Hi, I'm JP. I'm a husband, father, former MMA pro, creator and writer.
Jonathan Mills Patrick
Professional highlights:
- • 3x founder
- • 3x Senior Executive in Finance, Product Management, and Strategy
- • Former Chief Lending Officer
- • $800M in funding raised
- • $300M in products launched
- • Angel Investor
Personal highlights:
- • Husband
- • Father
- • Former state Karate Champion
- • First in TN to train in BJJ with the Gracie family
- • Marathon finisher
Portfolio.
Specialized content I've created to answer the most common questions I get from other professionals.
The Ladder or The Grind: Employee or Entrepreneur?
If you've ever questioned whether you're better suited to be an employee or an entrepreneur, this personal exploration of career choices gives you the framework to decide with confidence.
Lessons from a Failed Startup: GoGrabLunch.com
Rarely is there a single root cause for a failed startup. This honest postmortem of GoGrabLunch.com unpacks the real lessons learned — and how to apply them to your own venture.
Stress-Free Finances
Money is the number one stressor in life. This book helps you build a healthier, stress-free relationship with money — no matter where you're starting from.
Go-To-Market Made Easy
A practical guide to designing repeatable GTM systems that orchestrate acquisition, onboarding, customer success, and expansion — built for founders who need results, not theory.
Vibe Marketing: AI as Your CMO
Marketing is the most important skill set a founder can have. Learn how to use AI as your Chief Marketing Officer and close the gap between great product and real growth.
The Go-To-Market Validation Guide
Stop building before you validate. This guide gives impatient product people a repeatable process for testing GTM fit before committing to a full launch.
A Guide to Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans
SBA loans are often confused with grants. This guide walks you through exactly how the process works, what you need, and how to improve your chances of approval.
Complete Guide to Business Loans
A comprehensive look at how to choose and secure the right small business loan — from understanding your options to submitting a winning application.
A Guide to Sources of Capital Available to Businesses
One of the most common questions I get from entrepreneurs: 'Where do I find capital?' This guide maps out every meaningful source and how to approach each one.
The Ultimate Guide to Funding Your Business
From bootstrapping to venture capital, this guide covers every funding path available to small businesses and how to position yourself to secure the capital you need.
How to Meet Startup Investors
'How do I meet investors?' is one of the most common questions founders ask. This book teaches you five proven strategies to get in front of the right people.
Going Unicorn Hunting: A Guide for Evaluating Startups
A practical guide for investors who want to evaluate early-stage startups with discipline — including the frameworks, questions, and red flags that actually matter.
The Business Launch Formula
Since 2002, I've helped over 8,000 entrepreneurs launch and grow the business of their dreams. Stop guessing how to get started — here's the exact formula.
The Commercial Loan Broker in a Box Platform
The complete platform experience for launching, running, and scaling a commercial loan brokerage — everything you need in one place.
Freelance Success Formula
The proven roadmap for building a profitable freelance business — from landing your first client to setting rates, managing projects, and creating income that actually scales.
The 30-Day Founder Blueprint
A structured 30-day plan for getting your business off the ground. Cut through the noise and take the specific actions that matter most in your first month as a founder.
Startup Funding Formula
The framework I've used across $800M in fundraising. Learn how to structure your raise, find the right investors, and tell a story that gets funded.
Business Loan Formula
A step-by-step guide to finding, qualifying for, and securing the right business loan — from someone who spent years on the lending side of the table.
GTM Course: Go-To-Market Fundamentals
The core go-to-market framework I've applied across $300M in product launches. Build the motion that turns your product into a business.
Pre-Revenue Fundraising Guide
A versatile template for founders covering the key frameworks you need to build, validate, and grow your business.
Funding Readiness Checklist
A checklist to ensure you're investor-ready before your first pitch — covering the documents, data, and story investors actually want to see.
Idea Validation Checklist
Stop building before you validate. This checklist walks you through the key questions to answer before committing time and money to any idea.
Questions for Potential Investors
The questions you should ask every investor before you take their money. Built from real conversations across $800M in fundraising.
AI CMO Playbook
Use AI as your Chief Marketing Officer. A practical guide and template for founders who want enterprise-grade marketing without the enterprise-grade headcount.
GTM Validation Guide
Validate your go-to-market before you launch. The framework I use to test GTM fit across channels, segments, and messages — before committing to a full build.
Competitor Analysis Matrix
Map your competitive landscape the way product and strategy teams do. Understand where you win, where you lose, and where you're not even in the conversation.
Pains & Goals Tracker
A simple but powerful tracker for capturing customer pains and goals during discovery — the raw material for every great product, pitch, and campaign.
Product Launch Checklist
Every step you need before, during, and after a product launch. Distilled from $300M in product launches into one clean, actionable checklist.
User Persona Template
A clean, structured template for building user personas that actually inform decisions — not the fluffy kind that lives on a slide and gets ignored.
Angel Investing Due Diligence Template
The template I built for myself after no one could give me one I actually liked. Includes primer questions for every section to guide your thinking.
Business Plan Template
A professional business plan template built for founders who need to move fast without sacrificing quality. Free to get started.
GTM Analyzer
Run your go-to-market strategy through an AI-powered analyzer. Get a structured audit of your GTM approach with specific gaps, risks, and recommendations.
SBA Loan Analyzer
Assess your SBA loan readiness across 12 key criteria. Get a detailed score, personalized recommendations to improve your approval chances, and connections to SBA lenders.
SBA Business Plan Generator
Generate a complete, SBA-ready business plan in under 20 minutes. Answer a few questions about your business and walk away with a polished plan ready for lenders.
Sunday, Unedited
Where I write without a client, a brief, or an outcome in mind. During the week I build and document strategies that help companies grow. On Sundays, I write for me.
The Fintech GTM Report
Go-to-market strategy for fintech operators. The frameworks, plays, and lessons from building inside complex financial services environments.
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