I have spent the last twenty years of my entrepreneurial career working through issues like these. During that time, I've built companies and teams, I've sold businesses and started new careers, and I've ridden the highs and lows of work and life.
Drawing on my own experiences as a serial entrepreneur, professor, and certified coach, I have spent the better part of the last decade developing programs, workshops, and coaching services for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and college students.
I now bring my passion for productivity, behavior design, philosophy, and entrepreneurial grit to the table to help folks struggling to set and hit goals, manage time, design better systems, and balance the tradeoffs between home and career by working with intentionality.
What I’ve learned over the years is that none of these skills are taught at school or on the job. If we want to succeed, we need to take our lives by the reins and find the right resources to support us as we grow.
So if you're struggling to make real progress in any area of your life, or need a helping hand to get back on track, let's talk.
"As we planned for the 2021 Techstars Chicago program, we thought having Billy work be a nice additon to the founder experience. We had no idea how valuable it would be for the founders to have their own confidant throughout the highs and lows of an intense accelerator program. Billy developed real relationships with each of our founders which created a safe environment for the founders to confide in him. I've heard from each of our teams and they can't express how helpful this was for their progress as early-stage founders and leaders. We can't wait to have Billy back for our next program!"
"Finding people to give advice is easy. Find someone who is willing to sit down, actually listen to you, and say “hey, I hear you and understand you, let me see how I can help from all my experience. Billy Banks is that someone - he has the unique ability to give that great advice if you need it, or to just listen to you bitch about something that went wrong and tell you yep, it sucks, let me buy you a beer."
"Billy served as a trusted coach, mentor, and resource for me and my co-founders from the start of our startup journey all the way through our acquisition. He consistently went out of his way to connect us with the right people and provide practical advice to help us move our venture forward. Through the ups and downs, Billy was with us every step of the way with guidance and support. He truly cares about helping the next generation of entrepreneurs find success and has a track record to show for it."
"Billy has an unmatched ability to make you dive deep into the questions that keep you up each night and to figure out what really matters in life. Having Billy as a mentor during Wildfire, he was able to guide us in figuring out what the real problems were that we were solving for. Outside of business, Billy is a down-to-earth awesome human who undoubtedly has ideas and experiences to share that anyone can find useful."
"The first time I saw Billy, he was hosting a demo day, sporting a cowboy hat, long hair and a handlebar mustache. This is not something you typically spot in a Northwestern academic building, and I just sensed I wanted to be pals with this guy. As I got to know Billy better, it became clear that he has an innate ability to inspire young entrepreneurs. He taught us to be vulnerable, avoid vanity metrics, embrace failure, and to constantly adapt. And for many of us, those lessons stuck because we watched Billy live those ideals himself."