Colton Kaplan

Host of Change with Colton🎙 Podcast | Operations | Strategy | Lean Six Sigma | Supply Chain | Eliminating loneliness on the founder journey | Growing Founder Social Club Community

I am the founder of Founder Social Club, a community built to eliminate loneliness for founders by bringing them together with mentors, investors, and peers through intentional events, content, and conversation.

Over the past year, I have hosted 60 plus events and grown the community to over 26k founders, investors, and operators.

Founder Social Club is focused on signal over noise, real relationships, and creating environments where trust and long term thinking can compound.

I also host the Founder Social Club Podcast, where I sit down with founders and operators to talk candidly about product, growth, hiring, fundraising, failure, and what it actually takes to build.

My background spans operations, supply chain, and scaling teams at high velocity. I previously helped launch next generation automated fulfillment centers at Walmart eCommerce and have worked closely with cross functional teams to drive execution at scale.

Today, my focus is on building Founder Social Club into a multi city ecosystem across events, media, and membership while partnering with aligned sponsors and investors who care about founders and long term impact.

Always open to thoughtful conversations and partnerships.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, listening to podcasts, spending time with my wife, and playing with my Shih Tzu Mila.

Founder and Product Manager

• Developed UI/UX interface and integrated software automating and optimizing efficiency for the customer
• Created process flow and built product roadmap launching 5 products in six months increasing revenue by 50%
• Identified pain points of target market, conducted market research and launched MVP going from 0 to 1
• Implemented agile and scrum methodologies executing sprints resulting in 30% response rate for outreach
• Prioritizing tasks of managing CRM, sales cycle, product marketing, and product and business development
• Executed data-driven analysis of competitor landscape resulting in iterating pricing models and monetization strategies

Founder Social Club is landing in NYC this week!! 

Excited to co-host CTRL Room, a private evening bringing together founders, investors, and creators on Jan.30.

Really grateful to be building this with Leave Normal Behind (Rob Fajardo & Raquel Fajardo), Cliqk (ilias anwar, Rohan Gurram, & team), The AI Collective (AJ Green & Catherine McMillan), and the Lawrence Food Group. 

Could not ask for a better group of people to bring this to life.

NYC see you soon.  👀

#FSC #CTRLROOM

Podcast Host 🎙️| Founder Social Club | Eliminating loneliness for founders | VC Scout @ Headline

I’m excited to invite you to the AI NeoRenaissance Festival - a unique day-to-night experience during JP Morgan Week.

This is a festival, not a conference, built around something we care deeply about at Founder Social Club: putting the right people in the same room.

Founders, investors, and operators building AI for humanity will gather for an immersive experience centered on real conversation, thoughtful curation, and long-term collaboration.

✨ No panels. No pitches.
 🤝 Built for participation, not spectatorship
 🌍 World-class voices across AGI, future medicine, regenerative planet, HumanTech, and new venture models
 🤖 Iconic humanoid robots, including a 3-foot-tall child learning robot
 🌙 A night festival where music, movement, and technology blur the line between human and machine

If you’re curious about where AI, human values, and capital are actually converging - not on stage, but in the room - this is a space worth being part of.

Excited to support the AI NeoRenaissance Festival as a community ally of Light Dao (lRuby Yeh) and help bring founders, investors, and long-term thinkers together.

Get 10% off with the RSVP links in the comments.

#AI #LightDao #JPMorganWeek #Robots #TheFuture

Don't tell investors what they want to hear.⁣
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Ben Horowitz was right - it's a bad idea.⁣
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Be honest, transparent, have open dialogue.⁣
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Your interests are aligned. They're on your team.⁣
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If it works out, everyone wins.⁣

Artin Bogdanov, CEO @ SUN
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#fundraising #startups #fsc #podcast

If you are a founder, you have to check out Metal. 

Use the link below. 👇 

#startup #founders #fundraising

👉 Accessing top-tier VCs without ever emailing VCs -- 

While raising $120m for my first startup, I realised that warm introductions from people I knew was the best way to get introduced to investors. As a first-time founder, I had a limited network, and had to jump through many hoops to figure out who could make intros to specific investors.

With Metal, we have solved this entirely -- users can connect their connections data and immediately see who they know that raised from a given investor. 🚀

Building and hiring in SF?

We are hosting a Tech Hiring Showcase on Feb 19.

Limited company spots. DM me or comment “HIRING”.

#SF #techcareershowcase #startups #hiring

If you're a new grad or job seeker looking for your next opportunity I'm inviting you to my next hiring event!

A key element to landing your next job is being at the right place at the right time.

Sure there are other factors like your resume, interview skills and even the job market. 

But how can you stand a chance if you don't even know where to look and there seems to be a shortage of jobs?

That's why I'm creating more physical spaces that focus on helping talent discover the possibilities.

I'm teaming up with Founder Social Club, Colton Kaplan and Mentra Steph Minaya to create more new spaces in San Francisco for job seekers to discover what's next at our Tech Hiring Showcases (previously startup job fairs).

Companies pitch what they're working on and what they're hiring for, followed by open conversations. Simple.

📢 Startups: If you're hiring and want to meet the best talent in SF shoot me a DM.

Funny plug that back in 2016 I was a job seeker at hiring events just like this I always enjoyed the open conversations. It made the whole process more human. 

Now I get to host my own to help job seekers. Full circle.

When: February 19th
Time: 3pm - 7:30pm
Where: Secret Location
Who: New grads, job seekers (engineers, designers, GTM, product, 

🔗 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬?
✅ Like + share this post (spread the word!)
✅ Check the comments for the RSVP link (early bird spots are limited!)

Companies dropping soon!

Tag a job seeker who should come through! Let’s make hiring—and getting hired—human again.

Back from NYC and kicking off a big week at Founder Social Club with fundraising workshop and two in-person founder + investor events.

2/3 - The 5 Paths to Funding (Live Webinar)
With Kat Weaver, Founder of Power To Pitch
For founders preparing to raise, actively fundraising, and learning which funding path fits their business.

👉 https://luma.com/grio20kv

2/4 - Founder & Investor Happy Hour with ImagineArt
Co-hosting with Shawal Fida and Ahmed Abubakar to bring together a curated room of founders and investors in SF

👉 https://luma.com/7q5z9un9

2/5 - Startup Super Bowl: Pitch Night at Wefunder in SF
Co-hosted with Nir Naamani
Big thanks to Baargav Duggirala and the Chargebee team for sponsoring.

Founders pitching live for real visibility, distribution across 26k+ founders, and a professionally produced founder feature.

👉 https://luma.com/tfu7qrsq

If you are building, raising, or looking to connect with other serious founders and investors this week, come through.

See you soon.

#FSC #startups #vcs #founders

MacroActive

Global Sales Director

RevGenius

RevGenius is a group of revenue-generating sales and marketing professionals brought together to learn, share, support, and grow with each other. You can consider us part of your work family!

Member

Social Saturday Squad

Founding Member

EmployBridge

✔️Presidents Club Nominee 2023
✔️Implemented Successful Launch of Digital Staffing Company Rollout via SAAS and BlueCrew
✔️Top 10% in Sales for Company
✔️Closed Multi-Billion Dollar Company’s and Implemented Sales in 7 Different States 
✔️B2B and SAAS Sales Leader
✔️Opened New Market to Become One of The Leading Territories
✔️Supply Chain Management

Business Development Manager | SAAS

Family Source Consultants

Increased Revenue by 64% -Sold 3rd Party Consulting Services to Intended Parents who wanted to have a Child through the use of Surrogate Database and or Egg Donor Database. Average package was $160,000 and the Sales Cycle was typically 60-120 days due to the complex Sales Cycle.

✔️Multi-Country and Multi-State Selling and Leadership 
✔ Manage global business development managers (CRM's)to provide customer service to clients
✔ Manage, maintain and improve assigned existing accounts with Fertility Clinics and Doctors 
✔ Develop, manage and execute marketing strategy with Marketing Team
✔ Manage and monitor company revenue infrastructure and add ideas to grow the business-full P&L access

Director Of Sales and Client Development

Oak Street Health

Increased Patient Enrollment by 40%. Sold to those on Medicare our Services to become a Primary Care Provider (PCP) and provide all Amenities available.

✔ Recruitment of employees and patients throughout state, managed a team of 8-10 Outreach Executives
✔ Manage targets each month and obtain over-performance-target was to gain 25 new patients per month
✔ Revenue Generator leading training and coaching teams to ensure goals are met-Full P&L Access
✔ Sales Strategy and team building through trust and partnerships with Businesses/Insurance Companies

Outreach Director

Rollins, Inc.

Increased Revenue Production by 284% throughout Michigan and Midwest. Sold Wildlife Control Services and Products to Business, Consumers and Government Entities for the #1 Wildlife Control Company in the World. Grew Business from $796,000 in 2018 to 2.7 million in 2019 and 3.6 million in 2020. President's Club Nominee(2020). KPI's Measured: Revenue Growth YOY, Employee Retention, Net Promoter Score (NPS).

✔️Multi-Country and Multi-State Selling and Leadership
✔ Recruitment of employees of all levels and for all positions throughout the state/midwest
✔ Exceed revenue and production goals and contribution margin monthly-Full P&L Access
✔ Expand and grow the business organically and through acquisitions of franchises
✔ Grow market share within Midwestern States

District Manager

Club Pilates

Grew Membership by 336% and Grand Opened 5 Facilities throughout Michigan. Sold Wellness Services and Memberships And Products to Business and Customers at all 5 facilities in the State.

✔ Recruitment of employees of all levels and for all positions throughout the state
✔ Exceed revenue and attrition goals-retained 80% of our members
✔ Expand and grew the business by 57%-membership acquisition and product acquisition
✔ Managed full Operations of each facility in state-Full P&L Access

Regional Sales and Operations Director

LIFETIME FITNESS

Received the Most Elite Award of Youngest DH in Company History by generating over $250,000 more in Revenue than Predecessor in first year. Sold Wellness Services and Products to Businesses and Consumers. Continued to Oversee all Employees in areas of Member Experience, Sales and Promotion, Financial and Budgetary, Managerial and Supervisory, and Education and Experience. Helped Grow the Company from 15 Centers to 122 Centers. Artistry award Nominee from 2006-2009 KPI's Measured: Revenue Growth YOY, Employee Retention, Net Promoter Score (NPS).

✔ Achieved over 117% revenue goal in 36 months and increased SSSG and YOY growth each year by 113%.
✔ Trained, mentored, and developed over 30 individuals into leadership positions in the U.S. and Canada. 
✔ Consistently ranked in the Top 15 out of 122 for revenue performance and leadership for 12 years straight.
✔ Full P&L Access and Business Reporting and Forecasting
✔️Multiple-States Selling and Leadership

Senior Department Head

Ascension

Worked in all 4 Phases of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation including Stress testing, EKG interpretation and Fitness programming. Also worked in the Emergency Room and Surgery Room and Cath Lab assisting Doctors and Medical Staff.

Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

A highly competent experienced Leader with extensive sales experience who is results driven with a customer focus and demonstrated history of working with multiple teams in multiple regions with many service and products. Exceptional analytical, communication and leadership skills who can problem solve complex situations.  Diversely skilled in Team Building, Direct Sales, Sales Presentations, Teamwork, and Product Development and Market Strategies and Full P%L Management and Saas. Consultative Sales and Relationship Building Focused. Believes in the Golden Rule. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ItXf5yONkGl3DnEvFzrCmklvG273xw9/view?usp=drivesdk

#Sales
#Revenuegrowth
#Salesgeek

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