Colleen Wilson

Founder & CEO, Collaborate Chicago

Chicago

Colleen Wilson is the Founder & CEO of Collaborate Chicago - a product strategy and product marketing consulting firm. Colleen has 12 years of financial services, fintech, and SaaS product leadership experience. She spent the first 10 years of her career at Edward Jones where she worked in product management, product marketing, client research and segmentation, and led product development and go-to-market for the financial planning software and process. While getting her MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, Colleen served as a due diligence committee member for ArchGrants and as a venture advisor at the TRex incubator in St. Louis. Most recently Colleen led product strategy and product marketing for the small-business lending platform Square Capital, turning it into the fastest growing product at Square. Her diverse experience helped her develop a unique understanding of business from the lens of a customer, competitor, owner, and investor combined.

Through Collaborate Chicago, Colleen advises and consults with startup and grow-staged companies on product strategy, go-to-market planning, and product development. She also regularly speaks on entrepreneurship, leadership, mindset, and product growth.