Slade Kobran

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Managing Partner - East at Chief Outsiders

New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Slade Kobran is the Managing Partner - East at Chief Outsiders, where he helps CEOs and Private Equity investors accelerate portfolio company growth. He provides fractional marketing and sales executives to build sustainable revenue engines. A graduate of Rider University and Harvard Business School Executive Education, colleagues describe him as strategic, collaborative, and innovative.

Based in the Greater New York City area, Slade is involved in his local community. He is a supporter of the Interfaith Food Pantry Network, an organization that works to improve the well-being of Morris County, New Jersey residents by providing access to food and other resources.

Slade authored an eBook titled, "Do You Know What Your Customers Think? " to help businesses gather and use effective customer feedback.

Personality Overview

Early Adopter

Risk Tolerant

Fast But Thoughtful

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

Private Equity Growth
His career at Chief Outsiders is focused on working with PE operating partners to drive value creation and enhance portfolio company performance from diligence to exit.
Go-to-Market Strategy
He frequently writes and speaks about transforming the go-to-market motion as a key lever for accelerating growth in middle-market companies.
Fractional Executives
He champions the model of embedding experienced, part-time CMOs and CSOs to provide senior talent and build scalable revenue engines for clients.

Media Appearances

Slade Kobran – Profile. Featured in Chief Outsiders

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Slade Kobran – Author Page (Private Equity Articles). Featured in Chief Outsiders

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Slade Kobran – Directory Listing. Featured in Chief Outsiders

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Work History

7-2025
Managing Partner - East at Chief Outsiders
5-2024 - 7-2025
Managing Partner - Midwest at Chief Outsiders
7-2022 - 5-2024
Managing Partner - Private Equity at Chief Outsiders
2-2013 - 7-2022
Managing Partner, Northeast at Chief Outsiders
7-2012 - 2-2013
CMO at Chief Outsiders

Education

3-1980 - 6-1984
BS from Rider University
2008 - 2008
Business to Business Marketing Strategy from Harvard Business School Executive Education

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Insights For Selling To Slade

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside
  • Come across as a trustworthy professional and be respectful, they usually know their game

DONT's

  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Slade is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Slade

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Slade move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Slade take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Slade

Personality Compatibility


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