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Strategic Win! m. allen Mar 03, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

M. Allen LLC Selected By a Leading Mortgage and Real Estate Services Firm

March 3, 2025

We are thrilled to announce that M. Allen has been selected to join one of t...

Breaking through…How We Did It! m. allen Mar 02, 2025

Breaking Through Their Wall: How I Helped a Client Unlock Sales Growth Last Year

Last year, I sat across from the CEO of a mid-sized B2B tech company, sensing the frustration in his voice. His sales ...

VIP Invite For My Colleagues m. allen Mar 02, 2025

Subject Line: VIP Invite: Join Me, Matt Slonaker, for Wine & Fintech Insights – Thursday, March 20th at 6:45 EST/5:45 CST/ 4:45 MST/ 3:45 PM PST

Dear Executive:

I’m excited to personally in...

M. Allen + Global Fintech + AI = Value m. allen Mar 02, 2025

A New Chapter: This Month: Joining a Fintech Powerhouse as Fractional CRO to Drive Transformative Growth

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been selected out of ten companies (competitive proce...

Opportunity by 2030: Revolutionizing Loss Mitigation m. allen Mar 01, 2025

Opportunity by 2030: Revolutionizing Loss Mitigation with a Focus on Veterans

By Matt Slonaker, Founder of M. Allen & Visionary for the NEWCO Concept
Combat Naval Veteran, Gulf War Era

Executive S...

Financial Hardship: Impacts to Vets m. allen Mar 01, 2025

The Precarious Financial Edge: How Veterans Fare Compared to the Average American, and Innovative Solutions to Address the Crisis

The statement, “The average American being two paychecks away from ho...

Crisis Solving: Time is Now m. allen Mar 01, 2025

Why I Believe—and Why Now: A Crisis We Can Turn into Gold

By Matt Slonaker

It’s February 26, 2025, and I’m looking at a crisis I’ve battled before—$18 trillion in household debt, 1.82 million la...

Outside to Inside Buyer Lense: Key in Sales m. allen Feb 28, 2025

Most Revenue Leaders Are Looking Through the Wrong Lens

In today’s hyper-competitive business landscape, revenue leaders—Chief Revenue Officers (CROs), sales VPs, and growth executives—often fin...

When to Hire Sales Talent m. allen Feb 28, 2025

Is Now the Right Time to Hire Salespeople for Your Startup? A CRO’s Perspective

Hi, I’m Matt Slonaker, the Chief Revenue Officer at M. Allen, and I’ve spent years helping startups and growth-st...

Building the Loss Mitigation Door Knock Division: Reflections from 2007-09 Crisis m. allen Feb 27, 2025

It was late 2007, maybe spilling into 2008, and the mortgage industry was feeling the heat. I was at EMC Mortgage, under the Bear Stearns umbrella then, and the signs were everywhere—ARMs resetting, p...

“Steering Through the Storm: Strategies at Bear Stearns During the 2007 Subprime Reset" m. allen Feb 27, 2025

A Look Back: My Experience at Bear Stearns During the 2007 Subprime Reset Wave

By Matt Slonaker

In early 2007, I was working at Bear Stearns as the MD/Head of Business Information Group inside ...

Transforming the Business Information Division at EMC/Bear Stearns – Then and Now m. allen Feb 25, 2025

As the Managing Director of the Business Information (BI) division at EMC/Bear Stearns, I led a transformative initiative in 2007, transitioning our team into a key member of the FAST (Fixed Income...

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