Yarin Gaon
CEO/ Fractional Partners
Yarin Gaon is an entrepreneur-turned-investor with a proven track record of founding, scaling, and exiting companies. He launched his first company at age 14 and went on to build Israel’s largest e-commerce platform for military goods, which he later sold before relocating to the U.S. He also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at a venture capital firm, where he specialized in turning around distressed startups. With an MBA from Tel Aviv University (and time spent at Kellogg School of Management), Yarin now helps growing companies mature into strong, cash-flowing assets.
Yarin has mentored over 400 businesses through SCORE and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center. Today, he shares a free playbook built for $1–20M companies based on the exact growth systems private equity firms use—democratized for founders who don’t have access to elite investor networks. His approach focuses on strategy before tactics, helping founders align their goals and scale with clarity and confidence. Check out Yarin’s recent interviews on Founder’s Story, Becker Private Equity & Business Podcast, or A Stern Talk.
Yarin also has a free Clarity Playbook for your listeners - a planning system for growing companies deciding what to scale.
The Growth by Subtraction Playbook for Middle Market Founders with Yarin Gaon
What if the thing slowing your growth isn't what's missing — it's what you refuse to cut? Yarin Gaon sold his fourth company at 28, ran turnarounds as an Entrepreneur in Residence at a venture capital firm, mentored 400+ founders through the University of Chicago and SCORE, and has earned an MBA along the way. Today he runs Fractional Partners, where he applies a private equity-style operating playbook to lower middle market businesses stuck in what he calls the "messy mi…