organizational infrastructure, while also simultaneously contributing significantly to business development and closing sales with the company’s largest advertising accounts.

Adventurer & Story Teller

I love taking on big, complex challenges, and I’ve extended that passion to adventure sports and filmmaking as well. I founded the film production company BeLegato Productions, which produced the documentary films High Ambitions in the Himalaya and Chasing Glaciers. You can find my filmography listed in the Internet Movie Database.