Jesse Randall

Founder & CEO

2018 - Current

Meet Sweater—the first venture fund YOU can invest into. Until now, venture capital has been an asset class exclusively available to a select few. Sweater is transforming that. Our mobile-first experience allows you direct access to the world's most exclusive asset class—Venture Capital. Sweater’s mission is to empower everyone to become investors in the next generation of venture-backed startups.

Member Board of Trustees

2022

Work alongside an amazing board of Independent Trustees who oversees the affairs of the Sweater Cashmere Fund. Our purpose is to look out for the needs of the members of the Cashmere Fund and ensure appropriate oversight requirements are met.

EY Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee

2022 - 2023

Nominated by an outside party into the EY Entrepreneur of the Year program for the Western region. I am grateful for the recognition of Sweater's impact on the venture capital industry.

Owner

2016 - 2023

Deviant sets up camp at the convergence of go-to-market strategy, startup finance, and revenue operations. We help startups deviate from over-hyped processes by getting down in the trenches to prep for fundraising, model future operational forecasts, and be an outside voice as part-time CRO.

Owner

2016 - 2021

dripdrip builds and operates cutting edge B2B lead generation systems on behalf of sales teams and founders. Leveraging technology platforms that didn't even exist 18 months ago, dripdrip takes sales teams into the future of cold outreach automation by bringing new interested leads to the table that couldn't even be found years ago. Authenticity is the center of our scalable system. We use amazing technology and processes to connect humans with humans to talk business and drive revenue and partnerships opportunities.

VP of Operations

2019 - 2020

Guidely’s intuitive AI platform connects gifted mentors, guides, coaches and counselors with students of life on a path of personal development. Its intuitive software technology matches you with the Guide that is best suited to help you manifest your highest potential.

Partner

2019 - 2020

Director, Revenue Strategy

2015 - 2016

*Led client strategy on key accounts such as Intuit, Cabela's, Dish Networks, and HAVAS Media. Doubled contract value under management from same client portfolio in less than six months. *Designed and built custom operations for lead prospecting and email outreach automation systems from cutting edge technologies, including prospecting, email validation, CRM integration, and email outreach automation. Mapped over 450K content marketing decision makers in the United States, and more than 1.1M internationally. *Played critical role alongside founders in securing $1.3M in seed funding from Peak Ventures, angel investors, and state grant opportunities.

Director of Finance and Director of Operations

2012 - 2015

*Built out financial modeling practice and methodologies to project detailed revenues and expenses for high growth ventures * Built over 50 custom financial models reflecting diverse go-to-market strategies across energy, mobile applications, real estate, SaaS platforms, and technology hardware. * Directed cross-functional team of 25 employees to deliver critical outcomes for 100+ start-ups * Managed client relationships, advising in all aspects of their business growth including go-to-market strategies, strategic marketing, growth hacking, business development, financial modeling, cash flow management and product development * Designed and implemented the new hire process, and drove thought leadership for internal team utilization and project profitability for over a dozen concurrent clients

High Tide Business Accelerator Designer and Facilitator

2012 - 2014

* Built a national start-up accelerator program from the ground up, managed hundreds of applications, and completed due diligence for over 40 companies. * Provided venture capital due diligence packages on over 40 companies to a venture capital firm, providing financial and market landscape insights across are large array of business models, technologies, and industry verticals. * Managed relationships with dozens of third party entities involved in the program as mentors, sponsors, and partners. * Managed $1.5M across several rotations of the program over the course of two years with a team of 25 cross-functional professionals to deliver services.

Founder

2012 - 2015

* Set strategic direction for company, define product offerings, operationalize processes, find funding, build partnerships, and every other activity required for scaling a high growth digital start-up. * Managed the design, build, and deployment of a fully functional Minimum Viable Product (MVP). * Built a sales pipeline of more than $5M in prospective clients, conducted pilots, and pushed relationships to the c-suite level.