Adriana Darby

I make a good advisor and board member because I%27ve actually operated at the level I%27d be advising on, not just consulted from the outside. More recently as Chief Strategy Officer at a tech business, I sat across strategy, growth and partnerships. Across all my roles, I%27ve worked at the intersection of growth, partnerships, business development, product, client success and operations. I%27ve been hands-on in the parts of the business that make it run, so my strategic advice comes from having lived it.
I%27m most useful to companies at pre-seed to growth stage, in B2B SaaS, AI, fintech or consumer, who are navigating a specific moment of change like raising a round, entering a new market, needing sharper positioning, or getting ready for board and investor conversations. I%27m particularly strong where a founder needs someone who can move between the strategic and the practical: shaping the narrative, but also knowing what it actually takes to execute it.