Drew Lyon

Founder

Drew is the Founder and Managing Partner of Focused Energy, a team of 15+ fractional finance, accounting, and operations experts dedicated to helping businesses understand their financials, save money, and grow sustainably.

They have worked with hundreds of businesses of all sizes, from startups to public companies, struggling to find the time, resources, or expertise to efficiently scale. With their help, their clients organically grow their revenue between 50%-100%.

Focused Energy has also secured $100M+ in funding for their clients while saving them thousands of dollars.

Drew founded Focused Energy 10 years ago because of his passion for helping companies scale and thrive in a challenging world.

He has extensive experience in the financial and accounting realm within the traditional and renewable energy, industrial manufacturing, software/SaaS, services, consumer goods, tech-enabled services, construction, and food sectors, and is an expert in providing actionable business insights that drive better results for his clients.

Drew was recognized as one of the Top 25 Young Professionals of 2020 by ColoradoBizMag and is also a Forbes Councils Member, contributing regular articles on business topics.

On the podcast, Drew would love to talk about:

Scaling your business: Understanding cash flow and key indicators for success.
Building resilience in your business: Strategies for weathering economic turmoil.
Getting to yes: Tactics for successful second-round fundraising.

Drew has a really engaging personality and is a great interviewee. To get a sense of his style, here's an episode he did on the CXO Conversations podcast, where he talks about what led him to start his business and how he navigated the challenges of being a first-time entrepreneur, and a recent interview he did with Profitability Engine Radio, on money saving tips for SMB leaders.