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One sharp claim per talk. A framework the room can use Monday morning. I speak to founder and investor audiences: conferences, portfolio days, founder communities, and podcasts. In person or virtual.
Three topics
I own.
The quiet tax on your growth stage.
The core argument of Nobody Knows What You Do: why messaging that worked founder-led stops transmitting at scale, what it costs, and how to diagnose where the story leaks.
Stop the feature conversation. Start a category conversation.
Finding the unnamed problem, building a position competitors cannot copy, and why fighting on features inside an existing category means the high-ground play is already lost.
Full-time thinking, applied at inflection points.
When to hire fractional, what good looks like, and how to structure the engagement so marketing gets institutionalized rather than outsourced.
Speaker introduction · Under 75 words · Copy and paste
Jeff Lerner is a marketing executive and founder of Misnomer Marketing, a fractional CMO practice for B2B founders. Over 25 years across startups, Google, and AT&T, his work has helped clients raise more than $425 million and achieve four exits totaling over $2.5 billion. His book, Nobody Knows What You Do, launches September 22, 2026. He lives in Carlsbad, California.
Formats: keynotes, podcasts, panels, and firesides. Need a longer bio, a headshot, or a specific angle for your audience? One email covers it.