Bodhi Vette

The work

I help B2B companies in Australia and New Zealand move from founder-led sales to a repeatable revenue engine.

Most growing companies hit the same wall: the founder is still the best salesperson, every big deal depends on them, and growth tracks their personal capacity. I come in part-time, at CRO level, and focus on the commercial work that reduces that dependency: go-to-market strategy, pricing, pipeline and selling.

I have been the person carrying the number. Seventeen years running my own businesses, fourteen of them as a founder: $4m+ raised, a decade selling SaaS and building the pricing models behind it, and a software business I built and grew, and which is still growing. The lessons are current, not rusty, and I sit on the founder's side of the table naturally. Now I bring that experience to your sales, innovation and fundraising.

Straight up

I am not a one-stop shop. I sell, I innovate, and I raise money - that is the specialty, and it is where I add value. Staying in your area of specialty and bringing in talent for the rest is a lesson most founders learn the expensive way. When your revenue engine needs skills outside mine, I will tell you straight.

My network, when it helps. After 14 years building in AU/NZ, I know people. If a problem needs a specialist, or someone worth bringing into the room, I'll say so and, with everyone's consent, make the introduction. That's part of working with me, at my discretion.

The other thing I bring is lived experience. Fifteen-plus years on the inside of building businesses, with plenty of wins and plenty of lessons. I know where a founder or executive can be in the middle of a challenge: unsure, stretched, sometimes lonely. I can talk it through as a fellow entrepreneur who has faced similar things, help steer you towards your goals, and be in your corner through the early hurdles of getting to market and beyond. The founders I work best with want input from someone who has lived the space they are building in, not just studied it.

These days, the work I love is getting behind someone else's vision while they are in the middle of building it.

Start with a free day

The first day is free: a chance to find the fit, review the issues and see whether I can add value to your vision. No obligation to continue. We both get to decide whether there is a second date.

We focus on the commercial issue that matters most to you and where my experience could help.

Then: fractional CRO

One or two dedicated days a week. I work alongside you on go-to-market strategy, pipeline, pricing and live sales opportunities. I bring a founder's perspective to innovation and fundraising where they support the commercial plan. If progress depends on capabilities outside my specialty, I will flag the gap rather than promise to deliver that work.

About Bodhi

A creative founder and inventor at heart. I like spotting an opportunity and turning it into something real: the idea, the product, the pitch and the sale. From banana soup to software, I'm happiest solving problems and getting people behind a vision. Founder for 14 years. Ex-tour bus driver. Based in Taupo, working with companies across Australia and New Zealand.