Matthew Burgess
Education
Questrom School of Business, Boston University
MBA, Business Administration and Management, General 1994-01-01 - 1996-01-01
University of Colorado Boulder
BA, -
Semester at Sea - Institute for Shipboard Education
, -Work Experience
Ember Performance Coaching
Current
Ember Performance Coaching
Beyond
Current
Beyond
Summit
Current
Summit
Ember Optimizations
Current
Ember Optimizations
Burgess Opportunity Fund
Current
Burgess Opportunity Fund
WeDeepen
2021-10-01 - 2023-06-01
WeDeepen
FindFunctional
2020-01-01 - 2021-01-01
FindFunctional
ARK Advisors
2018-06-01 - 2019-12-01
ARK Advisors
ARK Syndicates
2018-06-01 - 2019-12-01
ARK Syndicates
Creatalytics Digital Marketing
2016-04-01 - 2019-12-01
Creatalytics Digital Marketing
Skills
Summary
Serial entrepreneur, community builder, investor, founder advisor, coach, and father of two amazing humans. Involved in building startups for 25 years. Systems thinker that excels in early stage startups, transforming disorder into elegant, scalable complexity, and helping to move powerful ideas quickly to execution, MVP and beyond. * Startup Operational Systems Builder – From idea to MVP, building systems for scalability. * Early Stage Systems Optimization – Assess, optimize, automate processes and tech systems * Coaching & Advisory - Guiding growth-minded entrepreneurs in business problem-solving and personal development. * Community Development I envision, design, build systems and processes to help startups solve complex problems. These problems and resulting systems take many forms in my work, ranging widely in complexity: * digital marketing strategy, tech stack and integrations * Airtable-centered collections of platforms, tools, and integrations * complex marketing tech and creative systems * content creation/mgmt systems for websites with up to 1 billion pages * data mgmt and bid optimization for PPC campaigns with 400M keywords * deep inner game exploration and developmental shifts for leaders * biohacking, health and fitness systems for personal optimization My work is focused on identifying powerful thought leaders and projects, then using my skills and experience to create and optimize systems for efficient work processes, as well as marketing systems to amplify their message and accelerate the growth of their business. I'm also passionate about my operational, building, and community facilitation with PlayAlchemist, our Burning Man offering.
