11 Products. 1 Operator. ~455 Dev Hours. 4 Months.

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Priority Tiers: Tier 1 — Fund Now Tier 2 — Next 6 Months Tier 3 — Explore / Backlog
Proposed Use of Funds (Ideal Raise)
40%
Product + Dev
AI API costs, infrastructure, contractor dev support for priority builds
25%
Go-to-Market
Paid acquisition, content, ads, door-to-door for IPS, conference attendance
20%
Operations
Legal, accounting, CRM tooling, partnership agreements, IP protection
15%
Runway Buffer
Founder salary bridge, emergency reserves, 3-month pivot cushion
Front = operating snapshot + fundraise. Back = top 10 pessimistic questions per brand. Click "Flip" on any card.

How This Investment Mobilizes Focus, Delivery, and Revenue

From capital in to compounding returns. A realistic plan built for AI-speed execution.
Month 1
Capital In
Funds secured. Legal entities formed. IP agreements signed. Operating accounts funded.
Day 1-30
Month 1-2
Hire + Vest
Hire AI builder (PT contractor). Hire marketing/sales resource. Tom stays on product but takes high-value meetings.
First hires operational
Month 2-4
Refine Message + GTM
Sharpen positioning across Tier 1 products. Launch paid campaigns. Activate partner networks. Close first pilot customers.
First revenue from new channels
Month 4-8
Funnel Investment
Double down on what converts. Kill what doesn't. Move Tier 2 products to active based on market signal. Build repeatable pipeline.
Pipeline generating consistently
Month 8-14
Conversion + Scale
Predictable MRR across 3-5 products. Expand team based on revenue. Explore Series A readiness or strategic partnerships.
$30K+ MRR target
Month 14-18
Compound or Exit
Portfolio generating sustainable cash flow. Decision point: continue compounding, raise next round, or position top assets for acquisition.
Investor return window
Projected Business Impact with Investment
3x
Development Velocity
AI builder hire triples output. Tom shifts from building everything to architecting and closing deals.
$30K+
MRR Target by Month 12
Blended revenue across Connected Consulting, NLC, and 2-3 additional products reaching paying customers.
5-8
Revenue-Generating Products
Current portfolio has 11 products built. Investment activates GTM on the 5-8 with clearest path to revenue.
Monthly Burn Rate and Runway Math
$5,100
Monthly Burn (Current)
API costs, tooling, hosting, minimal marketing. Solo operator, no salaries.
$22,700
Monthly Burn (Post-Raise)
AI builder ($6K), marketing hire ($5K), founder draw ($4K), ops/legal ($2.5K), API/infra ($3K), marketing spend ($2.2K).
18 mo
Runway at $408K
$408K / $22.7K = 18 months before revenue offsets burn.
40+ mo
Runway at $918K
$918K / $22.7K = 40 months. Allows aggressive GTM + buffer for pivots.
Revenue Attribution (Pre-Investment)
$49,000
Connected Consulting
8 clients in 3 months. 100% word of mouth and limited social posts. Zero paid acquisition. Avg deal $6.1K. Services margin 60%+.
$1,800
Indy Poop Swoop
Early service revenue. Pre-marketing investment. Route density building in Zionsville/Carmel corridor.
$0
All Other Products
Pre-revenue by design. Products built first, GTM activates with investment. This is the gap funding closes.
Traction Proof Points
Paying Customers
Connected Consulting: 8 clients, $49K
100% inbound/referral. $6.1K average deal. 60%+ margin. Zero paid marketing spend. Last client came from a founder who burned through 5 prior sales consultants.
Signed Partnership
CauseCraft: Co-founder in negotiation
Robert Fanger, nonprofit communications executive. 50/50 partnership with vesting structure. NDA signed. Equity framework under review. MVP demo delivered.
Warm Pilot Partners
Referral Exchange: 5 partners committed
Galaxy Garage Coating, Donvan Yard Service, Rhino Shield Paint, Earth Works Outdoor, IndyPoopSwoop. All personal relationships. Pilot agreement drafted.
Proposed Investment Terms
Instrument
SAFE Note
Simple Agreement for Future Equity. Founder-friendly, investor-familiar. Converts at next priced round.
Target Raise
$400K - $918K
Minimum provides 18 months runway. Ideal provides 40+ months with aggressive GTM.
Valuation Cap
$4M
$400K buys 10% equity. Converts at cap or discount at next priced round, whichever benefits investor.
Investor Return Scenarios ($400K at 10%)
Bear Case (30% fail + 40% miss)
24-Mo MRR
$28K
5-Yr Value
$9.6M
10% Worth
$960K
Return
2.4x
Base Case (Projections hold)
24-Mo MRR
$65K
5-Yr Value
$16M
10% Worth
$1.6M
Return
4.0x
Upside Case (Full projections)
24-Mo MRR
$100K
5-Yr Value
$22.8M
10% Worth
$2.28M
Return
5.7x
Founder Investment to Date
~$18K
Direct Cash Invested
API costs, tooling subscriptions, hosting, domain portfolio, CRM, legal filings.
~455 hrs
Sweat Equity
At $150/hr consulting rate = $68K in equivalent labor invested.
$0
External Funding
100% bootstrapped. No prior investors, no debt, clean cap table.
~$86K
Total Founder Stake
Cash + labor equivalent. Founder has real skin in the game.
What Stops Someone Else from Doing This?
Operator + Seller
Most technical builders can't sell. Most sellers can't build. Tom does both. $100M in career closed revenue plus 11 shipped products. That combination is the moat.
Domain Data
Each product generates proprietary data: referral conversion rates, sales coaching outcomes, nonprofit comms performance, partner quality scores. Code can be copied. Data compounds.
Network Effects
Referral Exchange gets more valuable with each partner. NLC community gets more valuable with each member. CauseCraft gets more valuable with each nonprofit. These compound, not diminish.
Portfolio Flywheel
CC clients become NLC referrers. NLC members use Viral Content Lab. IPS feeds Referral Exchange. Each product drives demand for the others. A competitor would need to build all of them.

Why This Doesn't Fail

I named this portfolio AlexDLY. Daddy Loves You. Every decision I make runs through one filter: does this build a life where my son Alex grows up watching his father build something real, not chase something safe.

I came from low-income beginnings. I've personally closed over $100M in enterprise sales. I've influenced fundraising outcomes for companies that are now public. I know what it takes to sell, to build pipeline, and to close. What I'm doing now is applying those same skills to my own ventures for the first time.

In the last 4 months, I've built 11 working products as a solo operator using AI tools. Not pitch decks. Not wireframes. Working software with real architecture, real users, and real revenue models. Most startup studios with five engineers couldn't match that output.

Connected Consulting brought in $49K in 3 months with zero paid marketing. Eight clients, all word of mouth. That's not a projection. That's proof that when I point this skillset at a market, revenue follows.

The gap isn't talent or work ethic. The gap is resources. An AI builder to triple my development capacity. A marketing hire to run campaigns while I take meetings. Legal and operational infrastructure to protect what's already built. That's what this raise covers.

I don't need someone to tell me what to build. I need runway to finish what I've started.

$100M+
Career closed revenue in enterprise sales
15+ yrs
Enterprise sales leadership experience
$49K
Revenue in 3 months, 100% word of mouth
11
Products built in ~4 months as solo operator
~$86K
Personal capital + labor invested
$0
Prior external funding (clean cap table)
5
Warm pilot partners committed
1
Co-founder partnership in negotiation
IU
Indiana University alumni network active
References Available
Professional and character references available upon request. Former clients, business partners, and colleagues who can speak to sales ability, work ethic, and integrity.

I built 11 products in 4 months because I refused to wait for permission. Imagine what happens when I have resources behind me.

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