About Us
What if exited founders teamed up with companies changing the world to achieve their missions, faster? Answer: Supernova
Who We Are
As evolutionary entrepreneurs themselves, Supernova co-founders Barry Stamos and Christopher Staley have backgrounds as founders, investors, advisors, and consultants, and have experienced first-hand the difference between effective and sub-par advisor relationships. Through a lifetime of friendships, relationship building and curation, they have put together an assemblage of superstars who are motivated to share their knowledge and talent with mission-driven companies, for the betterment of venture humanity. More than 150 exited founders have come together to provide exponential impact to companies they serve.
Our Values
We shine brighter together
Humanity
We exist to serve people contributing to the greater good.
Intentionality
We are building a culture of people making conscious decisions with compassion, sustainability and community in mind.
Collaboration
We bring the right resources together for collective genius and exponential impact when playing finite and infinite games.
Optimism
We lead with love, positive intent and abundance knowing we play a part in greater missions with universal support.
Evolution
We believe startups are birthing renewed life into their communities and can bring a better future forward.
Why Supernova Exists
We orbit around your needs as all-star advisory teams.
The founders’ journey is innately challenging; it’s why so few have the endurance to make it all the way through. Seeking and building a team of advisors to strengthen the founder’s decision-making and strategy is a powerful way to increase the probability of success. Unfortunately, finding actual experienced startup advisors who can care for you and the mission is difficult. And if you do find them, how do you ensure that they are properly utilized and incentivized?
For decades, traditional advising for most founders and their companies has been essentially non-existent, or so informal that it leaves something to be desired. Boards are often serving this role, but with incentives and responsibilities that don’t allow for the openness and transparency needed to overcome many challenges we face.
The perfect advisor does not exist, but a dynamic team that adapts to your current company challenges, and knows what you are going through because they too have been a founder is “the perfect advisor.”
Supernova is the future of startup advising. We are the first and only resource able to curate successfully exited entrepreneurs and adapt that team to serve the evolving priorities and challenges of your company.
Our mission is to accelerate the realization of the founder's vision from the only perspective that truly understands the journey, as founders ourselves. Supernova is the future of startup advising.
Leadership Team
Barry Stamos
Manifestor
Christopher Staley
Generator
Daniel Dubois
Reflector
John Thomas Marino
Projector
Tim Chang
Guide
Kyle McFadden
Supporter
Heather Harwood
Artist
Zach Slobin
Whisperer