Snowball

Growing loyal audiences for the world's biggest brands on the world's most watched platform.

Founder & CEO

Sashimi Ventures

Investment / Advisory portfolio: 
Lovable, Percent, Airhouse, PostPilot, Agtonomy, NextStage

Principal & Owner

Jubilee Media

Mission-first entertainment: 8B views & 14M+ subscribers.

Chief Strategy Officer

I built & run the business of Jubilee (content, e-commerce, and brand partnerships), design & implement the long-term growth roadmap for the company, and shape our creative process to unlock the best content.

Executive Producer: Accepted (Emmy nominated): Tribeca Film Festival '21

Head of Growth & Strategy (founding team)

Rise9

LinkedIn but for creators - fueling creator growth with collabs, events, sponsorships.

Our own stats:
- 10 million+ followers (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram); content generating 3 billion+ views

My focus is business development & growth strategy:
• Partnerships
• App development (Swift & javascript); UIUX design (sketch); backend (node.js & Firebase)
• User acquisition (creator relationships, digital marketing & viral growth mechanics)
• Data analysis (Mixpanel for tracking, custom stats for analysis)
• Social (ex: grew FB page from 0 to 550k fans in two mo. and 415 million in mo. reach)

Co-Founder - Growth & Data Engineering

Edward Jones

Research and recommend:
• Equity investment strategies (Growth focus)
• Asset allocation & portfolio management (multi-objective)

~$900 billion in assets under management

Investment Research Analysis (Growth)

Bulldog Student Investment Fund

Serve as an advisor to the organization (2013 - Present)

BSIF is a professional investment management group in which student members conduct in-depth equity analyses and pitch investments, funded by the Endowment, to be selected for the fund's portfolio in an effort to outperform the market.

Founder & President (Current Board Member)

Host Bully, LLC

HostBully.com

For my own memories: this was my first formal business as a kid. It didn't go anywhere, but we had thousands of users who loved the service and that meant the world to me. Changed my trajectory.

Founder

We take the best brands in the world and turn them into masters of organic content.

Our team is unlike any other team on the planet.

Ryan Hashemi

RockWater Industries

Project management and business development for a specialist advisory firm operating at the nexus of media, technology, and e-commerce

Select Client Advisory Highlights:

> Led strategic planning to support digital transformation of one of the most globally recognized toy brands. Focused on standing up its digital DTC ecosystem with an emphasis on IP flywheels across its content and commerce channels.

> Incubated a new livestream shopping product on behalf of a NASDAQ-listed technology company. Led the development of its product and business strategies, as well as go-to-market planning.

> Advised a publicly-traded European media network on its strategy for entering the US sports media and betting markets, as well as the personal finance / fintech market. Project scope ranged from market landscaping and intelligence through Build / Buy / Partner analysis, covering audio, streaming video, influencer content, and more.

> Assisting a leading podcast network on exploring a joint venture with an up-and-coming content studio to launch a first-of-its-kind audio company.

> Devised the annual marketing / ad spend budget + user acquisition model for an OTT news streamer

> Created investor materials (model + deck) for 2 different TMT capital raises (one of which just closed)

> Performed an IP valuation exercise for one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates to support its investment in its newly-launched streaming service.

> Formulated an execution plan for a celebrity product line drop model on Instagram Shops

> Built a market feasibility assessment for a venture backed Web3 company building a first of its kind NFT gaming marketplace

> Advised three different production companies on disrupting their current business models

> Launched a 5-figure nano-cap NFT / Digital Goods investment fund

Director, Investment Banking & Strategy Consulting

Expert Dojo

Identifying and evaluating Seed through Series A investment opportunities for the most active venture accelerator in southern California. DM me if you are a founder in search of value-add investors.

Venture Growth Lead

DWNLOAD Media

Acquiring the components to build a next-gen audio company

Advisor

Gemelo.AI

> Go-to-market and fundraising for a generative AI TTS tech start up.

Techstars

Mentoring early stage founders within e-commerce, media, software, and consumer

Mentor

Rolla

> Go-to-market, fundraising, and operations for a SaaS platform democratizing video content creation for realtors and beyond.

The VOID

> Growth strategy and fundraising for market leader in location based virtual reality

> Successfully raised nine figure Series B from strategic investors to fuel company's ambitious global retail rollout

> Structured licensing arrangement with major Hollywood Studios (Disney, Sony, and MGM) , retail franchisees (Meraas, Genting, and Sands) and JV partners (Grupo Salinas, Cinemark, Cineplex, and Westfield) which culminated in a 10x revenue growth during my time at the company.

> Worked with equity investors and debt holders to restructure company's finances during COVID.

Business Strategy & Capital Markets

Optum

Rolling up primary care medical practices in southern california, for a leading healthcare conglomerate.

Corporate Development, M&A

Cascade Partners

> Investment banking for middle market telecom, business services, and healthcare companies.

> Assisted on the sale of Grand Rapids Ophthalmology to Sterling PE and the sale of Water Watch to Conservice (8 figure transaction),

M&A Summer Analyst

Synchrony

Long term financial planning and analysis for the largest black label credit card co in the US. I joined Synchrony just after they spun off from GE Capital and went public.

FP&A Summer Analyst

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Seasoned business strategy advisor with a passion for ambitious next-gen companies at the intersection of media, technology, and e-commerce. I work with companies of all sizes, from pre-seed startups to publicly traded multinationals. I've helped countless clients identify new revenue opportunities, construct 80/20 go-to-market plans, raise capital, and then see their business plan through to implementation.

Have a growth idea that's keeping you up at night? Slide into my DMs and lets chat!

Michael Booth

Great profile on RockWater Industries by our friends at Net Influencer -- what we're up to, how we think about the industry, and what's coming next. Highly recommended read if you're one of the countless people who's asked me to explain what I actually do for work.

We're shaping digital media's landscape one transaction at a time, and building a more prosperous ecosystem for all.

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Open article: RockWater Founder Chris Erwin on Guiding M&A and Strategy for the Creator Economy by netinfluencer.com

RockWater Founder Chris Erwin on Guiding M&A and Strategy for the Creator Economy

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