Introducing
Adam
Professional
Adam McGowan is a problem-solving consultant for entrepreneurs.
As a serial entrepreneur himself, he’s been a great ally, advocate, and adviser for numerous startups in Boston and worldwide.
Adam helps entrepreneurial clients raise funds, build teams, and perfect their products.
He majored in Economics at Harvard University, then worked in finance for ten years as a risk analyst at an investment bank and hedge fund.
In the following ten years Adam was an entrepreneur. He founded and grew Firefield, a successful consultancy that built and enhanced tech ventures and products. Adam was a true partner to clients, often taking on acting product, technology or leadership roles in their ventures.
His connection to the startup ecosystem runs deep. He has mentored at various programs including LearnLaunch, the WIN Lab at Babson, MIT Hacking Medicine, the SCALE Challenge, and BUILD Boston. As a featured speaker, teacher, or judge, Adam has shared insights at General Assembly, MassChallenge, The Startup Coalition, Lean Startup Challenge, YouthCITIES, Radio Entrepreneurs, and TrepCamp.
Adam founded The Spark Series — cultivating the inspired ideas of more than 250 founders, investors, and change-makers across 45 events.
Personal
Adam resides in greater Boston with his wife and two young children.
When not problem-solving professionally, Adam helps his daughters tackle the big questions – pizza or chicken nuggets? Unicorns or princesses?
An amateur woodworker in his spare time, Adam enjoys reimagining living spaces though custom cabinetry and furniture…and then putting them to use as a preschool gymnasium.
He’s been a skier his entire life, and he played lacrosse through the highest collegiate levels. Relishing adventure and friendly competition, Adam enjoys sharing both with family and friends.
A believer in lifelong learning, he loves to read. He recommends Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the wise Roman emperor who wrote, “When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic – what defines a human being – is to work with others.” And he likes this line by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan: “A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”