See Through Complexity.

Move Strategically.

For growth-minded leaders in cleantech and hardtech industries, our process turns reactive decision-making into strategic mastery. In two weeks, you will have a 90-day roadmap that brings clarity to complexity, sharpens focus, and strengthens conviction.

50+
Companies Advised
90 Days
Roadmaps
PathFinding
To PathBreaking

The Strategy Gap

At some point, every growth leader faces the same challenge: momentum outpaces clarity, complexity amplifies, and the path forward begins to fade.

Market Signals Create Chaos and Confusion

Customer feedback, investor pressure, and competitor moves all point in different directions.

You are absorbing more information than ever, but it’s hard to see the path.

And While AI increases the volume of information, it rarely increases clarity.

The more data you process, the harder it becomes to see what matters and the path forward blurs.

Your Team is Pulled in Every Direction

Your team is talented and motivated, but unfocused.

Priorities shift weekly, chasing the next opportunity or solving the latest crisis.

Activity is high, but progress is limited.

Instead of moving forward together, everyone seems to be charting their own path.

There is no Time to Think Strategically

Pilots, partnerships, and features are advancing, but they are not always aligned.

You know you need a validated roadmap but can't afford months of planning while your team executes.

Strategy gets deferred and reactive decision-making becomes the default.

You Second-Guess Your Decisions

What worked in the early days — intuition, hustle, quick pivots — now creates drag.

Growth demands systems, not instinct.

Without a clear roadmap, every decision feels harder than it should and you wonder if you are moving toward a clear horizon or adding to the chaos.

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."
Sound familiar?
This is the growth-stage paradox: momentum without clarity; motion without direction; activity without conviction. The tools that  got you here no longer lead to your destination.
You need a different approach. You need to find your path.

Chaos to Clarity in Two Weeks

You don't need months of research or a full-time strategist. You need a proven process that cuts through complexity and delivers a validated roadmap. Fast. This is how we transform strategic uncertainty into confident execution:

Strategic Clarity

See the path hidden in the fog

Market signals pull you in every direction: customers make new demands, competitors make unanticipated moves, and investor pressure shifts frequently.

We cut through the noise to identify what actually matters to define your next stage of growth.

Through a focused 60-minute diagnostic, we analyze your competitive landscape to uncover the opportunity you are positioned to own.

You will see clearly where you stand, where you're going, and why it's the right path.

What You Get:
  • Strategic assessment
  • Market opportunity analysis
  • Validated path forward

Confidence

Build a map your team can follow

Strategic clarity is the foundation, but your team needs a plan they can act on.

We translate insight into a prioritized 90-day roadmap with clear milestones, decision points, and success metrics.

No more scattered priorities or firefighting mode.

Your team will know exactly what to build, who to target, and why it matters—all delivered in two weeks.

Strategic thinking no longer gets deprioritized when everyone can see the path forward.

What You Get:
  • Prioritized 90-day roadmap
  • Clear milestones and metrics
  • Team alignment

Conviction

Translate direction into momentum

When every decision feels risky, execution stalls.

We don't just hand you a roadmap, we build decision frameworks that give you conviction as you execute.

The tools that got you here—instinct and hustle—get upgraded to strategy and systems.

No more second-guessing.

Just confident, intentional leadership.

What You Get:
  • Tailored decision frameworks
  • Clear evaluation criteria
  • A reliable strategy system
  • Confidence to move decisively, even when conditions shift
We use AI tools to accelerate analysis and reveal patterns faster. Our guidance always comes from experience, judgment, and questions only a true strategist knows to ask.

What Founders Say About Working With Us

Ben Silton
CEO, TrelliSense

It's tempting to approach sales by communicating the virtues of your product or service, but through his years of experience, Aaron has developed the discipline to remain hyper-focused on the customer's problem and to find the shortest path between hypothesis and validation. As a startup CEO navigating a market in which differentiation matters, I've found Aaron to be the ultimate sounding board when approaching customer conversations and evaluating new markets as a whole.

Samir Mayekar
Associate VP and Managing Director, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Founding CEO, NanoGraf

Aaron has been my go-to strategic advisor for years. He has an exceptional ability to take complex, messy challenges—fundraising strategy, market positioning, strategic pivots—and distill them into clear, actionable direction. You walk away knowing exactly what to do next and why it matters.

Marcus Catsaras
Managing Director, Aethra Ventures

We were inundated with climate tech deals, each claiming to be the next big thing. Aaron didn't just help us pick better investments—he built a decision framework that fundamentally changed how we allocate capital. His tactful directness saves me countless hours in counterparty discussions, articulating hard truths in a way that leaves everyone relieved rather than defensive. The trust built through the process has been second to none. It feels like Aaron has been part of the internal team as if he had been here from the start.

Choose Your Path

Three tiers designed to meet you where you are in your strategic journey. Start with clarity, build confidence, lead with conviction. Every engagement begins with PathFinding.

PathFinding

See where you stand

A fast, focused diagnostic that cuts through noise to reveal your highest-leverage opportunity.

$1,200

  • Focused 60-minute session
  • Strategic positioning diagnostic
  • Clear high-leverage opportunities
  • Strategic clarity on your next move
  • Live session plus written summary
  • Delivered within 7 days
What you'll gain

Clarity on your strategic position and the one move that creates the most momentum right now.

You’ll walk away knowing exactly where you stand, what matters most, and which direction to take next.

Find Your Path

PathBreaking

Stay ahead of the curve

An ongoing strategic partnership that embeds systems, monitoring, and judgment into your organization as you scale.

Custom

  • Everything in PathTaking plus:
  • Quarterly strategic planning session
  • Monthly strategy review calls
  • Board & investor meeting prep
  • Continuous market intelligence
  • Ongoing strategic signal monitoring
  • Quarterly roadmap refresh
  • Minimum 6-month commitment
What you'll gain

A strategic partner who helps you stay ahead of the market as it shifts.

You’ll gain ongoing decision support, systematized strategic monitoring, and confidence to scale intentionally.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about PathFinding, our process, and getting started.

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Step Out of the Fog.

Stop reacting to noise.
Start shaping the game.