I’m Robert Sterling.

You might know me from Twitter, where I generally post business memes, sneaker pictures, and text messages from my wife begging me to find a better hobby she’s not ashamed to tell her parents about (she thinks I’m awesome, by the way).

When I’m not being a jackass on social media, though, I spend most of my time as a fractional CFO and a corporate strategy consultant, helping startups, SMBs, and mid-market companies alike raise capital, plan for growth, build finance teams, and work toward successful exits. I’m also a personal investor in SMBs (which I love), real estate (which I loved 300 bps ago), early-stage startups (which I may or may not love over the next five to eight years), and crypto projects (which I wish had never been invented).

I began my career at Koch Industries and Cargill, America’s two largest private companies, where I worked in corporate development and completed ~$10B in successful M&A transactions, startup investments, capital raises, and divestitures. I have M&A and financial leadership experience in industries as diverse as energy, metals and mining, commodities trading, agriculture, food and beverage, manufacturing, SaaS, e-commerce and DTC, CPG, fintech, professional services, commercial real estate, and proptech.

I would genuinely love to chat with you, learn more about your ventures, brainstorm solutions to problems together, and be able to fund an extra round of appetizers at Olive Garden this weekend.