Partnerships @ Nift | 3X Founder (8-figures, 7-figures, and a dud) | Investor. Advisor. Bourbon Lover | Exploring the tactics and stories from the best entrepreneurs on the planet

Daily insights on business building.

Sales & Marketing Leader with 10+ years selling high-value solutions as a player/coach to meet customer needs. 

Creative and curious mindset, with a track record of leveraging problem-solving skills to uncover new revenue opportunities and drive business growth. 

Unquestioned ethics and a strong commitment to doing what is right for customers, co-workers, and the company.

EQ > IQ

Some highlight from across my career:

- Responsible for more than $100M in advertising budgets

- Scaled startups $0 to 8-figures, then again from $0 to 7-figures

- Built an outsourced SDR Team that produced 11X ROI on net new logos

- Trained more than 50 sellers to systematically attain quota through repeatable process

- Sold into and built marketing programs for some of the best companies on the planet. 

I'm excited to create something amazing with you.

💪🏻 Let's work together

Mark Borum

The expansion continues. Welcome to the team, John.

New year. New market. More thank-yous. 🇦🇺 🌏 

We’re welcoming John McNerney as General Manager, APAC, to lead our launch and growth across Australia and the broader region.

John brings deep experience across advertising, data, and commerce platforms and a shared belief that growth is strongest when it’s built on real thank-you moments.

Australia, we’re glad to be here. 💛 

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Open article: Nift Hires Ex-Yahoo Boss John McNerney To Lead APAC by bandt.com.au

Nift Hires Ex-Yahoo Boss John McNerney To Lead APAC

Knurture

Design + Storytelling + Behavioral Science. 2 Partners. 250+ Customers. 1 Decade. 2k+ Sprints. $2b+ in MRR.

We're not an agency. 

We're two partners who have worked alongside 250+ D2C & SaaS teams like co-op commerce (raised $5.8M from Bessemer VP & Shopify) • Clearbrain (YC, acquired by Amplitude) • Caseology (acquired) • Nixplay. Work with us: https://knurture.typeform.com/to/qP6CES

Co-Founder and Partner

co-op commerce

I wear many hats for team co-op including brand design, marketing, innovation & strategy, product design & user research.

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• Developed the entire co-op brand including logo, color palette, typography and illustrations.

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• Designed, wrote copy and developed the co-op marketing site in Webflow.

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• Collaborated with the team to build the product roadmap by conceptualizing, prototyping & validating new concepts.

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• Designed the co-op application from scratch.

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• Ran research to identify the most pressing needs for independent merchants & shoppers.

Fractional Creative Lead (Design, UX, Storytelling)

The Startup Factory

Triangle Startup Factory is the Southeast's premier accelerator that provides startups with hands-on mentorship and up to $200,000 in seed capital. Katie works with TSF's portfolio companies throughout the entire business development lifecycle to prioritize and undertake projects that will have the highest return on investment. She helps today’s fastest growing early stage companies maintain a relentless focus on their application’s experience.

Executive UX Strategist

Kate Page

Katie works as an independent user experience and content consultant. She creates and tests interaction patterns and microcopy for B2B and SaaS applications. She work with agencies, development shops, and expansion stage companies to make changes that have an impact on AARRR.

Freelance Experience Consultant

Connected for Cause

Connected for Cause helped student groups and small nonprofits develop a fund-raising plan. C4C hosted seminars, connected groups and planned large fund-raising events.

Founder & Co-Director

Beacon and Milestone

Katie worked with Beacon & Milestone as an independent contractor providing content solutions for marketing websites and product interfaces. She developed content audits, inventories, and style guides. She began focusing specifically on value driven interface microcopy and product focused content strategy.

Contract Content Strategist

Unblab

Collaborated with Unblab's CEO/CMO to refine the messaging around their marketing materials using customer feedback. The company was acquired by Aol in late 2010.

Contract User Researcher, Content Strategist & Web Writer

🍭 Fractional product designer & behavioral science nerd helping apps get good & sticky (300+ and counting).

I use design, storytelling & behavioral science to make your customers dance 💃🏻🕺🏽 inside. See how I've helped 250+ companies connect the dots between their product and their audience's desires here: https://tinyurl.com/y97z7uer or schedule a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/knurture/intro

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