AI Acquisition

We help entrepreneurs and consultants start and scale new AI Consulting Businesses.

Product Growth Partner

Simply Social Agency

Want to automate the most grueling part of your business?

I personally will build and deploy the ai automations that allow me to run my business in less than 4 to 5 hours a day. 

I've been utilizing AI to expedite systems and delegate tasks for over 2 yrs now. 

Things have changed... 

Knowing how to "USE" chatGPT isn't the standard anymore... you're behind. 

Knowing how to "AUTOMATE" ai and allow it to work autonomously is! 

If this isn't how you use it. 

You'll be lapped by your competitiion very soon. 

Let me catch you up and get you ahead! 

My inbox is open! Talk soon!

Business Owner

Funnels That Convert

Funnels That Converts is the cheat code to client acquisition for REI EXPERTS selling courses or coaching... 

And it's been over 2.5 years in the making.

📌Collecting data
📌Tweaking offers & delivery
📌100's of sales calls
📌Managing over $1.5M in paid advertising
📌Helping 2 coaches build a 7 figure business
📌Helping a dozen more build 6 figure businesses
📌And helping many more begin landing 4-5 figure clients online.

(SEE RESUTS HERE: https://funnelsthatconvert.com/ftc-testimonials )

Not to mention almost 100k worth of coaching, courses and books digested and tested.

We've done all of this so we could bring the ultimate marketing solution to all of the struggling Investors getting into coaching.

Coaches struggling with...

‼Building out there client acquisition machine.
‼Figuring out all of the tech and new skills required.
‼Being stuck with expensive Websites that don't convert.
‼Finding clarity on the right path to grow your business.
‼Writing content that actually drives sales.

If this is you, then John and I are the Digital Marketing Specialists you've been looking for.

Hit this link below to hop on a call to hear EXACTLY what we've done to change the game in a major way.

==> https://calendly.com/johnbuckley/deep-dive

Don't wait long, we only accept 10 new Investors a month.

Because of the level of care and attention we give each one of our clients. (Prices will be going up soon!)

So, if you wait, you'll end up on the waiting list for the next month.

Let us build your Client Acquisition System before 2023...

So you can go into your business with ultimate confidence that your business will be bigger and better every single month.

Talk soon,
Devan

Co-Owner

Crisp Results

▪	Delivered high power integrated marketing strategies to provide high quality/qualified leads to Affiliate Clients
▪	Designed and developed strategy for Websites and Landing pages optimized for lead generation
▪	Managed Google analytics accounts to ensure continued optimization of Google Ad, Facebook Ads, and consumer journeys
▪	Created various reports for updates and presentations to upper management
▪	Successfully performed Project Manager duties for a team of Content Creators and Designers of up to 6 members collaborating on multiple projects simultaneously

Digital Marketing Specialist

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - ALSAC

▪	Proofing digital content for Enterprise activations during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 
▪	Presenting and drafting cross-divisional communication and reports between 6 or more marketing teams
▪	Developing power point presentations for internal communication
▪	Managing and developing strategy for budget allocations year over year
▪	Program/Project management of a multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign with a Task Force of 30+ members
▪       Participating in marketing strategy conversations concerning PR, Brand Management, Organic Social Campaigns, Influencer Strategy, and Paid/Owned channels

Marketing Specialist

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®

▪	Implemented robust digital marketing campaigns that resulted in a 10% increase in quarterly revenue and a 1050% increase in Facebook followers and engagement
▪	Solidified key B2B relationships with Memphis in May that increased awareness and a 3 month residual revenue stream 
▪	Created community buy-in for our Cause Marketing Campaign Movers For Moms with partnerships including the YWCA and local Starbucks Co.
▪	Utilized Google and Facebook Analytics to optimize SEO and Social Media strategies that increased leads and revenue over 20% 
▪	Presented dynamic presentations utilizing PowerPoints and Excel Graphs to close referral partnerships with local Apartment Communities, Banks, and Real Estate professionals
▪	Established rapport with community leaders through grassroots efforts utilizing networking events such as Chambers of Commerce and local professional networking opportunities

Director of Marketing

New Memphis 

This was an amazing growth opportunity for me. I had a great experience with meeting high level professionals around our city and hearing their stories and experiences they had on the way to their success today. 

Built a great foundation around leadership, personal development, and life strategies. Along with networking with some of Memphis's growing young professionals. 

Would recommend it to anyone looking to boost their performance in their career path and experience a crash course in personal development.

EMBARK PROGRAM

Service Master - PCS

I worked as the billing coordinator for the Service Master Clean Franchise in Cordova, Tn. I am over the billing out of claims to the insurance companies. I use software such as Xactimate, XactAnalysis, and Velocitor Solutions.

Billing Coordinator

Forever Fit

I worked under the head trainer and the owner of the gym. He has been teaching me the business side to running a successful gym and also gaining personal training experience as he gives me various clients to write training programs for.

Personal Trainer

Craigmont High School

-responsible for training and coaching wide receivers
- prepared the wide outs for executing weekly gameplans
-broke down film with other coaches

Assistant Coach

🙏 Man of God | ✅ The #1 Coach Helping Real Estate Investors Start + Grow 6-7 Figure Coaching Businesses Online💵💻

Growing a business while raising a family is tough. The pressure to generate leads, close sales, and manage content can leave you overwhelmed and stretched too thin.

That’s why I created Digital Dadpreneurs—a movement designed to help dads ditch the 9-to-5, leverage AI automation, and build a thriving online business without sacrificing time with their families.

With over 10 years in online marketing and lead generation, I’ve built and scaled:
✅ Two multi-six-figure businesses and one seven-figure coaching business
✅ Helped over 100 clients reach $100K+ in revenue, with five hitting seven figures
✅ Developed AI-powered systems that automate 90% of organic marketing tasks
✅ Created automated lead generation processes that book calls on autopilot

What I Do
At Digital Dadpreneurs, we help dad entrepreneurs:
🔹 Automate lead generation so they can stop wasting hours in the DMs
🔹 Use AI to streamline their social media marketing and grow their audience faster
🔹 Book more calls, generate more revenue, and scale their business without burnout
🔹 Reclaim their time to focus on what matters—family, freedom, and fulfillment

Who This is For
🚀 If you’re a dadpreneur looking to scale your business using AI automation and social media strategies while still being present for your family, you’re in the right place.

Let’s connect and talk about how AI automation can free up your time, grow your business, and create the freedom you deserve.

📩 DM me to learn more.

P.S. Get a Free Personal Assistant AI Agent to manage your emails and Daily Tasks for you. Just drop me AGENT in DM and I'll get it over to you!

Devan Dillard

Wife & Mother of 7 | Venture Capital | Scientist | TOP 30 Patent Drafters | United States Patent Examiner | Violinist | Polyglot | STEM Children's Author | #1 LinkedIn Global Influencer in Innovation/IP Law

Kathryn Vatt is a scientist, former USPTO Examiner, and devoted wife and mother of seven, with over 25 years shaping the future of innovation. Recognized as one of the Top 30 Patent Drafters and Prosecutors and the #1 LinkedIn Global Influencer in Innovation/IP Law, Kathryn has built a career at the intersection of science, law, and business—helping inventors, startups, and global companies turn creativity into competitive advantage.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Biology) and Johns Hopkins University (M.S. Biotechnology), Kathryn is currently pursuing her Juris Doctor in Patent Law at the Franklin Pierce School of Law, one of the world’s leading IP programs. Her rare cross-disciplinary background gives her both the scientific insight and the legal strategy to protect ideas at the highest level.

At the USPTO, Kathryn examined thousands of patent applications, conducted exhaustive prior art searches, and made determinations that shaped industries and influenced global innovation. After leaving the Patent Office, she founded Vatt IP Management, where she develops bulletproof IP strategies, drafts airtight applications, and supports litigation teams in defending patents. She also mentors engineering and life science students through Arizona State University’s Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute and judges international startup competitions, nurturing the next generation of innovators.

Her entrepreneurial vision extends to her ventures:

My Startup Shield™, a founder-focused program that helps startups secure their innovations before they pitch. It protects ideas at the earliest, most vulnerable stage and positions founders to raise capital with confidence

My AI Examiner™, the world’s first proprietary patent search platform that combines examiner-trained AI Patent Examiners with Kathryn’s own human review. Unlike conventional tools, it doesn’t just search faster—it “thinks like an examiner,” offering inventors and startups clarity, precision, and strategy.

MyKidVentors™, a STEM-inspired children’s book series born from her seven children’s real “What if?” questions. Through these imaginative stories, she nurtures curiosity in the next generation, showing that every big invention begins with a single question.

For Kathryn, the same motherly instinct that guides her family fuels her professional mission: to protect, guide, and nurture startups with care, strategy, foresight, and integrity. She believes innovation doesn’t just start in labs or boardrooms—it starts in the curious minds of those brave enough to ask, “What if?”

Kathryn V.

FALL IN LOVE...

with the process.

If you’re building something right now,
here’s the shift that changes everything:
Fall in love with the process, not the results.

Results are unpredictable.
They’re delayed.
They show up on their own timeline.

The process is what you live in every day.
Consistency isn’t about intensity.
It’s about showing up when it’s boring.
When it’s quiet.
When no one is watching or applauding.

Founders don’t burn out because they’re doing too much.
They burn out when all their hope is tied to an outcome
instead of the work itself.

When you love the process,
progress stops feeling fragile.
Missing a day doesn’t feel like failure...
it feels like life.
And you simply come back the next day.

Consistency compounds.
Small steps add up.
And over time, the work begins to shape you
as much as you shape it.

So if today feels slow,
if momentum feels distant,
if the results aren’t there yet...
stay.

Keep building.
Keep learning.
Keep becoming.

Fall in love with the process.
The results will meet you there. 💛

Founder Friday 💫

Some founders build with brilliance.
Some build with courage.
And every once in a while, you meet someone who builds with both brilliance and heart.

Rachel Buchanan is one of those people.

Rachel has been working in blockchain since 2017...long before trust, verification, and integrity became buzzwords or regulatory requirements. 

She didn’t wait for permission. She didn’t chase what was fashionable. She stayed true to what she knew mattered.

That clarity is why she’s now building IntegraLayer, focused on certificate integrity, verification, and trust. Not because it’s trendy. But because it’s necessary.

But here’s what I want people to really know about Rachel.
She is not just thoughtful and brilliant...she is kind.
She is steady.
She leads with integrity in how she builds and how she shows up for others.

That’s why it meant so much that she entrusted the protection of her intellectual property to me. That kind of trust is never taken lightly. 

I’m truly honored and so happy to welcome her as part of the moatly Crew™ 😊 .

And this moment is also a reminder of how meaningful real connections are.
Thank you to my beautiful friend, Bettina Briz, for introducing us, and to founders Kevin Jurovich and Timo Gehrke of Hubble, for introducing Bettina to me in the first place. 

The ripple effect Hubble creates through authentic human connection is genuinely life-changing. One introduction can change the entire trajectory of a founder’s journey.

Rachel, I’m cheering you on!! Not just as a founder, but as a human.
The world needs more builders like you.

#founderfriday #womenfounders #kindnessinleadership #trustbydesign #moatlycrew™ #moatly™ #hubble #buildingwithheart

One of the things I respect most about thoughtful investors
is when they’re honest about what they’re really looking for.
David Y.’s post is spot on.

At the very earliest stages, investors aren’t betting on a polished product.
They’re not betting on traction, revenue, or perfect data.
They’re betting on the person.

Because at pre-seed, almost everything is unfinished.
The product will change.
The strategy will evolve.
The plan will break...more than once.

What doesn’t change as easily is the founder’s ability to keep going
when nothing is guaranteed.

And here’s the part I love most:
The kind of “swagger” that actually matters isn’t loud.
It isn’t hype.
It isn’t performative confidence.

It’s quieter than that.
It’s the steadiness of someone who is aligned with a purpose bigger than their pitch deck.

Someone who, “treats the company as a vehicle, not an identity.”
Someone who keeps building when no one is clapping yet.

As a former patent examiner and now someone who works closely with founders, I see this same pattern over and over again.

The founders who endure aren’t the ones chasing validation.
They’re the ones making progress in silence.
Learning.
Adapting.
Following up with substance.
Showing up again after the fifth setback.

So if you’re a founder feeling discouraged by a slow response, a long diligence cycle, or a quiet room...
this may not be rejection.
It may be observation.

And sometimes, the most important thing you can do
is exactly what you’re already doing:
keep going.

That kind of inevitability?
It can’t be faked.
And the right people notice.

I’m a VC who hates most VCs. I live to help people identify and scale their gifts.

A pre-seed truth most founders miss:
Investors aren’t betting on your product or idea.

Our firm spoke with 10,000+ founders over the last 3 years.
We invested in 25 of them.

That’s <0.2%.

We’re not unique.
That ratio is normal at the pre-seed stage.

At pre-seed:
- The product is usually incomplete
- Revenue is often $0
- Data is thin or non-existent

So what are investors actually evaluating?
The founder.

More specifically?
Swagger.

Not pitch polish.
Not hype.
Not “founder energy.”

Pre-seed swagger is quieter.

It’s the strength that shows up when a founder is aligned with something bigger than the company...and treats the company as a vehicle, not an identity. 

At pre-seed, investors aren’t really asking:
- “Is this the best idea?”

They’re asking:
- “Is this person inevitable?”

Inevitable doesn’t mean certain.
It means disciplined enough to survive uncertainty.

BUT swagger doesn’t replace execution.
It signals who will still be executing after the first five failures.

And that's why good pre-seed investors take their time.

The delay isn’t always disinterest.
It’s often a test.

At pre-seed, we’re watching:
- Do you keep building without validation?
- Do you follow up with substance, not pressure?
- Do you show progress when no one is watching?
- Do you adapt… or just re-pitch?

What founders experience as “foot-dragging” is often pre-seed diligence in motion.

Early investing isn’t about moving fast.
It’s about identifying who keeps moving when nothing is guaranteed.

That’s who gets funded at pre-seed.
And that’s where real swagger comes from. 

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If this resonates, Founder Chapel is where we unpack this kind of founder formation.

Link in the comments.

SKATEBOARDING THE WEEKEND AWAY

I hope you’re finding a little time this weekend to do something you love…
something that makes you smile, laugh, or feel a bit more you.

This video made me smile. 
Pure joy. Zero fear. Just going for it. 

And today, I’m dedicating it to Bettina Briz,
who has officially started learning how to skateboard.
New wheels. New courage. New joy.
And the most stylish fits, thanks to her personal stylist and amazing husband, Peter Himes.

There’s something really beautiful about trying something new...
not to be perfect at it,
not to impress anyone,
but simply because it feels fun and alive.

May this weekend bring you that same energy:
a little play, a little courage,
and the freedom to roll forward just because it makes your heart happy.

Happy Saturday, friends. Enjoy every moment. 💛

31-27 🐻 

"Good, better, best!
Never let it rest!
Till your good gets better,
And your better gets best!"

Not as pressure.
Not as perfection.
But as a reminder.

This isn’t just a post-game locker room chant. 
It’s something all of us can carry…whether we’re riding a wave of success or sitting quietly in a lull.

Because becoming doesn’t stop when things are going well.
And it doesn’t end when momentum slows.

Good means you’re here.
Better means you’re willing to grow.
Best isn’t a finish line…it’s a direction.

Some seasons are loud with wins.
Others are quiet with reflection.
Both matter.

And in both, the invitation is the same:
keep becoming.

Not by rushing.
Not by burning yourself out.
But by staying open.
By learning.
By choosing to show up again, exactly as you are…still caring, still trying.

Wherever you are right now…
celebrating or recalibrating…
this motto holds true.

Good. Better. Best.
A reminder that growth is ongoing,
and that we are never done becoming. 💛

DON'T WALK THE DESERT ALONE

I am resharing my friend Kevin Jurovich’s post because what he is building is truly invaluable for founders.

What he shares about those early days, learning on the go and wondering whether the struggle meant failure or growth, is a season so many founders live through quietly. It takes courage to speak about that part of the journey with honesty.

What stands out most to me is how he turned that experience into something generous. Instead of keeping those lessons to himself, he is creating space for founders to hear the truth behind building a company. The uncertainty. The doubt. The moments where continuing feels hard.

Founders Uncovered feels like an offering to the people still in it. A reminder that difficulty does not mean you are doing it wrong. Often it means you are doing something that matters.

By sharing real stories from people who have built before us, Kevin is helping founders feel less alone and more capable of staying in the work. That kind of encouragement can change everything.

So proud of you, Kevin. This is going to help a lot of people. Cannot wait for Season 1.

👉 Join the list for Episode 1. https://lnkd.in/gi2NaDMf

Co-founder, CEO at Hubble | Lifelong optimist

Back in 2019, I used to walk around SoMa in San Francisco listening to founder podcasts, trying to figure out if what I was feeling was failure…or just the process.

How I Built This, Masters of Scale, then later Lenny’s Podcast and My First Million. That was my founder education.

I was obsessed with learning from people who came before me.

Because when you’re in the desert as a founder...trying everything, hitting dead end after dead end, it helps to hear that the people you admire went through the exact same thing.

Behind every “overnight success” are years of doubt, false starts, and almost quitting.

That’s why I’m excited to announce the launch of Founders Uncovered.

I’ve teamed up with Drew Glover and Nick Madrid, CFA at Uncovered Media to host a podcast focused on the real stories behind building companies...the good, the bad, and the uncomfortable parts we usually skip.

There are so many incredible founders out there quietly changing the world. Their stories deserve to be told.

Season 1 drops next month. Our hope is that you walk away feeling educated, inspired, and a little more optimistic that you can get it done too.

One conversation can change everything.

👉 Join the list for Episode 1. I’ll send it the moment it drops.
https://lnkd.in/gi2NaDMf

Can’t wait to see more founders win. 🚀

#startups #entrepreneurship

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