Hi P***v, I’m J***e, an HR Recruiter at StrategyBrain. I came across your profile and was really impressed by your leadership at J***s and J***y,particularly your success in structuring deals and driving growth across licensing, e-commerce, real estate, and technology. We’re partnering with N***s to find a Chief Strategic Partnerships and Growth Officer, a role that focuses on enterprise-wide growth strategies, deal sourcing and negotiations, and global channel development. Given your track record in private equity investments and strategic partnerships, I’d love to share more details and see if this aligns with your career goals. Would you be open to a brief chat this week? Looking forward to your thoughts, J***e

Hi P***v, Great to hear from you,and I’m excited to dive into how your background at J***s and J***y aligns with the Chief Strategic Partnerships and Growth Officer role at N***s. Here’s a quick overview: • Company & Role Context , N***s is a results-driven private equity and strategic partnerships firm investing across licensing, e-commerce, real estate and technology. , As Chief Strategic Partnerships and Growth Officer, you’d sit on the executive leadership team, shaping enterprise-wide growth strategies to maximize ROI and long-term value. • Key Responsibilities 1. Develop and execute cross-vertical growth plans,licensing, e-commerce, real estate, tech,building on the strategic playbooks you’ve used at J***s. 2. Lead deal sourcing, structuring and negotiations for private equity investments and partnerships, leveraging your proven track record with major retailers and investors. 3. Oversee global channel development and B2B/B2C relationship management to optimize distribution and revenue with top-tier partners. 4. Mentor and inspire cross-functional leadership teams, champion a culture of innovation and support N***s’s philanthropic initiatives. • Why This Matters for You , Strategic Impact: You’ll own a seat at the table, directly influencing company direction and portfolio growth. , Growth & Resources: N***s offers full support,dedicated deal teams, CFO and legal resources, and a competitive compensation package with performance bonus and equity. , Career Trajectory: This role is designed for someone ready to scale from operator to industry-leading strategist, with clear pathways to a board director position or future COO/CEO roles. Would you like to review any specific aspect in more detail? If you’re ready to chat, I’m available for a 20-minute call on: • Wednesday at 2:00 PM ET • Thursday at 10:00 AM ET Let me know which time works best, or feel free to suggest another slot. Looking forward to our conversation! Best regards, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi P***v, Great question. At N***s you’ll collaborate with a dedicated deal team that mirrors the four verticals: a Licensing & Merchandising lead, an E-commerce partnerships manager, a Real Estate investment associate, and a Technology ventures specialist. They’re backed by in-house legal counsel and our CFO’s analytics group, so you’ll have both deal execution support and deep financial modeling resources at your side. As for the first big hurdle, it’s unifying those diverse businesses under a single, scalable growth framework. You’ll need to align fast-moving e-commerce initiatives with longer-cycle real estate and licensing deals,setting consistent KPIs, streamlining approval processes, and securing buy-in from multiple stakeholders. Given your track record at J***s, I’m confident you’ll hit the ground running. Thursday at 10 AM ET is confirmed. I’ll send a calendar invite shortly. Looking forward to diving deeper then,let me know if you’d like any pre-read materials in the meantime. Talk soon, J***e

Hi P***v, Great question. At N***s we use a unified growth dashboard that layers short-cycle e-commerce metrics with longer-cycle real estate targets, giving us a real-time view of both lines: 1. E-commerce KPIs (updated monthly) - Revenue growth vs. plan - Customer acquisition cost (CAC) - Conversion rate and repeat-purchase rate - Inventory turnover and days-on-hand 2. Real estate targets (updated quarterly) - Net operating income (NOI) vs. forecast - Occupancy rate and lease renewal rate - IRR and cash-on-cash return curves - Capital expenditure vs. budget We weight each vertical’s contribution in our overall Growth Index, so we can see leading indicators from e-commerce flag when we should accelerate leasing or capital projects in real estate, and vice versa. Case in point: in a recent lifestyle-brand initiative, our team simultaneously ramped up online marketplace partnerships (delivering 20% MoM revenue lift) while securing pop-up retail spaces that hit 95% occupancy within two quarters. By tracking both sets of KPIs on one screen, we quickly reallocated marketing spend to regions driving the highest blended returns. I’ll send you an anonymized sample dashboard and a one-page case summary before our Thursday call so you can dig into the details. Let me know if there’s a specific metric or deal type you’d like highlighted, and I’ll include it. Looking forward to our discussion at 10 AM ET on Thursday. Best, J***e

Hi P***v, Great follow-up. Here’s how we layer licensing into our Growth Index, the e-comm vs. real estate weighting, and a quick recalibration example: 1. Licensing KPIs → Growth Index • We track three core licensing metrics each month: , Revenue growth vs. plan (40%) , Deal closure rate (number of signed agreements ÷ pitches) (30%) , Average royalty yield per SKU (30%) • Each KPI is normalized on a 0,100 scale, weighted as above, and combined into a single “Licensing Score.” • That Licensing Score then feeds into the enterprise GI alongside other verticals. 2. Weighting formula Our baseline Growth Index formula is: GI = 0.35 × E-comm Score + 0.25 × Licensing Score + 0.30 × Real Estate Score + 0.10 × Technology Score 3. Recalibration example • Signal: E-comm CAC jumps 20% above threshold, dragging Conversion Rate down by 5 pts. • Trigger: Auto-alert on the dashboard flags GI risk >10%. • Rebalance: , E-comm weight scales back from 35% to 30% , Licensing and Real Estate each pick up +2.5% (to 27.5% and 32.5%) , Tech remains at 10% • Outcome: We redirect marketing investment toward high-margin licensing deals and expedite leasing approvals in regions where Real Estate returns are strongest, stabilizing the overall Growth Index within two update cycles. I’ll include these details (with actual numbers and a mini-case) in your sample deck for Thursday’s 10 AM ET call. Let me know if there’s any other metric or vertical you’d like highlighted. Looking forward to our discussion! Best, J***e

Hi P***v, Great questions,here’s a bit more color before Thursday’s call: 1. Normalization bounds for Licensing KPIs - We set our min/max based on a rolling historical window (usually the past 24 months) and stakeholder-defined targets. For example, our “min” for royalty yield is the 5th percentile of actual yields over that period or the contractual floor, whichever is higher; the “max” is the 95th percentile or the budgeted stretch goal. - Normalized Score = (Actual , Min)/(Max , Min) × 100, capped at 0,100 to avoid out-of-range values. 2. Data feeds powering the dashboard - Royalty management system (our centralized licensing ledger) for yield, deal terms and payments - CRM (Salesforce) for pitch-to-close metrics and pipeline progression - ERP (e.g., SAP) for invoicing data that ties back to SKU performance - BI layer (Tableau/Looker) that ingests these feeds in near real-time, plus periodic manual updates for one-off adjustments 3. Handling one-off high-royalty SKUs - Yes, we’ve seen individual SKUs with inflated launch-period royalties skew the monthly average. To smooth that out we: a) Apply a winsorization step at the top 1,2% of royalty yields before computing the average b) Use a 3-month rolling median for royalty-yield KPI rather than a single-period snapshot c) Flag any SKU that deviates >2 standard deviations from its category mean for manual review These approaches keep the Licensing Score stable and prevent a single blockbuster SKU from distorting our Growth Index. Let me know if you’d like any sample charts or raw metrics in advance. Looking forward to diving deeper at 10 AM ET on Thursday! Best, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain / N***s