Accelerating Visionaries

Are you looking to rapidly disrupt your industry, enter new markets, and scale your success?

I’m here to help you grow revenue, reduce costs, mitigate risks, attract top talent, delight customers, and secure investors’ trust.

Leverage my 25+ years’ experience launching products for 100M+ daily users, transforming Fortune 500s, accelerating startups, and igniting innovation in elite government agencies.”

– West Stringfellow, Founder and CEO of HowDo

Learn how West Stringfellow can help you…

Drive Innovation

Elevate your company's innovation by partnering with West who helps you empower your team to fortify your market leadership, (re)ignite durable growth, and redefine industry standards.

West is dedicated to turning your vision into reality. Please submit your details and West will contact you.

Accelerate Innovation

Unleash your team's potential with West's proven approach to delivering disruptive solutions. Catapult your company to the forefront of your market by building product and platforms loved by customers, talent, and investors.

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Steer Innovation

Leverage West's approach to innovation based on customer-obsession, data-driven decision and long-term planning to drive growth, durable competitive advantages, and adaptive resilience, propelling your company. Take the lead in your market while meeting the highest standards of efficiency, regulatory compliance, and social responsibility.

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Ignite Innovation

Inspire, entertain and educate your audience with West's unique insights on innovation, where he blends transformative ideas with engaging storytelling to ignite change and leave a lasting impact.

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Accelerate Your Impact

To help you seize the chance to improve the world with your innovation, West offers pro bono coaching to a select few trailblazing student teams. Submit your information and West will determine if he can help transform your vision into impact.

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Turning Visionaries into Global Game-Changers

Set yourself and your company on a path to global leadership by leveraging West Stringfellow’s two decades of experience driving startup successes and Fortune 500 transformations.

Innovate Boldly and Brilliantly

“Let’s create innovative strategies and bring them to life by building new teams, products, platforms, and experiences loved by customers, talent, and shareholders.” – West

Career Highlights

  • Amazon: Built and led teams that innovated product, operations, and platforms in digital video, fraud prevention, marketing, marketplaces, and web services
  • Rosetta Stone: Built and led teams that led several acquisitions and launched six products in a year, one topping the iTunes App Store Kids category
  • PayPal: Led teams that created the first point-of-sale product and platform (‘Most Innovative’ award)
  • Techstars: Founded and built the team that created a successful startup accelerator
  • Target: Distinguished as the first Entrepreneur in Residence, and later founded the company’s centralized innovation team as VP, Innovation

Elevate Endeavors to Masterpieces

“Let’s transform existing solutions into industry-leading innovations that customers, teams, and investors love.” – West

Career Highlights

  • Amazon: Led the risk team to a 98% reduction in European marketplace fraud losses
  • PayPal: Led the team that retained 3M+ customers by innovating AML/KYC/CTF
  • Rosetta Stone: Built and led teams that boosted app ratings from < 2★ to 4.5★
  • Visa: Built and led teams that grew Verified by Visa in Europe 130% YOY while envisioning and prototyping Visa’s first PayPal competitor
  • Target: Founded and led a central innovation team that significantly cut costs by 8-digits while greatly enhancing innovation impact. We provided mentorship across the company (NPS 72+), successfully incubated products, businesses, and non-profits, and successfully built and managed startup accelerators.

Fund, Scale, and Accelerate Your Impact

“Let’s build the strategies and team required to accelerate market-fit with disruptive products, platforms, and experiences.” – West

Entrepreneurial Highlights

  • Startup: Successfully founded, funded, built, and led an amazing team that created a prescient product and platform as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Target
  • Ecosystem: Accelerated dozens of startups as the founder and leader of the Target + Techstars startup accelerator and through direct mentorship and coaching
  • Coaching and Mentorship: Accelerated hundreds of entrepreneurs, executives, and CEOs as a coach and mentor

Amplify Your Leadership

“Let’s redefine industry standards and captivate customers by leading with data, nurturing top talent, building investor trust, and creating a positive impact.” – West

Selected Acknowledgements

  • Elite Executive Performance: Selected by CEOs at Target, Visa Europe, and PayPal for executive training programs for their highest-performance executives
  • Recognized Business Leader: Nominated and elected by the local business community as a “Minnesota (Real) Power 50”
  • Global Entrepreneurial Impact: Selected as a Fellow for New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary Fellowship for entrepreneurs with global impact

Accelerate Your Innovation with West

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Coaching: Innovate with West

“Ready to accelerate your innovation?

I look forward to helping you grow revenue, reduce costs, mitigate risks, attract top talent, delight customers, and secure investors’ trust.

Please submit your information below to get started. I look forward innovating with you!

Best wishes on your innovation journey.”

– West Stringfellow

Accelerate Innovation with Coaching

Speaking: Ignite Innovation with West

“Want to catalyze your team’s innovation?

I love sharing my enthusiasm for innovation and would welcome the opportunity to energize, educate and inspire your audience.

Please submit your information below to get started. I look forward to unlocking innovation at your event!

Best wishes on your innovation journey.”

– West Stringfellow

Catalyze Innovation with Speaking

Business Evolution with West: 
Free Knowledge, Monumental Impact

No Catch, Just My Belief: Knowledge is Power

“I firmly believe our future hinges on sharing knowledge and fostering empowerment. That’s why Business Evolution is free.” – West

Unlock Your Inner Innovator

“I’ve pioneered industries while transforming startups and Fortune 150s. Now, let’s unleash your inner innovator to build sustainable, impactful businesses for monumental change.” – West

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