Aspireship

Aspireship Inc operates multiple brands to help people transform their career trajectory.

Our brands:

Aspireship - Upskilling platform for B2B tech companies 
- aspireship.com

Orchard - Career Discovery for students and career changers
- orchard.careers

Teacher Career Coach - Online Courses, resources and community to help transitioning teachers find a great career after deciding to leave the classroom. 
- teachercareercoach.com

Founder & CEO

Story Ventures

As a Scout Investor, I'm privileged to be able to invest in founders of early-stage startups with the conviction to create positive change.

Story Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in NYC.

We invest in entrepreneurs with big visions that leverage technology and the proliferation of data to impact the way people interact with the world.

Scout Investor

MINDBODY, Inc.

Acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Led the integration of Frederick into the MINDBODY organization. Frederick now powers the MINDBODY and Booker premium product editions to bring AI driven marketing to beauty, fitness and wellness businesses worldwide.

Vice President & GM, Frederick

Booker Software

Acquired by MINDBODY.

Continued to operate as CEO of Frederick following the acquisition by Booker Software.

CEO, Frederick

Frederick

Acquired by Booker and MINDBODY. 

Created the world’s first marketing automation platform for local businesses that’s powered by artificial intelligence. We call him Frederick, and he’s the smartest marketing engine local businesses have ever seen.

Dell

Building Dell's relationships with top venture capital firms, angel investors, Fortune 500 innovation departments and fast-growth startups.

Director, Center for Entrepreneurs

PhoneTell

PhoneTell makes mobile local search apps for consumers and wireless operators. 

My role was a hybrid of product management and business development. I was responsible for a Top 40 Travel & Local consumer app and worked alongside the CEO/COO to close and support deals with large wireless carriers globally.

VP, Product & Business Development

Game Change Ventures

Worked with consumer internet, e-commerce and SaaS startups to help them launch and grow innovative companies.

Managing Partner

Club E Network

Grew a local organization that began as a student club at Arizona State University into a multi-state organization with 10 chapters and an online network reaching entrepreneurs around the world.

President

The Business Journal

Guest Columnist

CEO @ Aspireship | Helping people get hired in tech sales and customer success

I’ve dedicated my professional career to helping people who want to help themselves. Currently, I’m building Aspireship Inc.

Aspireship Inc operates multiple brands to help people transform their career trajectory.

Our brands:

Aspireship - Upskilling platform for B2B tech companies 
- aspireship.com

Orchard - Career Discovery for students and career changers
- orchard.careers

Teacher Career Coach - Online Courses, resources and community to help transitioning teachers find a great career after deciding to leave the classroom. 
- teachercareercoach.com



Corey Kossack

Mindbody

Working on rebuilding and enhancing our reservation functionality on Mindbody.

Built a comprehensive roadmap to improve usability, churn and sales for 2 core verticals.

Shipped a brand new class sign-in experience for our customers in Q2 2023

Streamlined translation requests department wide

Overseeing our Messaging product teams that completed 10DLC registration requirements to 97%

2022

Helping teams launch a rebuild of our platform

Group Product Manager

Currently focused on bringing The New Mindbody Experience to market

Strategic Product Growth Lead

• Direct Training & Sales Support for our worldwide teams for our Core & M&A Product Suite
• Cross Functional work with our Product, Development, Research, Marketing and Experience teams
• Speaker & Presenter at various events including Mindbody BOLD, University & ONE

Lead Solutions Engineer

Helping drive revenue for our worldwide teams by leading a group of positive, driven, curious, creative and high performing Solution Engineers.

Today, I am also responsible for training our worldwide sales teams on new M&A of incredible value-added solutions for our customers. Mindbody Insights (formerly ZeeZor) is current focus. Previous success with Frederick ( 2 GTM initiatives) and Bowtie in 2019-2020.

Our Solution Engineering's mission is to help our sales teams sell more effectively and efficiently. We accomplish this by providing deep product knowledge, coaching, training, objection handling and formulating creative solutions for our customers with deep evaluation to ensure product fit and reduce churn risk. We lead by example and embody our core values.

• Launched Solution Engineering Department 2019
• Speaker at Mindbody University APAC (Virtual) - Nov 2020
• Speaker on Marketing Automation and AI-Enabled Messaging at BOLD 2019 Strategic Talk Track
• Presidents Club Winner 2019

Manager, Solutions Engineering

**MINDBODY Inc. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners 2/15/2019

Driving revenue for our worldwide teams with training, support and sales expertise to expand revenue efforts with Frederick, now part of MINDBODY Inc, into the fitness, beauty and wellness industries around the world.

• President's Club Winner 2018 - Sales Management

Team Lead, Strategic Product Sales

YouTube

Youtube Partner & Content Creator

• Acquired by MINDBODY Inc, April 2018

• President's Club Winner 2014 & 2015 (discontinued in 2016)
• Highest revenue generated by an individual sales rep 2015 & 2016
• 173% to Annual Quota 2016, 122% to Annual 2015, 116% to Annual 2014, 101% to Annual 2013
• Leading the sales effort for Frederick generating over 2MM+ LTV Revenue
• Works directly with existing clients to maintain customer satisfaction and reduce churn
• Enable existing Booker clients to maximize their value from Booker by matching them with the right tools and products
• Lowest churn % via extensive product knowledge and expectation setting during sales process
• Sales liaison for product

Booker is a leading provider of cloud-based business management and marketing software to service businesses around the world.

Frederick is solving the algorithm for how to help local businesses grow with technology.  Why?Millions of small businesses make up the backbone of the global economy and provide the majority of jobs, yet new technologies tend to focus on enterprise customers. At Frederick, we believe in helping the little guy/gal succeed.

Sr. Account Manager (Acquired by MINDBODY Inc. )

• Responsible for accounts in the western United States and Canada in the Spa, Salon and Fitness Industries utilizing sales tools such as Salesforce.com, Zoom, and Join Me. Accounts range from single operator business to hotel spas and multi-location franchises.
• Finished with most revenue generated by any outbound rep in the country
• Presidents Club Qualifier for 2014

Regional Sales Executive

• Prospected and Generated leads for Sales Executives
• Conducted web demos and product presentations
• Promoted to Sales Executive Sept 2012 after exceeding quota each month

Sales Associate

- Was #1 sales rep for revenue and number of deals during short work period.
- San Francisco Market proved to be unprofitable and closed down in 3 months after hire


KGB Deals offers 50-90% off lifestyle deals at kgbdeals.com. Was a Daily deal competitor to Groupon, Living Social etc.
Third largest international group buying deal company.

Sales Specialist - kgb deals

Gold's Gym

- Oversaw and managed gym operations
- Sold contract memberships and retail
- Efficiently handled customer complaints and concerns
- Trained and coached new Hires

CSR and Sales Rep

Golden Gate Cycles

Part time work selling motorcycles during College

12 Years experience in SaaS in Sales, Training, Product and leadership roles, working cross functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Customer Experience and Design. 

4x Presidents club winner as an individual contributor and manager. 2x Mindbody BOLD Speaker.

My leadership style is grounded in honesty, transparency, and vulnerability. I believe in leading by example and demonstrating the behaviors and values that I expect from others. I recognize the importance of enabling others to experiment, fail, and succeed, and I encourage them to take calculated risks and learn from their experiences. I believe that a culture of psychological safety and trust is essential for high-performing teams, and I strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas and perspectives. Overall, my leadership style is focused on empowering others, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement, and achieving results through collaboration and shared accountability.

Tesla @ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoM04FmtRuLA5ZbZLr3_vDA

taplio

The Battle

Corey Kossack

Robert Schmitt

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?