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David A. Frankel
Commercial Growth Strategist
I help companies put velocity into their commercial go-to-market strategies.
I am a high energy, results oriented, commercially focused leader, executive and sales/marketing/business development executive. I have deep experience in building and executing programs that incorporate digital transformation, go-to market, pipeline/funnel optimization and strategic partnership acquisition and management.
Currently applying my expertise in growing data oriented solution to driving commercial business dev…
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Experience
SLINGSTONE Group
Managing Partner
Sep 2016 - Present
SLINGSTONE Group develops winning commercial growth strategies, solves challenging sales, marketing and business development problems and provides experienced, hands-on coaching and advisory services. Our clients: operating executives, investors and managers who need to jump start sales, marketing and business development and turn ideas into immediate action and results. We partner with cross functional teams of all sizes to uncover the optimal commercial growth strategies that are needed to scale businesses and rapidly increase stakeholder value. Why do people ultimately engage with us? Quite simply: we bring velocity to your business.
- Work with startups and businesses of all sizes to drive commercial growth with urgency, accountability, communication and empathy.
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