Joe Reed
Founder at Fulcrum Collective
- Role
- Owner, Managing Partner at Fulcrum Collective, LLC
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- LinkedIn followers
- 3.1K followers
About Joe Reed
I've spent 20 years founding and scaling organizations that have nothing obvious in common. Tech startups. Global nonprofits. Leadership cohorts. Consulting firms. But every single one of them had the same problem underneath. A leader with a real vision hitting a ceiling. Not because what they were building wasn't working. But because everything ran through them. The decisions. The culture. The momentum. All of it flowing through one person who was never supposed to be the permanent bottleneck. That's the problem I've spent my career solving. Five organizations founded. Dozens more advised. And across all of it the work always comes back to the same thing. Building operational systems that don't collapse when the leader steps back. Developing teams that execute without needing constant direction. Creating the kind of clarity that lets an organization grow without burning out the person who started it. Most leaders I work with aren't failing. They're succeeding in a way that's quietly becoming unsustainable. And they know it. Right now my focus is on something I think is going to define how the best businesses operate over the next decade. I'm building AI powered systems that take the judgment expertise and decision making ability living inside a leader's head and make it work without that leader in the room for every call. Not automation for automation's sake. Real operational infrastructure built around how your best people actually think. If you're a founder or operator who's tired of being the thing your business can't run without let's talk.
Experience
Owner, Managing Partner
Fulcrum Collective, LLC
Jan 2026 — Present
Founder
Jan 2026 — Present
Co-Founder
Apr 2025 — Present
Founder, Advisor
Hunhu
Jan 2025 — Present
Director of Impact
May 2022 — Present
Co-Founder
Nov 2021 — Present
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Nov 2018 — Present
Director, Senior Leadership Team
Novo (formerly CRM Empowering Leaders)
Jun 2008 — Jan 2019
Associate Pastor
Life Church
Oct 2005 — May 2008
Education
Indiana Wesleyan University
Master of Arts (MA) · Ministerial Leadership
2008 — 2010
Huntington University
Bachelor's degree · Theological and Ministerial Studies
2000 — 2004
Skills
- Organizational Development
- Team Building
- Discipleship Leadership
- Spiritual Growth Facilitation
- Operational Efficiency
- Stakeholder Feedback Analysis
- Resource Reallocation
- Community Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- International Operations
- Impact Measurement
- Performance Tracking
- Program Design
- Entrepreneur Coaching
- Impact Reporting
- User Journey Mapping
- Philanthropic Fundraising
- Strategic Decision Making
- Growth Strategies
- Strategic Leadership
- Market Research
- Product Development
- Team Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Ecosystem Mapping
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategy
- Social Impact
- Biblical Studies
- Preaching
- Theology
- Pastoral Care
- Discipleship
- Life Coaching
- Church Events
- Missions
- Gospel
- Evangelism
- Pastoral Counseling
- Administration
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