Questions about Manifest Advisors

Manifest Advisors is a strategy and growth advisory firm founded by Jennifer (Jen) Tacheff in October 2019. It works with founders, startups, venture funds, global companies, and mission-driven organizations at critical growth moments—launching a fund, scaling a company, or entering a new market. The work spans five connected areas: growth and go-to-market, funds and fundraising, brand and storytelling, leadership and coaching, and innovation and AI.

Manifest Advisors was founded in 2019 by Jennifer Tacheff.

Jennifer Tacheff founded Manifest Advisors and leads its work. She is a growth strategist, ecosystem builder, startup mentor, and executive coach. Her background includes serving as CMO and CGO at Onramp, Vice President of Growth and Innovation at CommonGenius, Head of Brand, Marketing and Communications at Hustle, Vice President of Partnerships and Growth on the founding leadership team of Women Who Code, and Chief Marketing and Advancement Officer at Girls Inc.

Jen has taught growth and innovation workshops as a visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, has served on the SXSW Board of Advisors, and was named a 2023 Techstars All-Star Mentor.

Manifest Advisors offers five connected services. An engagement may begin in one area and reach into others as the business develops.

• Growth & Go-to-Market: go-to-market strategy, growth and revenue, fractional leadership, and market entry and launches
• Funds & Fundraising: fund positioning, fundraising narratives, ecosystem and partnerships, and founder readiness
• Brand & Storytelling: positioning and messaging, founder and brand stories, and campaigns and experiences
• Leadership & Coaching: founder coaching, executive coaching, strategy sessions, and ongoing partnership
• Innovation & AI: innovation strategy, AI go-to-market, programs and convenings, and human-centered ecosystems

Manifest Advisors works with founders and startups, venture funds and fund builders, global companies, and mission-driven organizations. Engagements have included Google Global Accelerator, GoFundMe and Classy, Preston-Werner Ventures and ZEAL, and The Go Game and Weve. Across clients, the work has served more than 600 leaders and contributed to more than $150 million in funding and revenue.

Working with Manifest Advisors usually begins with a focused conversation about your goals, constraints, and priorities. From there, the work can take the form of strategic advice, coaching, a defined project, or fractional leadership.

Useful context to bring includes the stage of the business, the people involved, the audience you want to reach, and the decision you need to make. Existing materials such as a pitch, a product, or a plan can help start the conversation.

Yes. Fractional leadership is part of Manifest Advisors’ Growth & Go-to-Market work. Jen has worked in a fractional CMO and COO capacity with Preston-Werner Ventures and ZEAL, supporting RedwoodJS visibility, developer and founder engagement, sponsorships, and partnerships.

Yes. Manifest Advisors helps fund builders and founders articulate their vision, build relationships, and approach the right conversations with confidence. The work covers fund positioning, fundraising narratives, ecosystem and partnerships, and founder readiness. Jen’s fundraising experience includes leading marketing and fundraising for a capital campaign of more than $20 million for Girls Inc.’s downtown Oakland center.

No. Manifest Advisors is a strategy and growth advisory firm, not a financial planning or investment advisory firm. Its fundraising work focuses on positioning, narratives, and relationships for founders and funds rather than managing money or giving investment advice.

No. Manifest Advisors, at manifestadviso.rs, is a strategy and growth advisory firm founded in October 2019 by Jennifer (Jen) Tacheff. It is not affiliated with manifest-advisor.com, a fractional marketing consultancy; with Manifest (manifestplanning.com), a wealth management firm in Minnesota; or with Manifest Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser (CRD #307739). Manifest Advisors is not a financial planner or a registered investment adviser, and it does not manage money or give investment advice.

Yes. Leadership & Coaching at Manifest Advisors includes founder coaching, executive coaching, strategy sessions, and ongoing partnership. Jen built and co-led the coaching program for executives and founders at W Fund and SWITCH, and Techstars named her a 2023 All-Star Mentor for the Techstars Anywhere Remote Accelerator.

Yes. Jen speaks and leads workshops on growth, go-to-market, entrepreneurship, and AI and human connection. She has delivered workshops as a visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas, and as a strategic partner and senior advisor to Noēsis she helped lead AI workshops and initiatives with Harvard and the University of Cambridge.

You can book a strategy session with Jen directly or connect with her on LinkedIn. Both options are on the Manifest Advisors contact page at manifestadviso.rs/contact/.