Build AI-native GTM systems and products that close deals.

We help education and B2B teams turn fuzzy ideas and messy pipelines into focused offers, clean CRM habits, and repeatable revenue—combining AI, GTM, and product leadership from experience across startups, scale-ups, and non-profits.

Who are you?

I lead a team in a larger org

I need strategic validation and justification for a product or innovation initiative—and extra capacity from someone who can both think and execute.

I'm a founder with early product-market fit

We're seeing traction, but our product and GTM are still ad hoc. I need help systematizing sales, revenue ops, and product so we can scale.

Expertise / Service Offerings

Every engagement blends strategy + execution. I don't just advise; I roll up my sleeves with you and your team.

B2B Rev Ops × AI (Revenue OS.ai)

Systematize your founder-led sales and demand gen.

Replace scattered spreadsheets and one-off hacks with a simple, AI-native GTM system:

  • Clean CRM setup and pipeline stages you'll actually use.
  • Lead sourcing and data enrichment via tools like Clay, Apollo, and Instantly.
  • Outreach sequences, follow-up cadences, and dashboards for demos, proposals, and closed-won.
  • Weekly working sessions and ride-along coaching so the system sticks.

Built for early-stage B2B teams—especially in edtech—who need to turn "we're getting in the door" into a repeatable motion.

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Product & Productization × AI

Nail the offer. Sell what's buildable, and build what sells.

For organizations with strong programs, services, or IP that haven't yet been turned into clear products:

  • Jobs-to-be-done and user research to clarify who you serve and why they buy.
  • Packaging, pricing, and product definition aligned with your delivery capacity.
  • AI-enabled product roadmaps that sequence bets over 1, 3, and 5 years.
  • Buy/build/partner decisions and funder/board-ready recommendations.

Examples include productization and AI roadmapping for Shine Early Learning/Acelero and a pan-African edtech nonprofit serving ministries of education across multiple countries.

AI Upskilling, Automation & Transformation

From AI curiosity to everyday practice.

For companies that want more than a one-off AI workshop:

  • AI skills frameworks and assessments tailored to your roles.
  • Cohort-based "30-Day AI Challenge" style programs that build real habits.
  • AI-enabled process redesign for teams (sales, L&D, ops).
  • Pilot design and metrics so you can show real impact, not just hype.

At 100 School and JFF, this has meant going from scattered AI experiments to structured programs, assessment dashboards, and six-figure B2B opportunities.

Edtech GTM & Ecosystem Navigation

Go-to-market in education without losing years to the learning curve.

If you're building for K-12, higher ed, or workforce:

  • ICP definition and GTM strategy across districts, CMOs, and workforce boards.
  • Founder-led sales coaching and RFP/bid support.
  • Positioning and narrative that resonates with educators, administrators, and funders.
  • Intros and pattern recognition from a decade across African Leadership Group, Streetlight Schools, edtech startups, and US intermediaries.

Program Design, Facilitation & Coaching

Build the programs that build entrepreneurs.

For incubators, funders, schools, and fellowship programs:

  • Curriculum and program design for social entrepreneurship and future-of-learning ventures.
  • Facilitated workshops on problem discovery, JTBD, and validation.
  • 1:1 coaching for founders navigating pivots, funding, and personal inflection points.

This is the work I do with Penn GSE's M.S.Ed. in Education Entrepreneurship, Transcend Network, 4.0 Schools, Promise Venture Studio and others.

Not just a consultant. A cross-functional co-builder, powered by a powerful network.

David Fu

A network of operators and experts power our work.

We bring the strongest domain experts across industry (education) and functions (tech, sales, GTM, marketing, revops, product) who've experienced and overcome challenges in scaling and leading organizations.

Strategy + execution, not either/or.

I don't hand you a deck and disappear. I join pipeline reviews, rewrite outreach, interview users, and help you implement tools, processes and habits until things work.

Calm judgment when things are messy.

From xenophobic violence and COVID disruptions to leadership transitions and funding crunches, I've led teams through "war-time" moments while protecting what matters most: people, positioning, process and profit / sustainability.

Cross-functional by design.

I move fluently between product, GTM, ops, and finance—connecting dots so your strategy, messaging, and execution aren't fighting each other.

People we've worked with include

Karn

Karn

Fractional CTO with AI/ML expertise

Ntaka

Ntaka

Innovation, strategy, project manager

Darin

Darin

Higher ed × GTM & sales — avoiding the pilot trap

Lawrence

Lawrence

Consultant & private equity & public markets investor turned vertical SaaS owner & operator

Thanks for being real with me and thinking through tradeoffs, optimization, and cofounder equity. ~ from a founder who successfully raised a round
Thanks for all your thoughts. You're extremely knowledgeable about this space. ~ from a founder about edtech
Really glad I talked to you before leaving to deal with a personal family situation; I was able to be there with them in their last moments and support my mom afterwards before returning to build my startup. ~ from a founder navigating life

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What clients say

Max

Max — 100 School

David Fu has been a cheat code for 100 School.

When we were juggling two hard problems at once — (1) re-building & launching our learning experience so it actually transformed people while keeping our core differentiation intact, and (2) validating the right B2B enterprise AI enablement/upskilling opportunity … David came in and brought both clarity + momentum.

On strategy / discovery: He ran tight discovery across learners + enterprise stakeholders, then translated messy feedback into crisp decisions: what to cut, what to double down on, and what our "atomic challenge" format needed to be. That work directly helped us pivot from the old 100-day and 7 day atomic challenges into a punchy, foundations challenge that's easier to ship, easier to run, and way better for engagement (30 days for B2B; 15 days for B2C).

On execution + team: David didn't just "advise." He showed up like a cofounder — helping me navigate the hard leadership stuff: alignment, prioritization, and the uncomfortable conversations you avoid when you're tired and moving fast. He also brought in Liza, who complemented his strengths and became instrumental as a product/project lead to empower the team and keep the trains running.

On revenue impact: This is the part founders care about 😅 David helped us tighten our enterprise story, improve proposals, and run a real sales process. Result: 7-figure pipeline created and 6-figures in revenue closed, plus 5 pilots (and counting) — including with a global top-tier consulting company.

Jennifer

Jennifer — JFF

Wanted to take a moment to thank David Fu, who partnered with us at JFFLabs recently, for his awesome work.

David brought crucial energy and momentum to our tiger team when we were looking for specific GTM and productization expertise. He quickly identified valuable insights and worked with us to synthesize them into actionable recommendations, enabling leadership to make key strategic decisions on priorities and operationalization.

David delivered a comprehensive market landscape analysis, helping us think about the value chain and the dynamics of an evolving market. He went beyond simple market sizing, uncovering atypical insights to help us push our work further, while always centering our mission of supporting workers and learners in an age of evolving skills and technology.

David's work provided clarity on JFF's strategy, while taking into industry trends to help us plan for the future. His strong communication ensured clear timelines, ownership, and high-quality deliverables throughout the project.

Seth

Seth — African Leadership Group

Fu is a one of one - his background in finance and operations keep him well grounded in feasibility and delivering real value, but he elevates above that to define ambitious product vision while aligning and empowering diverse cross-functional teams to bring that vision to life. He navigates between big picture and minute detail seamlessly, and he leads across multiple layers of complexity to create clarity and focus. He was the critical lynchpin behind a massive scale up for a product that had reached product market fit, growing revenue 10x in less than a year.

Fu's leadership unlocks a new level within his teams - people perform at a higher level and unlock levels of creative problem solving that they haven't experienced before. He always brings a contagious energy and relentless courage to the work that leads to outsized results.

Resources

0 → 1 GTM — on Substack.

Ready to turn ideas and potential into systems and results?

Let's explore whether there's a high-leverage project we can tackle together.