James Raybould

Fractional exec at Speak and StealthCo

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2023
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Advisor and inVestor
Dec 2023
inVest Ventures invests in LinkedIn alumni-founded companies, where every limited partner ("inVestor") is either a current or former LinkedIn employee. Our inVestors are not only a source of funding to founders, but also a source of advice, relationships, and support. If youre a LinkedIn alumni founder or prospective founder, wed love to hear from you and to help you: https://forms.gle/4pi9n7q7YbYkwnfX8. Disclaimer: Please note that while we proudly support the LinkedIn alumni entrepreneurial community, inVest Ventures is not connected with or endorsed by LinkedIn Corporation.
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2024
Limited Partner, Stage 2 Capital Catalyst
Mar 2024
Stage 2 Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage B2B software companies and sits shoulder to shoulder with leadership teams to operationalize sustainable revenue growth and sales operations. Backed by top go-to-market professionals from leading tech companies, Stage 2 Capital leverages its deep sales expertise to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses in addition to providing capital.
Co-Founder
Jan 2024
We - John Mayhall and James Raybould, two longtime colleagues at LinkedIn turned startup execs - regularly publish Blueprints, frameworks from our favourite operators. The shortcuts and heuristics they use to turn uncertainty into a clearer path forward. And an opportunity for both of us to geek out on the business frameworks we love, sprinkling in our own experiences and some fun cartooning on the design front. Our main site with 20+ Blueprints published is at https://blueprints.guide Here are a few popular ones: - The Priority Matrix (PMAT): https://shorturl.at/4eLN5 - Jeff Bezoss 1-Way vs 2-Way Doors: https://shorturl.at/BTrM6 - Jeff Weiners 3 Levels of Feedback: https://shorturl.at/1KmPl - What Answer Do You Want? https://shorturl.at/PPK6r - And, But, Therefore Storytelling: https://shorturl.at/gg3kL
2023
Advisor and inVestor
Dec 2023
inVest Ventures invests in LinkedIn alumni-founded companies, where every limited partner ("inVestor") is either a current or former LinkedIn employee. Our inVestors are not only a source of funding to founders, but also a source of advice, relationships, and support. If youre a LinkedIn alumni founder or prospective founder, wed love to hear from you and to help you: https://forms.gle/4pi9n7q7YbYkwnfX8. Disclaimer: Please note that while we proudly support the LinkedIn alumni entrepreneurial community, inVest Ventures is not connected with or endorsed by LinkedIn Corporation.
2004
Senior Associate Consultant
Sep 2004
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients.
2001
Project Manager/Volunteer Coordinator
Jan 2001
At the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, our mission is empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of Team USA athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation. We are the Team Behind the Team. We stand at the heart of a global, purpose-driven, multi-sport ecosystem, and together, through our love of sport, we are building a better, more inclusive world. Our core values and principles guide this work: Core Principles: - We promote and protect athletes’ rights, safety, and wellness. - We champion the integrity of sport. - Recognizing the expertise of our member organizations, especially NGBs, we respect their vital role and pledge our support to their success. - We set clear standards of organizational excellence and hold ourselves and all member organizations accountable. - As a trusted and influential leader, we’re committed to advancing the global Olympic and Paralympic movements, making a mark both internationally and domestically. - We honor and celebrate the legacy of Team USA athletes. Core Values: - Pursue Excellence - Lead Courageously - Serve Others - Foster Belonging The USOPC serves as both the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States. We are focused on protecting, supporting and empowering America’s elite athletes, and are responsible for fielding U.S. teams for the Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games, and serving as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic movements in the U.S. A federally chartered nonprofit corporation, the USOPC is entirely privately funded through the generosity of the American public and the support of many commercial partners. To learn more about how you can be part of the Team Behind the Team, visit usopc.org/careers.