Makenzie Black

Hey. If you found this page, it's probably because I emailed you about your company.

I'm Makenzie. I've spent my career growing consumer brands, currently as Head of Growth at a ~$10M DTC company, and before that co-founding a multi-brand consumer group. Now I'd like to buy one and run it myself with my partner, who spent his career in investment banking. He handles the numbers, I handle growth.

Why I wrote to you

Because I spent time on your site and think you've built something real. A product people come back for, and reviews that read like people mean them. That's rarer than it sounds, and it's most of what I'm looking for.

I'm not a broker, a search fund, or private equity. Nobody's paying me to find deals. It's two people looking for one business, which makes me slower than an institutional buyer and a lot less annoying.

What I've actually done

ONNO
Head of Growth at a ~$10M sustainable apparel brand. Took Meta from $0 to $15K a day and managed over $5.5M in spend profitably.
Van Life
Launched the brand end to end at Loyalty Clubs, a multi-brand consumer group I co-founded. $1M in revenue in the first three months.
How I do it
Paid social, and a network of hundreds of content creators feeding constant testable creative. Whatever channel a brand needs, that's the engine underneath it.

What we're looking for

Repeat purchase
People come back on their own. It doesn't have to be a consumable.
Real demand
Genuine reviews in volume, not a paid-traffic mirage.
Shows on camera
A specific problem you can watch the product solve.
Your own brand
You make it. Not a store reselling other people's products.
US based
With mostly US customers.
Established
At least a couple of years of trading behind you.

How this usually goes

Honestly? Most people I write to aren't selling, and that's completely fine. I'd rather hear a no than wonder. If you are open to it, the first conversation is just a conversation. No forms, no NDA, no pressure, and nothing shared with anyone.

If you'd rather I didn't write again, just reply and say so. I keep that list and I stick to it.

Get in touch

makenzie@hellomakenzie.com