Executive Coaching · Company Building · Capital
Building
valuable companies
and resilient
leaders.
Gannett.Partners works at the intersection of human potential and enterprise value — with founders, executives, athletes, and creators who are building something that matters.
As Seen In
The Work
Coaching without capital is advice.
Capital without coaching is a bet.
Company building is where both become real.
I
Coach
Mindset & Performance
Executive coaching for founders, C-suite leaders, athletes, and artists navigating the complexity of leading at scale. Our balanced approach — championing and challenging — deepens awareness, questions assumptions, and unlocks perspective.
Certified in Berkeley’s Active Communicating® methodology and Harvard McLean Institute of Coaching. 98 NPS across 15 industries and 10 countries.
II
Build
Formation & Scale
Active company building at the intersection of education, media, IP, and the creator economy. We co-found ventures from 0 to 1 — shaping vision, assembling teams, and building with co-founder-level commitment.
The GP Applied Venture platform has launched DOC CARES, and has three ventures emerging from stealth in 2026 — in sports media, artist monetization, and AI.
III
Invest
Capital & Returns
Stage-agnostic capital alongside the work. We invest selectively alongside leading managers, entrepreneurs, and talent — small on the cap table, large in value.
We also work with investors and family offices seeking co-investment opportunities where operating expertise matters as much as capital. Recent exits: SpaceX secondary sale (2026), Geologie (2025), Jackpocket (2024), Classy (2022).
The Model
The framework behind the work.
Most advisory firms tell you what to do. Most investors write a check and wait. We do neither. Our Coach / Build / Invest model compounds on trust, not spend — built on a concept we call Founder Due Diligence, the same rigor private equity applies to operations applied instead to the person building the company.
Read the full frameworkApplied Ventures
The proof of a practice.
These are not portfolio logos. They are founder-led companies co-built through the GP Applied Venture platform — at the $12T intersection of education, media, IP, sport, and the creator economy.
Education · Media · Culture
The national nonprofit platform founded by Tracy “The D.O.C.” Curry — Dallas native, Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient, and community architect.
Launched — 2025
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Architecture · Design · Psychology
The Home Counsel practice. Architecture, design, psychology & technology working together to help clients understand how they want to live, and then building it — beautifully.
Launched — 2026
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Creator-Led, Digital-First Sports Property
Professional tackle football reimagined for the creator economy. Built around content velocity, moment density, and digital-first discovery.
Launching — 2026
Music Technology & Marketplace
$100B+ spend is shifting from ads to creator-led partnerships. Independent artists own 43% of streaming & 100% of their rights. We connect them to the brands that want them.
Launching — 2026
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Who We Serve
Every client is at an inflection point.
Which is yours?
Beyond the early proof, now facing the decisions that define everything — capital strategy, team architecture, market positioning. You need someone who has built a company, not someone who has studied people who did.
You have the title and the team. What you need is a confidential space to think through the decisions that don’t belong in any other room — with someone who has held the same weight.
Your platform is the asset. The question is how to build something that outlasts the performance — companies, IP, partnerships, presence. The creator economy has rewritten the playbook. We know the new rules.
Coaching, advisory, and company building solutions that support your value creation platform. Co-investment opportunities where operating expertise is as important as capital.
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The Founder
The most important variable in any business is its leader.
Chris founded Gannett.Partners to work at the intersection of human potential and enterprise value — with founders, executives, athletes, and artists building what comes next.
Two theses guide the work. The $12T intersection of education, media, IP, sport, and the creator economy is the defining market of the next decade — still early, still open, and rife with opportunity for those who see it clearly. And North Texas is where it gets built first. Co-founders from Dallas, New York, and Philadelphia are choosing Dallas as their first commercial footprint. Not out of loyalty. Out of conviction.
Emmy-winning, Guinness Record-holding, and recognized with Sony’s CEO Award for Global Entrepreneurial Achievement — his operating track record spans Sony, American Idol, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, and hip hop’s The D.O.C., with millions raised and over $500M in M&A enabled.
Four Applied Ventures — DOC CARES and three currently emerging from stealth — are the proof of concept.
A Yale Ventures Entrepreneur in Residence, HBR Advisor, and former Harvard McLean Coaching Fellow, Chris serves on boards including the Dallas Regional Chamber and DOC CARES, and speaks at leading conferences and universities. Happy husband, father of two, and music fan top to toe.
