Growth. Partnerships. Distribution.

I build commercial engines around complex businesses.

I help companies turn strong products into repeatable growth.

Mike Auerbach at his desk, writing in a notebook beside a laptop

Growth has to become a system.

Strong products don’t scale on their own. The work is building the relationships, channels, positioning, and infrastructure around them.

Build the partnerships.

Create the channels.

Make it repeatable.

How I approach problems

What I noticed

Too much product knowledge lives in a few people’s heads. Everyone else has to reconstruct the opportunity every time.

What I built

A tool that gives the team the context, questions, and next steps before a specialist has to jump in.

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Built from zero. Operated at scale.

Mike Auerbach at a whiteboard mapping problem, insight, system and outcome

I helped build a national 1031 exchange business from the ground up.

Later, I served on the C-level team of a $3B investment manager, leading growth and commercialization across products, partnerships, and distribution.

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Media

A few places I've written, spoken, or been invited to explain complicated ideas.

Taking the 721 Exit Off the 1031 Investment Treadmill Commercial Observer · Article · December 2025 How to Help Investors Unlock Passive Potential With 721 Exchanges Wealth Management, 2026 Market Outlook · Article · December 2025 When the 1031 Cycle No Longer Fits the Plan AltsWire · Article · April 2026

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If you’re building something strong and the commercial engine hasn’t caught up, I’d like to hear about it.

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