Entrepreneur who has started and run two consumer businesses, including a bootstrapped home textiles brand now at $2.4M in annual revenue. Sold an earlier laundry pickup venture to a regional dry cleaner in 2020. Comfortable owning product, sourcing, marketing and the P&L at the same time.
Experience
Founder and CEO, Tidewell Goods (Savannah, GA)
Mar 2021 – Present
Built a bootstrapped kitchen and home textiles brand to $2.4M in 2025 revenue with an 18% operating margin
Manage 3 manufacturing partners and cut unit costs 11% by renegotiating order minimums and freight terms
Grew wholesale to 140 boutique accounts through Faire and trade shows alongside a Shopify store and a 65,000-subscriber Klaviyo list
Hired and lead a team of 6 across operations, customer service and marketing
Co-founder, Sidecar Laundry Pickup (Atlanta, GA)
May 2018 – Dec 2020
Launched an app-based laundry pickup service that reached 900 subscribers
Negotiated the sale of the business to a regional dry cleaning chain in 2020
Brand Manager, Magnolia Row Brands (Atlanta, GA)
Jul 2015 – Apr 2018
Managed a $12M personal care product line and 2 retail launches
Education
BBA in Marketing, Coastal Georgia University (Aug 2011 – May 2015)
Skills
Business Building: product development, sourcing, pricing, hiring, exit negotiation
Growth: Shopify, Klaviyo, Meta Ads, Faire wholesale, trade shows
A strong Entrepreneur resume shows the strategic questions you owned, the recommendations you made, and the results once they were implemented. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Education
Skills
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Strategic planning
Market analysis
Financial modeling
Business case development
Stakeholder alignment
Program management
Competitive intelligence
OKRs and KPIs
Executive communication
Partnership development
Example bullet points
Led the market-entry case for Germany and France, launching in 7 months and reaching $5M revenue in year one
Built the company OKR process across 9 departments, aligning 120 goals to three annual priorities
Identified $3.1M in procurement savings through a spend analysis of 1,400 vendors
Tips from recruiters
Use the situation, action and result structure in each bullet, with the result first when it is strong.
Name the audience you influenced (CEO, board, regional leads) to show seniority.
Keep consulting engagements anonymous where needed, but keep the industry and the scale.
Recommended templates
Executive (ATS-friendly): Centered executive layout with serif headings
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Ivy (ATS-friendly): Harvard-style Times layout with centered headings
Entrepreneur resume FAQ
What should a Entrepreneur resume include?
A Entrepreneur resume should show the strategic questions you owned, the recommendations you made, and the results once they were implemented. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Education and Skills. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Entrepreneur?
Executive, Classic and Ivy work well for Entrepreneur roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Entrepreneur resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Entrepreneur put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Entrepreneur roles are Strategic planning, Market analysis, Financial modeling, Business case development, Stakeholder alignment and Program management.
How do I write strong Entrepreneur resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as revenue growth, margin and market share. For example: "Led the market-entry case for Germany and France, launching in 7 months and reaching $5M revenue in year one."