ADVISORY & BOARD ROLES
Experienced operating judgment when the decisions are consequential.
Selective advisory and board relationships for founder-led and investor-backed consumer-product companies, private equity sponsors, and leadership teams that want an operator in the room without confusing advice with day-to-day management.
BUILT IN THE REAL WORLD
Operator experience. Not borrowed theory.
20+ years
Inside products, factories, supply chains, systems, teams, channels, and customer operations.
$500M+
Lifetime consumer-product sales across brands and businesses operated, advised, and helped scale.
<$1M → nearly $50M
The Spikeball operating journey from first employee through global scale.
TWO WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Ongoing operating advisory or a clearly defined board role.
Both begin with fit, role clarity, decision access, and an honest view of the company’s needs. Neither is a disguised fractional-executive job.
Operating Advisory
Starting at $7,500/month
Usually a six-month initial engagement
Discuss an advisory relationshipROLE CLARITY
Advice, governance, and management are different jobs.
Operating Advisory provides judgment, preparation, decision support, and defined implementation help. It does not include daily management, direct reports, routine staff-meeting attendance, unlimited document review, or authority beyond the agreed scope.
Formal board service is evaluated and documented separately, including governance responsibilities, fiduciary duties, conflicts, indemnification, directors-and-officers insurance, meeting cadence, committee work, and time expectations.
The standard in either role
- Written preparation before consequential discussions
- Clear decisions, owners, deadlines, and definitions of done
- Direct communication when risk or execution is drifting
- Respect for management’s authority and the board’s responsibilities
Best for companies where operating judgment will materially improve the decision.
Founder-led, private-equity-backed, family-owned, and professionally managed sporting goods, outdoor, games, toys, fitness, lifestyle, ecommerce, retail, and omnichannel companies.
Playconomix can work with the CEO and management team, the sponsor, the board, or a commercial-banking relationship team—provided the role, confidentiality, decision rights, and expected outcome are clear.
Selective by design. Clear on role, access, and accountability.
Advisory and board conversations are reviewed for operating fit, decision access, management alignment, governance expectations, and the ability to create meaningful value.
