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Austin Piazza

Expertise

Same process, four different problems

Growth, retention, strategy, or AI — doesn't matter which one. I start the same way every time: learn the business first, then build from what's actually there.

Growth

Building the growth engine for what a company is becoming

Design an operating model that scales with the business instead of fighting it.

Where it applies

Companies past product-market fit, moving into their next stage of revenue.

The problem

Every stage has blind spots that are obvious in hindsight and invisible while you're in them.

How I work

Ten years of pattern-matching across companies to spot what's easy to miss from the inside.

The outcome

A growth engine built for the next stage — extending what already works instead of tearing it down.

Retention

The retention function that becomes the next growth engine

Retention systems built to double as an expansion revenue engine.

Where it applies

Companies that scaled acquisition faster than they built what happens after the sale.

The problem

Churn creeps in through the gaps, and the expansion revenue sitting in the existing customer base goes uncaptured.

How I work

Map where customers fall through, then build the infrastructure to catch them — built to scale, not duct tape.

The outcome

A retention function with a name attached to it — one that protects revenue and grows it.

Strategy

Know exactly where the next dollar of growth investment should go

Prioritize growth bets by ROI and time-to-impact, backed by data instead of whoever argues loudest.

Where it applies

Teams with more good ideas than budget or bandwidth to chase all of them.

The problem

Plenty of good initiatives competing for the same budget and the same quarter, and no shared read on which one actually moves revenue first.

How I work

Analyze across teams and build the roadmap together, not hand one down.

The outcome

A roadmap the team actually believes in, because they helped build it.

AI

Find where AI actually applies — then build it

Identify the highest-impact AI applications and build the actual production workflow, not a demo.

Where it applies

Anywhere from "we should probably do something with AI" to a workflow running in production.

The problem

Most of it is noise — attention and budget pulled toward the flashy, low-impact stuff while the application that would actually move the needle goes unbuilt.

How I work

Start with a conversation to find the real opportunity, then build the workflow by hand.

The outcome

A straight answer on whether AI actually helps here, and a working system if it does.

Start with the workflow that annoys you most.

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