Build the future you intend.
You don’t have to figure it out alone. I help founders, owners and leaders decide what matters, let go of what doesn’t, and follow through.
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SEP 30, 2026
Best Practices Can Cap Your Results
When to use the playbook, and when to think from zero.
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JUN 2, 2026
Waiting for Superman
On no-playbook moments and the preparation that carries you through them.
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MAY 19, 2026
Fear Has a Direction
Why courage for the first step is the only courage you need.
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Twenty years of building
300+Companies supported
$190MM+Capital raised
1,000+Jobs created
13Exits
Forbes Top 10Accelerator for women-led founders
When it all rests on you
You’re responsible for the people, the payroll and the plan, and there is rarely anyone you can be fully honest with. I work with a small number of founders, owners and leaders who need a place to think out loud, a partner who has been there, and someone who will hold them to what they set out to do.
FOR FOUNDERS
Resilient Transformation
When the company is growing faster than you are.
FOR OWNERS
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When the business you built starts running you.
FOR LEADERS
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When you’re expected to have answers about AI.
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In their words
“Sometimes people have a hard time asking for help; Eric removes that barrier and invites an open conversation.”
“…has already propelled us to over 25% growth in revenue in just the first half of this year, far exceeding our expectations.”
“Eric did something completely different: he helped me design my future self first, then worked backward to create the systems to get there.”
Books
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From Garage to Greatness
ERIC MATHEWS
Unleashing Unprecedented Potential
ERIC MATHEWS
You Are The Edge
ERIC MATHEWS & AL PICKETT