Hi! I'm Stephanie! I'm passionate about building impactful partnerships, enabling businesses to grow, and making sure the social impact community thrives. With over a decade of consistently generating seven and eight figure annual revenue for companies, I understand what it takes to drive success.

Over the last 15 years working with non-profit, government and for profit businesses, I've developed a unique process for building community and generating revenue through a partnership growth mindset. I've been fortunate to develop programs and partnerships that have touched lives across the globe, from India to the United States and beyond. I've created thousands of ecosystems and opportunities that unite governments, educators, employers, and donors to make tangible change.

I believe that together we can achieve great things and am committed to paving the way for a more inclusive, impactful future.

Stephanie Wilson

This weekend I’m spending time at the ISET National Gathering, and I want to name how meaningful it is to be here.

Being in this space is a reminder that workforce development is not just about programs, funding, or outcomes on paper. It’s about people, place, and self-determination. Indigenous communities have been doing this work for generations, building pathways rooted in culture, community knowledge, and lived experience.

What stands out most is the care and intentionality behind the conversations. 

Listening comes first. 
Relationships come before solutions. 
Progress is measured not just by numbers, but by trust, relevance, and long-term impact.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to learn, to listen, and to be present in a space led by Indigenous voices and priorities. 

Moments like this quietly reshape how you think about the work and how you show up when you return home.

#ISETNationalGathering #ISETGathering2026 #Indigenous #WorkforceDevelopment #Community

Thanks to Jelly Academy for organizing such a collaborative space and to Digital Moment | Moment numérique for the opportunity.

Cross-Sector Growth Strategist | $100M+ in Government & Partner Funding Secured | Nonprofit • Tech • Education • SaaS | Founder – The Uplift Collective

The last five days have been full.

Full in the sense of listening carefully, asking questions, and sitting in rooms where people are genuinely trying to figure out how we do this work better.

Across different events, sectors, and conversations, the thread has been consistent.

How do we build systems that actually serve people, not just programs?

How do we prepare for the future of work without losing sight of the humans navigating it right now?

How do we move past performative solutions and into ones that are grounded, inclusive, and durable?

There’s also a reality I’m hearing more clearly now than ever.

Funding is tight. Budgets have been cut. Teams that once sent three or four people to conferences are now sending one. Many are attending virtually, not by choice, but by necessity.

I’m genuinely grateful to conferences and organizers who make that possible. Access matters. So does recognizing that for many organizations, showing up at all right now takes intention and sacrifice.

What that’s changed is the weight of being in the room.

More people are carrying insights back to their teams. 

More responsibility to listen well, synthesize, and translate what matters into action. Fewer spectators. More stewards.

The conversations I’ve been part of haven’t been about trends for the sake of trends. They’ve been about tradeoffs. Priorities. What we protect when resources are constrained.

Spending this time with practitioners, funders, educators, Indigenous leaders, and workforce builders has been a reminder of why this work matters to me.

Not because the answers are easy.

But because when conditions are tight, clarity matters even more.

It was so great to reconnect, meet new people and learn from so many amazing individuals! Until next time friends!
Wendy Baker Darian Kovacs ♾️ Allain Lauzon Mary Stack, BA, CPHR Jasmeen Sidhu, Ph.D. Allan Govender Virginia Gluska Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia Eleanor Hawkins Nausheen Ali Fatima Saadeddine, MBA,PMP,CHRP,ESPT  Jade (Jadelyn) Psutka Allison Bear BComm Barbara Wilson,🍁CCDP® Lisa Stephenson-MBA, CRSP Kelly Johnson

It was unfortunate that so many people had travel cancelled so they couldn't attend after all - I see you!

#Cannexus2026 #ISETGathering2026 #Community #NonProfit #EmploymentServices #Indigenous #Learning

We have a beautiful owl that lives in the trees near our driveway. Usually across the way. Easy to admire from a distance.

Last night, I went out to grab wood for the stove before bed and nearly jumped out of my skin. 

He was sitting right on the front porch railing. Completely still. Just watching. Probably hunting. Definitely unbothered by me.

I froze. Slowly backed into the house. Turned off the lights.

Then I stood in the dining room, in the dark, and watched him for a while.
No noise. 

Just this quiet, unexpected moment of sharing space with something wild and calm and entirely unconcerned with my plans for the evening.

It was incredible.

Sometimes the best moments are the ones that do not mean anything more than exactly what they are.

#Wildlife #NotAPhotographer #CountryLife 

Alyx Parks and Stephanie Martin - I thought of both of you immediately after it happened.

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The Uplift Collective

https://www.upliftcollective.ca/the-partnership-blueprint-five-proven-steps-for-forging-successful-partnerships

the-uplift-collective

I grew up in a small town in rural eastern Ontario.

When I finished high school, I had no idea what I wanted to be. I just knew one thing very clearly. I did not like school the way it was structured. Sitting still. Being talked at. Memorizing instead of doing.

So I took a year off after high school to try to find my way.

It felt uncomfortable. Most of my friends knew exactly what they wanted to do. Everyone was heading off to university. I felt behind. A little lost. Like I had missed some memo everyone else received.

After that year, I still did not know what I wanted to be “when I grew up.” But I did know I needed some form of post secondary education. I needed skills. I needed momentum.

I chose college and enrolled in executive administration.

It was hands on. Practical. I learned a lot. I worked three jobs to cover rent and school. I learned how to manage money because I had to. Those years shaped my work ethic and my sense of responsibility in ways I still carry with me.

After graduating, I got a job working for a municipal councillor. What started as a role turned into six formative years. It exposed me to government, policy, community, and how decisions actually get made. That path eventually led me into the nonprofit world, where I found my purpose. That part of the story is for another day.

For a long time, I was embarrassed to say I did not have a university degree.

I was screened out of jobs automatically because it was mandatory. I questioned myself more times than I can count.

Do I regret not going to university?

Yes and no.

No, because I do not think I would have thrived there at that point in my life.

Yes, because there were real opportunities I never got access to because I did not have that piece of paper.

Both things can be true.

I am sharing this because I see so many people feeling pressure to follow a single definition of success. A single path. A single timeline.

Education matters. Credentials matter. But lived experience matters too.

Learning by doing counts. Working your way through school counts. Taking a longer or different route counts.

There is no one right way to build a career.

Chart your own path. Pay attention to what energizes you, not just what looks good on paper. 

Choose the pathway that works for how you learn, how you move, and who you are becoming.

#CareerPath #Employment #FindYourOwnPath #NonProfit #Education

Photo is me from 2008, still trying to figure things out.

Some of the most valuable parts of my work live in the things I no longer consciously think about.

After years of building, reviewing, defending, and negotiating government budgets, so much of what I do has become instinctive. 

You stop noticing the hundreds of small decisions you make because you have internalized how funders think, where flexibility actually lives, and which details quietly matter most.

Recently, I had the chance to sit with that experience and write it all down. 

Not the big frameworks or the obvious rules, but the small things you only learn by doing the work. 

The wording choices that reduce scrutiny. 

The assumptions that do not need to be over engineered. 

The places where people think they are locked in, but are not.

There was something unexpectedly grounding about translating years of lived experience into something clear and usable for a client. 

Not to impress. 
Not to overcomplicate. 
Just to make the work easier and less stressful for the people doing it.

This kind of work reminds me why I enjoy what I do. 

Helping smart teams feel more confident, more capable, and less constrained by rules that often feel heavier than they actually are.

If you have ever felt weighed down by process or rules that seemed immovable, I promise there is often more room to breathe than it appears.

#BudgetDevelopment #ProposalDevelopment #NonProfit #GovernmentFunding

One thing I think everyone should try at least once is learning someone else’s job.

Not the polished version. The real, day to day work. The setup. The decisions no one talks about. The small things that keep everything moving quietly in the background.

When you work in teams, so much of that effort becomes invisible. Systems run. Tools connect. Processes exist. You rarely stop to think about how much experience and judgment it takes to make things feel that seamless.

Until those people are not there.

And you have to do one small piece yourself.

You realize how many choices live inside what once looked simple.

Lately, I am spending an absurd amount of time learning tools.
Not the exciting kind. The tiny, fiddly ones. Payment systems. Tool connections. Settings I did not even know existed.

Learning to do something you have never done before, or something that was always someone else’s role, builds more than skills.

It builds appreciation.

It changes how you show up the next time.

#ProfessionalDevelopment #GrowthMindset #Entrepreneurship

I really hate getting a no.

Not because I expect everything to work out, but because I put a lot into the work. Time. Thought. Energy. And more than that, belief. I care deeply about what I do and about the teams and ideas behind every proposal. That makes the no’s land harder than people realize.

Early on, I took them personally. Every declined submission felt like a judgment, not just of the work, but of the care behind it. And honestly, I still feel that sometimes. Loving the work makes you more exposed, not less.

What changed over time was not the feeling. It was what I did with it.

I started sitting with the no’s longer. Looking for patterns. Paying attention to what funders questioned, what they ignored, and what clarity actually meant in practice. Every no taught me something I could not have learned any other way.

That learning adds up. Today, more than 40 percent of what I work on gets approved. Not because the no’s stopped hurting, but because I stayed curious instead of shutting down.

Lately, there have been a lot of yes’s for clients. And I feel genuinely excited for them every single time. 

I also know the no’s will come again. They always do.

When they do, I will feel them. And then I will learn from them.

Because caring about the work is not a weakness. It is the reason the yes’s mean so much when they arrive.

#GovernmentFunding #BusinessDevelopment #ProposalDevelopment

I’ve learned that authenticity isn’t about having a fixed identity. It’s about staying honest as things shift.

I have spent years being the reliable one. 

The person who could hold a lot, absorb uncertainty, and keep moving anyway.

That works. Until it does not.

Because eventually you realize how much energy it takes to live up to a version of yourself that was built for other people’s expectations.

Letting go of who you think you are supposed to be does not mean losing drive or ambition. It means releasing the pressure to look a certain way while you are building something real.

Authenticity is not a reveal or a brand decision.

It is a daily choice to show up aligned, even when that alignment keeps evolving.

And that choice changes everything.

#BeTrueToYourself #Authenticity #Leadership #NonProfit #StartUp

One of the best parts of a panel on AI and the next generation at the AI Policy Conference yesterday was that it did not try to wrap anything up neatly.
Instead, it named the complexity.

AI is already embedded in education, work, and daily life. Young people are forming relationships with systems that shape how they think, learn, and see themselves. Institutions are trying to respond in real time, often without data, shared frameworks, or room to pause.

At the same time, many of the loudest predictions about jobs and disruption have not fully materialized. Change is happening, but unevenly. Slowly in some places. Abruptly in others.

What emerged was a quieter but more useful set of questions.

How do we equip young people to be creators, not just users?

How do we protect without pretending we can stop what is already here?

How do we build literacy, judgment, and human skills that remain valuable no matter how tools evolve?

There was no single answer, and that felt right.

This is long-term work. It requires humility, collaboration across disciplines, and a willingness to sit with uncertainty without defaulting to fear or hype.

If there was a through-line, it was this: the future will be shaped less by the tools themselves and more by how thoughtfully we choose to integrate them.

Panel participants:
Justin Hendrix, Tech Policy Press
Shingai Manjengwa, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Namir Anani, P.Eng., ICTC-CTIC
Laurent Charlin, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
André Côté, The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University 

Thankful to Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute for access to the AI Policy Conference and for putting together such a great event!

#AIPolicy #YouthAndAI #Talent #GovernmentofCanada

Creativity is my word for 2026.

Creativity in how I approach work, rest, and everything in between.

Creative problem solving.
Creative contracting.
Creative time off.
Creative experiences.

Creativity is what lets you ask better questions instead of accepting the default answer. It is how you find options where others see constraints. It is how you design work and life in ways that actually fit.

In 2026, the only box is that there is no box.

More room to experiment.

More permission to rethink how things are done.

More trust in the idea that there is almost always another way.

Here is to a year of curiosity, flexibility, and building something that feels as good as it works.

#Focus #GrowthMindset #HeresTo2026

I never thought I would be an entrepreneur.

In fact, quite the opposite. I was convinced I did not have the “it” that founders and leaders are supposed to have. 

I wanted stability. The person who imagined working for others my whole life and being perfectly content doing that.

And for a long time, that made sense.

What I did not realize then is that entrepreneurship does not always look like taking big risks. Sometimes it looks like taking responsibility. For your values. For your time. For the kind of work you want to put into the world.

I did not wake up one day wanting to start something of my own. I arrived here slowly, through experience, through necessity, and through a growing understanding of what I needed in order to feel grounded and aligned.

Entrepreneurship was not a goal. It was a response.

And maybe that is the part we do not talk about enough. Not everyone sets out to build something. 

Some of us end up here because staying the same stopped being an option.

Did you ever picture yourself doing what you are doing now?

#Entrepreneuship #CareerFocus

Woke up to a weirdly satisfying thing this morning.

I’ve had a watch since July that tracks something called body battery. 

I’ve seen it end the day at five more times than I’d like to admit.

Today I woke up at one hundred. First time ever.

That’s it. That’s the post.

#WeekendVibes #QuietWins #SlowDown

READ THE QUOTE IN THE IMAGE!

Now read it again!

Who. You. TRULY. Are

NOT the version that feels easiest to explain.

NOT the version that keeps everyone comfortable.

NOT the version that fits neatly into a role you learned to play well.

Being yourself is not about being loud or visible all the time.
It is about being honest. With your values. With your limits. With what actually matters to you now, not who you were five years ago.

I have learned that the more energy you spend trying to meet expectations that are not yours, the dimmer everything feels. The work. The relationships. Even the wins.

The moments where things start to open up again usually come from a small shift. 

Saying no when you would normally say yes. Choosing alignment over approval. 

Letting yourself evolve without needing to justify it.

Your light is not something you manufacture.
It is something that shows up naturally when you stop hiding parts of yourself to fit the room.

And the right rooms do not require you to dim it in the first place.

#BeYourself #BeAuthentic #ISeeYou #Leadership #Teamwork #BetterTogether

One thing I keep coming back to in conversations lately is timing.

A lot of organizations are doing the right work. Strong ideas. Capable teams. Real demand. And still, things are not moving the way they expected.

Not because they are doing something wrong.

Because the system itself is in motion.

Calls are delayed or quietly reworked.
Programs get folded into other initiatives.
Priorities shift before anything ever reaches a public intake.

From the outside, it can feel confusing. Like you misread the landscape or missed a signal. In reality, the rules are still being rewritten.

This is where patience becomes strategic.

Not passive patience. Active patience. The kind where you keep preparing, strengthening, and paying attention while resisting the urge to force momentum.

A lot of the work right now is helping teams sit with that uncertainty without spiraling. Adjusting plans without abandoning them. Staying ready without trying to rush a system that is not ready yet.

Sometimes the smartest move is not to push harder, but to hold steady until the timing catches up to the work.

#FundingStrategy #GovernmentFunding #NonprofitLeadership
 #StrategicPlanning #SystemsThinking

Join an upcoming FREE workshops to better prepare for what's coming!  https://lnkd.in/e_KQt4jg

Stop beating yourself up!!!

Don’t think you do that?
Here’s what it actually looks like in real life:
- Replaying a conversation on the drive home.
- Second-guessing a decision you already made with the information you had.
 - Assuming a mistake says something about who you are, not just what happened.
 - Feeling like you should have known better, been faster, clearer, stronger.

Sound familiar?

We’ve been taught that self-criticism equals accountability.
That if we’re hard on ourselves, we’ll improve faster.
That pressure produces excellence.

But more often, it just produces exhaustion.

Beating yourself up usually shows up when expectations are high, outcomes are uncertain, and you’re carrying more responsibility than anyone sees.

It’s a signal.
The problem is that self-criticism rarely makes us better.
It just makes us smaller.

So how do you stop when you catch yourself doing it?

1️⃣  Name what’s actually happening.
 Instead of “I screwed this up,” try “This didn’t go the way I hoped.”
 Facts calm the nervous system. Stories inflame it.

2️⃣ Separate intent from outcome.
You can have good intentions and imperfect results at the same time.
Both can be true. Only one needs fixing.

3️⃣  Ask one forward-looking question.
Not “What’s wrong with me?”
But “What’s the next small adjustment I’d make if this came up again?”
That’s it. No spiral required.

If you’re trying to be a good person and you try to do the right thing, that's all that matters.

Growth doesn’t require punishment.

It requires honesty, rest, and the willingness to keep going.

And if you’re reading this thinking, “This sounds like me” then it probably is.
You’re not alone, and you’re not doing it wrong.
Be a little kinder to yourself today.

#BeKind #PersonalGrowth #FallingNotFailing #SelfImprovement #Leadership #Teamwork

You may not control the events that happen to you
 but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

That choice is one I see leaders, founders, and builders struggle with more than almost anything else.

Because a setback can quietly turn into a story about who you are.
A hard moment can shrink your confidence if you let it.
One decision, one missed opportunity, one tough season can start to feel permanent.

But it isn’t.

You’re allowed to be impacted without being defined.

You can acknowledge what hurt without letting it harden you.

You can learn from something without carrying it as proof that you’re not enough.

Resilience isn’t pretending things didn’t affect you.

It’s choosing not to let them take more than they already have.

If you’re in the middle of something heavy right now, this is your reminder

You’re still standing.
You’re still growing.

And YOU get to decide what this chapter means next.

#NonProfit #Leadership #StartUp #GrowthMindset #Resilience #NonProfitLeadership

I watched a video and could not stop thinking about how early we learn to edit ourselves.

Kids start out loud, curious, unapologetic. They ask strange questions. They take up space. They are fully themselves without checking the room first. And then, slowly, they learn when to quiet down. When to blend in. When to stop standing out.

What stayed with me is how familiar that feels in the professional world.

At some point, many of us learn the same lesson.

Tone it down.

Stick to the playbook.

Do not be the odd one out.

Over time, that sparkle does not disappear. It just gets managed. Contained. Brought out only when it feels safe or appropriate.

And yet, the work that actually moves things forward is almost always shaped by people who think differently. 

The ones who question defaults. 

The ones who see patterns others miss. 

The ones willing to sound a little strange before they sound right.

If you have ever felt yourself shrinking to fit a role, a title, or an industry norm, consider this a reminder. 

That part of you is still there. It has just been waiting for space.

BRING BACK THE SPARKLE!!

Step off the well worn path.

Nothing meaningful has ever been built by people who only followed the herd.

https://lnkd.in/emWvkws2 
His Youtube Channel to give him a follow: https://lnkd.in/ehb-AESd [I couldn't find the above video on the channel]

#BringBackTheSparkle #BeYourself #BeAuthentic

If you have ever hit a word limit halfway through answering a funder’s question, this is for you.

One of the hardest parts of writing proposals is answering every part of a funder’s question while staying inside a tight word or character limit.

Especially when appendices or extra attachments are not allowed.

You cannot skip components. You also cannot explain everything.

So when space is tight, here is a rule that helps.

Every sentence must do more than one job. Ideally three.

A strong sentence should:

 1 describe what you are actually going to do

 2 signal eligibility and alignment to the funder’s priorities

 3 imply milestones, outcomes, or credibility

If a sentence only does one of those things, it is a candidate for removal or compression.

This is how you stay compliant and persuasive without running out of room.

It is not about writing less.

It is about making every sentence work harder.

If you have ever hit a word limit and wondered what to cut, start here.

#ProposalDevelopment #GovernmentFunding #NonProfit #Charity

Growth is what you do with what happens.

That is how better decisions get made over time.

#WednesdayWisdom #GrowthMindset

One thing I wish more people understood about funded projects is how messy they usually are behind the scenes.

From the outside, a successful contribution agreement looks clean.

A defined plan. 
A neat timeline. 

It gives the impression that everything is stable and predictable.

That is almost NEVER the case.

Most funded projects are delivered while markets are shifting. 
Project timelines wobble. 
Plans get pulled forward or pushed back. 
Teams make trade offs in real time, often without the luxury of perfect information.

What funders are really assessing in those moments is not whether risk exists. It is how it is understood and managed.

Strong applications and delivery organizations are not the ones pretending everything is fine. 

They are the ones that show judgment.
An ability to adapt without overreacting. 
A plan that can flex while still holding together.

There is a skill in knowing what to surface and what to hold steady. 
In demonstrating resilience without amplifying uncertainty. 
In showing that the work will continue even when conditions are not ideal.

Funding success is rarely about having a flawless story.
It is about proving you can keep moving when the story changes.

#Resilience #NonProfit #GrowthMindset #StartUp #GovernmentFunding

Founder & CEO | Proven systems to grow and scale your real estate development portfolio and pipeline.

Your deals aren’t the problem. Your capital pipeline is.

If you’re running a $500 AUM real estate development or investment firm, chances are you’ve got great deals on the table — but not enough investors ready to fund them.

You’re sitting on millions in potential profits, but the capital’s stuck.
The investors aren’t committed. The deal flow isn’t predictable. The system doesn’t scale.

That’s the real problem.

Here’s what I do:

I help real estate developers get investor leads and raise capital in 90 days or less — guaranteed.

My D.E.A.L. Framework was built from 20+ years, 300+ Fortune 500 clients, and thousands of implementations — including systems that get Cardone Capital 2,100 new investor leads a month.

Clients like: Grant Cardone, JLL, Marriott, Greystar, AMLI, Chick-fil-A, American Express, ALDI, Verizon, GE, and REITs - works for any portfolio size or deal pipeline.

Recent client results:

→ Raised $25M in 90 days for a multifamily syndicator
→ Built investor pipeline for a $2B development firm — 40% increase in close rate
→ Generated 2,100+ new investor leads for Cardone Capital
→ Helped a regional developer pre-fund 8 projects before breaking ground

The system we build handles:

✓ Investor pipeline automation (pre-commitments, follow-up, nurturing)
✓ CRM + deal visibility from first contact to close
✓ Automated capital tracking and reporting dashboards
✓ Proven investor email and landing page templates
✓ Scalable processes that eliminate dependence on middlemen

Who this is for:

Real estate developers doing $100M–$500M+ in projects who:

Rely on a few investor relationships and want predictable capital flow

Lose deals because capital isn’t ready when opportunity hits

Depend on “fundraising guys” who take a cut of every deal

Want to look institutional-grade and attract serious investors

The Real Problem:

You’ve got deals, investors, and credibility — but no system connecting them

You’re relying on relationships when you should be running pipelines

Without a predictable capital system, every deal feels like a scramble

Background:

 - 25+ years building enterprise-grade systems

 - Founded & sold HingePoint (grew 900% in 5 years)

 - Built capital and deal systems for Marriott, GE, American Express, and Oncor

 - Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, and PSM certified

 - MS Civil Engineering (Colorado State) | BS Systems Engineering (UVA)

Stop chasing capital. Build your investor machine.

→ Message me with “D.E.A.L.” and I’ll walk you through the exact framework we use to raise capital in 90 days or less.

Bryce Finnerty

The graveyard is full of talented people who waited for perfect conditions.

We love preparation.

We research endlessly, take another course, wait for the "right time," and convince ourselves we need one more skill.

Then life passes by.

The brutal truth nobody shares:

→ Perfect timing doesn't exist.
→ You'll never feel "ready enough."
→ Preparation becomes procrastination in disguise.

What separates starters from waiters?

Action before readiness.

The pattern that kills dreams:

→ "I will start when I have more money."
→ "I will launch when I know more."
→ "I will begin when conditions are perfect."

→ Spoiler: That day never comes.

Starting messy changes everything:

You learn 10x faster than studying ever taught you.
Mistakes become your greatest teachers.

Momentum builds while others are still planning.
Imperfect action beats perfection every time.

The market doesn't reward the most prepared.
It rewards the most persistent.

Most people spend years getting ready.
Winners get ready by doing.

The question isn't "Am I ready?"

It's "What's the smallest step I can take today?”

I help real estate developers find investors and raise capital in 90 days or less, guaranteed. My D.E.A.L. Framework got Cardone Capital 2100 investor leads last month! Interested?

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I know two people who wanted the same thing.

Only one of them has it now.

Some people pray for success. 
Others wake up and work like the prayer's already been answered.

Here's the difference I see every day:

→ One waits for the right moment, the other creates it.
→ One hopes things will change, the other changes things.
→ One asks for opportunities, the other builds them.
→ One believes in miracles, the other becomes one.

Faith without action is just wishing.
Action without faith is just exhausting.

But when you combine both?
That's when everything shifts.

The most successful people I know don't just hope for better days.
They show up like success is inevitable.

They work with certainty, not doubt.
They move with purpose, not fear.

They act like their breakthrough already happened.

Because here's the truth:

Your prayers set the direction.
Your work builds the bridge.

Hope gets you started.
Discipline gets you there.

Stop waiting for permission from the universe.
Start working as you've already been chosen.

Bryce Finnerty PE, PMP, PSM

Your breakthrough is trapped behind a lie we all tell ourselves: 

"I'll start when I am ready."

But ready never comes. 
Perfect never arrives. 

And while we wait, others are building with broken tools and messy first drafts.

Here's what I have learned separates builders from planners:

Builders accept discomfort as the price of evolution. 

They launch imperfectly and learn fast. 
They discover that every messy attempt teaches what perfection never could.

Planners (and I have been one in the past) hide behind preparation. 

We polish strategies that never see daylight. 
Our comfort zones become talent graveyards.

The truth about growth:

Our learning accelerates when we stop waiting. 
Self-imposed limitations shatter on contact with reality. 
Potential we didn't know existed emerges from the mess.

Every failure becomes a stepping stone. 
Every uncomfortable action moves us forward. 
Progress comes from persistence, not perfection.

So I am asking myself (and you):

What are we not starting because it wouldn't be perfect?
What uncomfortable action will we take today?

Our breakthrough is waiting on the other side of imperfect action.

The only real failure? Refusing to try.

12,000 incredible humans now following this journey.

Thank you for being part of it.

If we recently connected or have been here a while, let me reintroduce myself.

Hello. My name is Bryce Finnerty.
Professional Engineer, PMP, PSM.

I spent 25 years building real estate development systems for companies that desperately need them but cannot create themselves.

A little background : 

< 4x founder.
<Grew Hingepoint 900% in 5 years, acquired.
300+ clients from startups to fortune 500s.
< Built Marriott's global hotel development pipeline managing 8,000+ projects.
< Automated deal flow, investor portals, and capital raising for reits.
< Built Greystar's $20b development portfolio platform.

After 20 years and 300+ fortune 500 projects, I built the D.E.A.L. framework, a simple system anyone can implement with your existing tech.

What matters most: 

The transformations behind the numbers.
Developers who discovered capital sitting idle in their systems.

Portfolios that finally scaled through systematic infrastructure.

Companies achieving predictable investor flow because they learned to work smarter, not harder.

To my 12,000 connections: 

This milestone belongs to every developer ready to stop settling for disorganized backend.

What is next? Bigger transformations. 
Helping you turn existing systems into investor attracting machines.

📌 If we recently connected or have been here long, reintroduce yourself in the comments.

Who knows, there might be opportunity for collaboration.

You are chasing the next level so hard, you are missing the current one.

Look around:
You have what someone else is desperately working toward.

The stable income you're tired of? 
Someone lost their job today.

The business that's "not growing fast enough"? Someone's still building courage to start.

The team that frustrates you? 
Someone's working alone, wishing for help.

Pause and see it:

→ You have abilities others don't have.
→ You have access to what others are fighting for.
→ You have relationships that others are searching for.
→ You have another day to make it count.

You are already blessed in so many ways.

Not to make you feel guilty.
To make you feel grateful.
Grateful people build faster.

They see possibilities, not just problems.

Focus on your blessings.
Watch them multiply.

Most business owners cannot identify what drains their energy until they track it for a full week.

This energy audit reveals why growth plateaus despite working harder than ever.

Ask yourself about yesterday:

Which tasks energized you versus exhausted you?
Which activities matched your skill level versus felt below your capability?
Which work moved your business forward versus just maintaining operations?

The pattern destroying Ceo productivity:

Everyone gets trapped doing work that does not energize them.
Tasks clearly below their pay grade consume hours.
Activities preventing them from their highest value work.

The calculation nobody does: 
When you do $50 per hour work, you lose $450 per hour in opportunity cost.

Three ways to reclaim your time:

^^ Delegate to someone whose pay grade matches the task level.
^^ Optimize roles to find more appropriate skill sets.
^^ Automate repetitive work through technology.

The breakthrough: 

Your replacement costs less than the value you create at your actual level.
Your energy is your most valuable resource.

Stop spending it on work that drains you, while someone else could thrive doing it.

>> What task drained your energy today that someone making half your salary would have enjoyed?

Deals get built, equity gets raised, but millions in capital sits idle because no one owns investor follow-up.

This ownership gap explains why portfolios with great deals struggle to grow systematically.

The pattern destroying capital flow:

No one tracks investor interest, follow-ups, or funding stages.
Sponsors assume marketing will handle it.
Marketing thinks it is the sponsor.

Result: Warm investor leads go cold.
You chase capital with patchwork tools.

One developer had $5m in interest.
Could not send a deck for 6 months.

Another had investors ready.
No platform to show the deal.

This is the first of three capital leaks bleeding portfolios:

Leak one: No one owns the investor follow-up.

Deals get built.
Equity gets raised.
Millions sit idle because no system ever claimed it.

Leak two: Your process hurts trust and time.

Sending decks over email.
No status updates.
No portal.
No automation.
Just long threads, missed updates, and uncertainty.

Leak three: You are blind to what is working.

Investor touchpoints are spread across inboxes, files, and memory.
You cannot see what has been sent, who engaged, or where things stall.

Without visibility, you cannot fix the leaks.
Every missed follow-up costs you real capital.

If no one owns investor follow-up in your operation, 
dm "leaks," and I will show you the system that eliminates this gap.

Most people treat comfort like a destination. 

They arrive. They settle. They stop.

But nothing worth remembering was built from ease.

Growth shows up as the choice that scares you. 
The conversation you avoid. 
The risk with no guarantee.

Long before transformation.
Long before anyone notices.
Long before it feels worth it.

It's choosing the harder path. 
Sitting with tension instead of numbing it. 
Leaning into what you don't know.

Growth never waits for you to feel ready.
It happens while you are uncertain. 
While comfort whispers, "Stay here."

Here's what people miss:

Talent opens doors.
Consistency moves you.
Discomfort? That's where you change.

The celebration comes later. 

// The real work happened in private, days you pushed when no one watched.

So if it feels hard, messy, unclear right now :

That's not failure.
>> That's expansion.

Because everything meaningful you have done started where comfort ended.

Busy calendars will never replace strategic execution.

Choose wisely.

You are allowed to:

1. Decline meetings that have no clear outcome.
2. Protect your time like you protect your budget.
3. Trust that fewer meetings mean more progress.
4. Build async communication instead of constant interruptions.
5. Measure leadership by decisions made, not meetings attended.

If you need 20 hours of meetings weekly to feel productive, you are not leading. 

You are performing leadership.

// What's one meeting on your calendar this week you know you shouldn't attend?

The first step in the D.E.A.L. OS™ framework: 

Dial in your perfect deal target.

Goal: 
Define the deal investors already want to fund.

How we help:
Sharpen your real estate offer.

→ Clarify asset type, size, structure, returns, and investor profiles.

→ Map it to a perfect deal target and scorecard that speaks directly to what your ideal investors are seeking.

→ Make an excel scorecard with the exact attributes of your perfect deal.

→ Map that to who shops for these perfect deals.

Result: 
You stop chasing capital and start attracting it.

Why developers love the D.E.A.L. OS™:

→ Saves hours every week, automation built in.
→ Every deal and investor in one clear view.
→ Proven by 300+ enterprise implementations.

You focus on closing, your system handles the rest.

If you want to learn more regarding the framework, dm "deal".

One developer had investors ready but no platform to show the deal.

Competitors closed funding in weeks. 
He was stuck sending PDFs over email.

This process problem cost him millions.

Your deals look great on paper. 
Your portfolio struggles to grow.

Every day stuck in this cycle:

- Disorganized outreach costs you deals.
- Team does not use systems consistently.
- Your investor communication looks amateur.

What happens: 
You close a raise. Deal moves forward. Follow-ups stall. 

No one owns the system. 
Warm leads go cold.

The capital leak: 
Your process kills trust.

Sending decks over email. No updates. No portal. No automation. 

Just long threads and missed follow-ups.

While you juggle spreadsheets, investors wonder if you are ready to manage their capital.

Three leaks costing you millions:

1. No one owns investor follow-up
2. Amateur process destroys trust
3. You are blind to what is working

DM "LEAKS" to eliminate all three and close funding faster.

3 invisible leaks are draining your capital pipeline.

Most developers can't see what's sent, who engaged, or where deals stall.

Leak 1: No Owner

- No one tracks investor interest, follow-ups, or funding stages
- Sponsors assume marketing handles it → Marketing thinks sponsors do
- Result: Millions in idle capital

Leak 2: Broken Process

- Email decks → No updates → No portal → No automation
- You juggle spreadsheets → Investors question your readiness
- Real case: $5M interest, 6-month deck delay
- Real case: Ready investors, no platform to show deal

Leak 3: Zero Visibility

- Can't see: what's sent → who engaged → where deals stall
- Touchpoints scattered: inboxes, files, memory
- Follow-up status dispersed everywhere
- Capital status exists only in your head
- 

The reason it’s so important :

Without visibility, you can't fix leaks. 
Every missed follow-up = lost capital.

The Result:

→ Teams don't use tools consistently
→ CRM feels like busywork
→ Marketing/sales/IT pull different directions
→ Great deals on paper never close

DM "leaks" for complete visibility.

After 25 years building enterprise systems, the greystar project revealed why even billion-dollar portfolios struggle with disconnected infrastructure.

This integration challenge explains what separates growing portfolios from systematically scaling operations.

The challenge: 

→ Global developer managing $20b portfolio.
→ Disconnected systems across regions.
→ Manual processes throughout operations.
→ Financials spread across procore, yardi, and oracle with no integration.
→ Field teams operating blind without real-time data.

The systematic approach we implemented:

→ Unified financials and performance data across all regions.
→ Built custom end-to-end development platform connecting every phase.
→ Launched real-time mobile app for field teams.
→ Integrated financials across procore, yardi, and oracle systems.

The outcome that strengthened their market leadership:

→ Standardized data across all phases and regions.
→ Lower development costs with faster, agile teams.
→ First mobile app for remote developers in the industry.
→ Unified operations managing 2,600 assets globally.

From $20b portfolio struggling with disconnected systems to the world's largest multi-family developer with unified infrastructure.

If your portfolio is scaling but your systems create silos instead of integration, 
dm "systems" and i will show you the architecture that unified operations across a $20b global portfolio.

Slow collaboration across teams and clients was killing deal velocity for a California developer despite having strong projects ready to close.

This infrastructure bottleneck explains why operational chaos slows growth even with a good deal flow.

The systematic problems:

-Scattered data preventing quick access.
-Insecure document sharing creating hesitation.
-Slow collaboration delaying critical decisions.

The infrastructure we built:

<Custom deal pipeline dms centralizing all documents in one secure location.
<Complete migration of all on-site server data to cloud infrastructure.
<Investor portal enabling controlled access for clients.
<Centralized property center unifying property information.

The measurable transformation:

-Major boost in efficiency across operations.
-Secure collaboration replacing insecure sharing.
-Powerful search replaces manual file hunting.
-Standardized structure replacing scattered chaos.
-High user adoption because teams actually use it.
-Fully encrypted, auditable system ensuring security.

From slow, scattered collaboration to fast, centralized operations.

If slow collaboration is delaying your deals, 
dm "velocity" for the centralized infrastructure blueprint.

Why do portfolios struggle to grow despite having deals that look great on paper?

This disconnect between deal quality and portfolio growth reveals three capital leaks bleeding millions from developer pipelines.

Every day, you are stuck in this cycle:

<Disorganization costs deals and investors.
<Team members do not consistently use tools.
<Crm and tech stack feel like busywork.

Outreach looks amateur.
Marketing, sales, and it pull different directions.

What typically happens: 

You close a big raise.
The deal moves forward.
Then follow-ups stall.

No one owns the system.

Warm investor leads go cold while you chase capital with patchwork tools.

Real examples: 

One developer had $5m in interest.
Could not send a deck for 6 months.

Another had investors ready.
No platform to show the deal.

The three capital leaks we eliminate:

// First, no one owns investor follow-up.

Sponsors assume marketing will handle it.
Marketing thinks it is the sponsor.

Result: millions in capital sit idle because no system ever claimed it.

// Second, your process hurts trust and time.

Sending decks over email with no status updates, no portal, no automation.

// Third, you are blind to what is working.

Investor touchpoints are spread across inboxes, files, and memory.

If capital is leaking from your pipeline, 
dm "leaks," and I will show you exactly where the money disappears.

A global real estate developer struggled to manage a $20 billion portfolio using disconnected systems and manual processes across regions.

This systematic chaos threatened their position as the world's largest multi-family developer.

The challenge: 

→ Disconnected systems creating data silos.
→ Manual processes slowing decisions across global operations.
→ No unified view of financials and performance data.
→ Field teams are operating without real-time information.

After 25 years building enterprise systems, we knew the solution required a complete infrastructure transformation.

What we built:

→ Unified financials and performance data across all regions.
→ Custom end-to-end development platform connecting every phase.
→ Real-time mobile app for field teams in the field.

The outcome for greystar:

→ Standardized data across all phases and regions.
→ Lower development costs with faster, agile teams.
→ Strengthened leadership as the world's largest multi-family developer.
→ First mobile app for remote developers.
→ Integrated financials across Procore, Yardi, and Oracle systems.

From disconnected chaos to unified operations managing $20b systematically.

>> If your portfolio is growing but your systems are not keeping pace, and operations feel disconnected across regions, 
dm "Systems," and I will show you how we architect infrastructure that scales with growth.

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Most people work hard when they see results.

That's not belief. 
That's confirmation.

Real belief is working your hardest when nothing is happening yet.

When nobody notices.
When progress feels invisible.
When the numbers don't move.

Here's what separates winners from everyone else:

Unshakable belief that if you work your hardest, great things will happen.

Not might happen. 
It Will happen.

Results don't show up on your schedule. 
They show up on theirs.

Your job isn't controlling when they arrive.
Your job is working like they're inevitable.

The moment you need proof before committing is the moment you've lost.

Proof comes after belief, not before it.

Work hard when it makes no sense.
Stay committed when logic says quit.

That's where breakthroughs happen. 

Between effort and evidence.

Great things don't happen to people waiting for guarantees.

They happen to people who believe first and prove it later.

A california-based developer struggled with scattered data, insecure document sharing, and slow collaboration across teams and clients.

This infrastructure chaos threatened deal velocity and investor confidence despite having solid projects.

The challenge killing efficiency:

> Data scattered across multiple locations.
>Insecure document sharing risking confidential information.
>Slow collaboration delaying decisions.

The solution we built:

-Custom deal pipeline dms centralizing all documents.
-Migration of all on-site server data to secure infrastructure.
-Investor portal providing controlled access.
-Centralized property center unifying information.

The transformation:

/ Major boost in efficiency across operations.
/ Secure collaboration protecting confidential data.
/ Powerful search finding documents instantly.
/ Standardized structure eliminating confusion.
/ High user adoption across teams and clients.
/ Fully encrypted, auditable system ensuring compliance.

From scattered chaos to centralized control.

If scattered data is killing your collaboration speed, 
dm "centralize" for the complete infrastructure framework

Most developers chase complicated tech solutions when the answer is a simple four-step operational blueprint.

This system map used across 300+ enterprise-level implementations shows exactly how investor systems run automatically.

The d.e.a.l. os system map breaks down into four steps:

Step one: 
Dial in your perfect deal target.

Get clarity on which deals attract capital fastest and why your investor profile matters more than your pitch.

Step two: 
Engineer the system that runs itself.

See exactly how developers stop losing investors to disorganization and inconsistent follow-up.

Step three: 
Align your media and messaging.

Turn your decks, updates, and investor communication into an institutional-grade narrative.

Step four: 
Launch and leverage.

Understand the dashboard view that top developers use to predict raises instead of guessing.

Everything is visual, everything is simple, and everything works with the tools you already have.

The 2-page system map shows you how to stop using scattered tools and get everything working together.

All without touching a single crm, automation tool, or dashboard.

If you want instant clarity on how your entire investor system can run automatically, 
dm "map" and i will send you the complete 2-page blueprint with video walkthrough.

Why are developers with great deals spending hours fighting crms, marketing tools, and complicated tech stacks?

This tech struggle reveals the real problem is not the tools, it is the system connecting them.

Most developers are not struggling with deals, they are struggling with the backend chaos that slows every raise.

The pattern destroying efficiency:

Tech feels like work instead of support.
Every raise feels like starting from scratch.

Crm is basically a graveyard.
Team will not touch the backend.
You look smaller than you actually are.

The 2-page d.e.a.l. os system map shows exactly how top developers make investor systems run automatically with zero new software, zero complicated setup, and zero extra staff.

What the system map delivers instantly:

Structure: One clear, simple view of your entire investor operation.

Automation: No more chasing, forgetting, or manually following up.

Visibility: Know exactly where every investor and deal stands.

Professionalism: Enough polish to impress banks, partners, and serious capital.

Time freedom: Your system works while you are out closing deals.

You do not need more tools; you need a system that works.

If you are tired of fighting tech and ready to see the 2-page blueprint, 
dm "map" and I will send you immediate access.

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