Entrepreneur · Investor · Deal Maker

Four decades of direct operating experience.

Entrepreneurship, real estate, capital strategy, branding, and venture-building — built through operating environments, not theory.

Dore Pfaff
40+Years of Experience
10+Industries
100sPractices Served
3Active Ventures
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The Story

Built from experience, not theory.

Dore Pfaff has spent four decades working across entrepreneurship, investment, real estate, branding, and capital strategy. The through-line is practical business judgment: understanding where value is real, where structure matters, and where execution will determine the outcome.

His experience has included building businesses, evaluating opportunities, shaping positioning, structuring relationships, and working in markets where trust, discretion, and timing materially affect results.

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Current Ventures

Where attention is directed now.

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Capital Platform

Big Squirrel Capital

A capital-focused initiative exploring structured growth opportunities, disciplined underwriting, and long-view value creation.

Emerging Venture

Kruiz

A developing venture being shaped with attention to positioning, product direction, and measured execution rather than premature noise.

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Advisory & Partnerships

Selective work with founders, operators, and investors who want seasoned perspective on structure, growth, and decision-making.

Selected Experience

A record shaped across industries.

Founder & CEOBaby Basics, LLLP
PresidentThat's My Stuff
Business DevelopmentVista ACI, Inc.
Real Estate & InvestmentProperty & Capital Ventures
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Ways to Work With Me

Selective work built around fit and substance.

Advisory

Perspective for founders, owners, and operators navigating growth decisions or high-stakes turning points.

Capital Strategy

Support with framing, structuring, and positioning opportunities for credible capital conversations.

Partnerships

Selective collaboration where complementary strengths and aligned incentives create durable momentum.

Media / Speaking

Thoughtful participation in conversations around entrepreneurship, investing, and practical execution.

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Perspective

Experience matters most when it improves the quality of the decision.

The real value of experience is not age alone. It is the ability to recognize patterns sooner, simplify complexity without losing rigor, and stay focused on what genuinely creates leverage.

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Open to selected conversations.

Most relevant for advisory work, capital strategy, partnerships, emerging ventures, and thoughtful introductions where experience can be useful early.

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