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Geoff Blades
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Ex-Goldman Sachs Ex-Carlyle Group Author Advisor

Your next level isn't about more effort.
It's about the right method.

After 12 years at Goldman Sachs and The Carlyle Group, I've spent the last 15+ years helping fund managers raise capital faster, Wall Street professionals earn what they're actually worth, and CEOs build firms that dominate their space.

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As Seen On

As Seen On
$2B+
Client Capital Raised
$1M to $20M
Earnings Transformation
$6B
AUM Built by Client
25+
Years in the Arena

You're not stuck because you lack talent.
You're stuck because you lack the right method.

Whether you're raising a fund, building a career, or scaling a firm - the difference between where you are and where you want to be is rarely about working harder. It's about how you work.

Fund Managers

Your raise is taking longer than it should.

You have the track record. You have the thesis. But investor meetings keep ending with "let's stay in touch" instead of commitments. The pipeline is full of maybes. You need a method that turns meetings into closes - not a longer list of people to chase.

Wall Street Professionals

You've plateaued and you know it.

You're earning well. You've made it further than most. But you can feel there's another level - whether that's doubling your comp, making partner, or finally launching your own thing. Head-down hard work got you here. It won't get you there.

CEOs & Founders

Your business is good. It should be great.

You've built something real. But growth has slowed, or your team isn't performing at the level you know is possible, or you can see the next stage but can't figure out how to get there. You need more than advice. You need someone who has been in your seat and knows the way forward.

Client Results

The numbers speak. I don't need to.
Capital Raising
$600M+
First-time PE fund. Closed in 7 months. Most debut managers spend 18-24 months and raise half of what they planned.
PE Fund Manager
$1B+
First-time fund raised approximately $1 billion. Different strategy, same method, same result.
First-Time Fund Manager
$150M+
Real estate fund still raising. The method and the mindset coaching kept him going when others would have quit. On track to close the full raise.
RE Fund Manager
Career & Earnings
$1M to $20M
Same person. Same desk. Same firm. Went from earning $1-2 million to over $20 million. What changed was the method, not the market.
Wall Street Professional
5-10x
Multiple clients have multiplied their earnings within 2-3 years. Not by working more hours. By working on the right things, the right way.
Various Clients
$6B
Left one of the top PE firms in the world to start his own. Now manages $6 billion and has massively outpaced his former colleagues.
PE Founder
Firm Building
$0 to $1B+
Wealth management firm built from nothing to over $1 billion AUM. We trained every person on the team to sell and perform the same way.
Wealth Management Founder
Your result
Every one of these started with the same conversation you are about to have. The only question is whether you are ready to go for it.
You?

Who This Is For

Four types of clients. One commitment to winning.

The work is intensive. The relationship is close. I am selective because the method only works when both sides are fully committed.

Raise Your Fund
Capital Raising

Fund Managers Raising Capital

PE, VC, hedge fund, real estate - if you are raising and the process feels slower than it should, I have a system that changes everything. From targeting investors to running the meeting to getting to yes.

Rainmaking Bankers
Performance

Wall Street Professionals

You are already successful. But there is another level - doubling your comp, making partner, or building the confidence to launch your own firm. I have been in your seat and I know exactly what it takes.

CEOs and Founders
Leadership

CEOs & Founders

You've built something real. Now you need to take it to the next level - whether that's scaling revenue, upgrading your team, or making the leap from good to dominant. I work alongside leaders who refuse to plateau.

Win Every Meeting
Institutional

Banks & Asset Managers

Through BLK Group, we bring the method inside your organization. We train your people to sell better, lead better, and perform at a level your competitors can't match.

What Makes This Different

Most advisors do one thing.
I do both - and that changes everything.

The typical coach teaches you strategy OR works on your mindset. I combine elite Wall Street deal experience with advanced performance psychology - NLP, behavioral conditioning, and mental training techniques used by the world's top performers. The result is a method that doesn't just tell you what to do, but fundamentally changes how you think, decide, and perform under pressure.

Real Deal Experience

12 years at Goldman Sachs and The Carlyle Group. I did not study finance from the outside - I was an investment banker, a leveraged finance professional, and a distressed investor. I sat in the room where capital gets committed.

Advanced Performance Methods

Decades of research and certification in NLP, hypnotherapy, behavioral conditioning, and my own method - Rapid Sustained Transformation. The same kind of mental edge that elite athletes use, applied to the highest-stakes business situations.

In the Arena With You

I don't send you a framework and disappear. I ride alongside you. Weekly calls. Real-time coaching before your biggest meetings. Line-by-line preparation. I stay until you win. That is the commitment.

I did the work before I taught the work.

Most advisors in this space came from coaching or consulting. I came from Goldman Sachs and The Carlyle Group. I was an investment banker. A leveraged finance professional. A distressed investor. I sat in the room where capital gets committed and I know what happens on both sides of that conversation.

When I left Wall Street in 2010, I spent years building a method that combines real deal experience with the advanced performance techniques I had been researching for over a decade. Today I am a many-times certified practitioner in NLP, hypnotherapy, and the creator of my own transformational method - Rapid Sustained Transformation.

I work alongside my clients in real time. I listen to their meetings. I prepare them line by line. I stay with them until they get the outcome. This is not advice from the sidelines. This is execution in the arena.

GS
Ex-Goldman Sachs
Investment Banking & Leveraged Finance (1998-2006)
CG
Ex-Carlyle Group
Vice President - Private Equity & Distressed Investing
RST
Rapid Sustained Transformation
Founder - proprietary performance methodology
BLK
BLK Group - Founder & CEO
Institutional advisory for banks, asset managers, PE firms

How It Works

No fluff. No frameworks for the sake of frameworks.

Every engagement is different because every situation is different. But the structure is always the same: get clear, build the plan, and execute until it's done.

I

Straight Talk

A direct conversation. Where are you. Where do you want to be. What is actually standing in the way. No intake forms. Just two people who understand the game, talking about it honestly.

II

The Strategy

I build a plan around your specific situation - whether you need to close your raise, multiply your earnings, scale your firm, or launch something new. There is no template. The strategy is yours.

III

We Go to War

Weekly calls. Real-time coaching before your biggest moments. I listen to your conversations and break them down line by line. I stay in the fight until you get the result. That is the commitment.

What Clients Say

In their words, not mine.
"He never could have persisted without it. The method and the mindset coaching is what kept him going and what built the skill over time. He says he never could have done it without Geoff."
On a client who has raised $150M+ for his real estate fund
"I went from one of many earning $1-2 million to the few earning north of $10 million. Same firm. Same desk. The difference was entirely in how I approached the work and the conversations that matter."
Senior Wall Street Professional
"We brought Geoff's methods into our entire team. The way our people run meetings, build relationships, and close - it is a different firm now. The results followed."
CEO, Financial Services Firm (BLK Client)
Do What You Want on Wall Street

The Book

"Do What You Want on Wall Street"

The career guide for serious professionals who want more than incremental progress. Based on Geoff's experience at Goldman Sachs, The Carlyle Group, and 25+ years on Wall Street and advising the highest performers in finance. Featured in HuffPost, The Muse, and major finance publications.

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Programs

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Raise Your Fund
Raise Your Fund
Bigger, Faster, Easier
Win Every Meeting
Win Every Meeting
Rainmaking Bankers
Rainmaking Bankers
Musk & Bezos
The Trillion Dollar
Formula
Public Speaking
Public Speaking
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to the next level, let's talk.

I take on a very small number of new clients. If you think there's a fit, the first step is a conversation. No pitch. No pressure. Just a direct talk about what you're building and whether I can help.

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