Helene Dina
President and Strategy Partner
at HD Strategies LLC.
As a Strategy Consultant and Senior Advisor, I help Internet, media, consumer goods & retail companies operationalize their growth plans and communicate to investors with impact.
As an advisor and mentor to start-ups, I provide an operator’s perspective from having 20+ years of experience in building new businesses. I’m a boomerang management consultant – I started at Monitor Deloitte, then spent most of my career leading digital transformations and building new businesses as an executive at Disney-ABC Media Networks and at start-ups. I bring a unique operational perspective to strategy formulation and investor communications in my consulting practice.
Articles by Helene Dina
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13
We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...
Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies
In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...