Garage2Scale

From idea to pre-revenue to seven figures, we help companies move faster and scale smarter.

Built by a Founder Who’s Been There

I’m Colin Dowdle, a founder and operator who has built businesses from the ground up for over a decade. Starting with ideas, pushing through pre-revenue, and scaling real companies from drawings on an envelope to multi-million-dollar revenue.Garage2Scale exists to help companies skip costly missteps, move faster, and build businesses designed to scale to seven figures and beyond.This isn’t theory. It’s operator-led involvement shaped by real execution, ready to be an extension of your team.

Who Garage2Scale Is For

We work directly with founders and operators who are building real businesses and want to move faster without learning lessons the hard way.We’ve been where you are. Having an experienced founder in your bullpen can save years of time and tons of capital.

🧠 Idea to First ProductFounders with a validated idea who want to build the right product, quickly, and avoid early mistakes.🚀 Pre-Revenue to TractionTeams pushing toward revenue who need clarity on go-to-market strategy and execution.🏗️ Revenue to ScaleFounders already doing meaningful revenue who want systems, structure, and scalability.

From garage prototypes to daily revenue, we bring real experience to accelerate your business.

An extension of your team to help you . . .

BUILD

  • Product Development

  • Prototyping & Tooling

  • Seed Round Fundraising

  • Patent & TMs

  • Manufacturing & Production

  • Fulfillment & Logistics

  • Customer Research & Profiles

  • Product Certification

EXECUTE

  • Go-to-Market Strategy

  • End-to-End Operations

  • eCommerce Infrastructure

  • Marketing, Ads, Socials, CRO

  • Customer Experience

  • D2C & B2B Sales

  • Improved COGS & Margins

  • Process, Systems & SOPs

GROW

  • Multi-Million-Dollar ARR

  • Scaling Revenue & Product Lines

  • Capital Strategy & Series A

  • Retention, LTV & Repeatability

  • Brand Exposure & Scaled Marketing

  • Talent & People Strategy

  • Channel & Distribution Expansion

  • Tech Stack Expansion

I’m a founder, operator, and product-first entrepreneur who knows how to start companies and how to scale them. Over the past decade, I’ve taken ideas from napkin sketches to garage prototypes to production lines, scaling businesses across e-commerce and B2B.I started my first business in 2013 as a high-school senior, running a seasonal backyard ice rink installation company. I later majored in Entrepreneurship at Marquette University and helped scale Pressbox Cleaners from pre-revenue to acquisition by Procter & Gamble (Tide Cleaners), launching new markets and overseeing growth.In 2020, I founded Lillipad, a category-disrupting proprietary portable workstation. As CEO, I've lead everything the business requires... literally, everything. We've maintained 99% customer satisfaction and have earned recognition from Architectural Digest, People Magazine, Men’s Health, and more.I’ve made real mistakes, learned quickly, and built better systems as a result. Today, I work alongside founders at any stage, from concept to scale, operating as an extension of their team. If you’d like to explore working together, please submit the form below or email [email protected]

What Our Clients Say

"Colin has brought invaluable experience and decision guidance from our first conversation. He has accelerated our business, saved us months of trial and error, and thousands in unchartered spend. He has real experience in every aspect of our startup, and it's often the difference between finding success or tripping into failure."Race Noeldner
Founder | RIZZL

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Between my own ventures and client work, I only partner with a limited number of founders and teams to ensure maximum impact.

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