Hakim Dyer

Growth Strategist | Profit Advisor & Capitalization Coach

Capital Strategist | Executive Coach

I've spent 38 years on both sides of the capital table: international banking, community finance, real estate capital, CFO leadership across innovation ecosystems you've never heard of, and deals you wouldn't believe closed.

Here's what four decades taught me: Investors don't fund potential. They fund operational command and performance.

Most CEOs think the capital conversation is about the pitch. It's not. It's about whether your business fundamentally works. Whether you have demonstrable control over profit, growth, and operational execution. Investors evaluate that before they evaluate anything else.

The problem? Most CEOs never learned to run a business through the finance lens. They're building. They're selling. But they can't articulate unit economics, defend their pricing strategy, or explain their path to profitability with the precision investors expect. And they definitely can't do it under pressure without sounding defensive or uncertain.

That's where I work.

I have high-performance CEOs and business builders create profit strategy, execute on growth, and command their operations through financial fluency. Not fractional CFO work. Executive development that transforms how you think about and run your business. We work through the fundamentals: pricing architecture, margin structure, capital efficiency, operational leverage, the economics that make your business investable.

We work it until you can discuss valuations, defend burn rates, and navigate tough questions with the calm confidence of someone who genuinely commands their numbers.

Think less consultant, more drill instructor. I don't deliver spreadsheets or quarterly reports. I build strategic capacity in operators who need to perform when it counts. Whether that's in the boardroom, the fundraising process, or scaling from $2M to $20M without the wheels coming off.

This is for CEOs who know their business needs tighter financial discipline, sharper profit strategy, and the operational rigor that separates fundable companies from everyone else. You're not here for information. You're here to transform how you show up as a leader.

The "&Co" isn't decorative. It's a network of 100+ experienced advisors plus deep connections across capital, innovation, and operating ecosystems. When you work with me, you tap into that collective expertise. Think of it as a strategic bench deeper than your starting lineup.

I keep things sharp and direct. No jargon from the finance world or anywhere else. After this long, I know what matters and what's just noise.

I'm the behind-the-scenes strategist for business builders who want to command both their operations and their capital conversations.