STRATEGIC ADVISORY

From investor readiness to business development, I help companies and creatives move further, faster.

90-Minute Strategy Session — Investor Relations

This is the quickest way to get global fundraising clarity. In your bespoke session, we map your investor relations or revenue model, identify growth bottlenecks, and create a tailored blueprint you can act on immediately. Whether you’re a film producer seeking financing or a founder preparing to scale, you’ll walk away with a clear strategy designed to attract capital and accelerate results.

  • Speaking directly with a private investor is very different than pitching to a studio or incubator. If you want to go the private investor route, this session will help you become a dealmaker while ensuring you’re not wasting anyone’s time, including your own.

  • How do you turn $50K into $10M? Chances are you already have experience raising development or pre-seed funds. During these 90 minutes, I will show you how to spend your start-up cash so you attract serious private investors without wasting money or time.

  • You will receive:

    • Live advisory during the 90-minute call

    • Tailored feedback on pitch materials

    • Copy of strategy session deck

    • Global private investor event invites

    • Optional: up to 5 cold investor contacts

  • “Thanks to you and the direction you have sent me in after our session two months ago, I have already raised $400K from private investors and I have finally established my production company.”

    "You are a producer therapist! I am literally spilling my guts out to you. I'm scared to talk to investors, I've never had to do this before. I feel very alone. You are the missing piece to bring everything together."

    "It's like I've had body dysmorphia as a producer. This strategy session gave me confidence and I am ready to go back out there and reintroduce myself. I now know how to communicate and position myself. I feel a lot more relaxed now with a process in place. I need to go for a walk to integrate everything because this has been mind blowing."

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Meeting room at Soho Works, 10 Jay St, Brooklyn, New York, featuring modern design, warm lighting, and a collaborative workspace. Ideal for business development, strategic planning, and high-level investor meetings.

Company or Fund Audit — Operations & IR

For companies looking to stabilize or expand ARR, I conduct deep-dive audits across operations, capital structure, and growth strategy. Over the course of 4 weeks, we identify inefficiencies, sharpen positioning, and build a roadmap that’s both operationally sound and investor-ready.

This is ideal for brands considering a COO hire, funds seeking a GTM plan, or production companies preparing for investor conversations. You’ll leave with actionable insights and a clear framework to move forward.

  • You’re not here to reinvent the wheel—you’re here to own your lane. Strong brand positioning is what separates companies that plateau from those that scale. It sharpens how investors, partners, and customers perceive your value, making it crystal clear why you stand apart. Without it, opportunities stall. With it, doors open faster, trust builds sooner, and growth accelerates with less resistance. This will be a primary focus of the audit.

  • You will receive:

    • 50+ page GTM or business plan

    • Debrief meeting to review plan

    • 3-year roadmap for strategic growth

    • Team interviews conducted for holistic feedback integrated into business plan

  • “Wow! This is exactly what I need—I really don’t want to make the same hemorrhaging mistakes you’ve seen other companies make, and I have been holding off hiring anyone else for this very reason. Thank you for planning three years out, it is great to see a full roadmap of strategic growth. I am now more confident in hiring and onboarding new investors at scale. This is absolutely the answer, and I am definitely ready to start a full advisory agreement with you to put all of this into action.”

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Strategic Advisory — Operations, IR & Forecasting

This is where the most impactful work happens. Your custom agreement is designed to support long-term pivotal transitions: raising capital, launching a new fund, designing investor pipelines, or implementing and integrating growth strategies.

We slow down to speed up — creating the strategic pauses that allow for accelerated momentum later. I help maintain your bandwidth so you don’t overfunction, burn out, or lose focus. Together, we move only the levers that matter, and nothing else. Agreements typically range from 3-12 months.

  • Markets shift, industries cycle, and timing is everything. Forecasting is about giving you the clarity to anticipate change before it arrives. I translate market signals into actionable strategy so you can allocate resources wisely, mitigate risk, and move with confidence. Instead of reacting to the future, you’ll be positioned to shape it.

  • While I operate far beyond the limits of a fractional COO, I come at only a fraction of the cost of hiring in-house. Through a tailored advisory agreement, founders and companies have the option to leverage me as the most efficient and agile alternative—ideal for lean teams who want minimal overhead but global power. Whether stabilizing ARR, building operational systems, or aligning execution with investor strategy, I flex across COO, CMO, and IR functions. Each engagement is custom-fit, giving you the strategic clarity and bandwidth of a full leadership team without the long-term overhead.

  • “I am so happy you saved me from overspending my money elsewhere. I was about to go off and hire a bunch of people, and wait months before talking to investors until I felt “ready” with all of my materials—but since I started working with you, I actually feel like I am saving so much energy and time. I have been so afraid to get started on my dream but you’re helping everything come to life. Thank you for helping me get out of my head and addressing my imposter syndrome.”

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Entrance to Holloway House, a private members club in West Hollywood, known for exclusive business and financial meetings. A refined setting for investor relations, deal structuring, and high-level networking.

Speaking & Enrichment

As a speaker, I bridge creativity and commerce, helping audiences see where vision meets capital and structure. From film finance to the psychology of creative wealth, I translate complex systems into strategies people can actually use.

Whether you run a community, host salons, or advise emerging talent, you need someone who can meet your people where they are and move them forward with clarity. I provide that missing layer of strategic readiness—helping creatives, founders, and producers move with more confidence, more structure, and stronger capital alignment.

Every talk is designed to wake people up, shift perspectives, and leave them not just inspired, but equipped to act.

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  • “Everything Autumn says is violin music to my ears… and the sound is deafening.”

    Elliot Grove, Founder of Raindance

  • “I am blown away, there is a balance of all things. Autumn is pretty impressive, you’d love having her in your corner.”

    Co-Founder of Cartel Roasting Co.

  • "Autumn is able to seamlessly integrate herself into a fast paced and demanding work environment. She excels at collaboration and thinking outside the box. She is able to juggle multiple brands and find ways to meet individual manufacturer expectations while pushing the O’Gara identity for the company. Last minute deadlines, content pushes, and projects are no problem.”

    Group CRM Director, O'Gara Coach

  • "Autumn Collins has the creative talents and technical skills to be comfortable and productive in all aspects of filmmaking. She can develop a story to screenplay, produce a film, and be its cinematographer and editor. Not everyone can wear so many hats easily. She is dedicated to telling stories about the human condition that are both emotional and provocative. I look forward to watching her career grow and thrive for years to come."

    Jennie Lew Tugend, Lethal Weapon

Take the Next Step

If you try, you risk failure. If you don’t, you guarantee it.

Let’s explore how we can work together:

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