about PRODUCTIVITY NERD
Productivity Nerd is the culmination of my 15-year journey as an entrepreneur, operations leader, and project manager. In 2011, my career took an unexpected detour. A narcolepsy diagnosis and a layoff in the same year forced me to rethink everything. Instead of dusting off my resume, I took a leap into entrepreneurship. My dad and I—two unemployed homebrewers—turned a love for craft beer into a full-fledged business. We wrote a business plan, secured funding, and by 2014, opened the doors to our own brewery.
For the next five years, I wore every hat—VP, operations, sales, marketing, tap room manager. You name it, I did it. Running a business wasn’t just about the beer; it was a crash course in systems, processes, and project management. When we didn’t have our act together, shit went sideways...fast.
In 2019, I left the brewery. I stepped into operations and project management roles, eventually becoming a ClickUp technical consultant. Fast forward to 2022: after working with over 60 organizations to implement ClickUp (project management software), I noticed a pattern. Business owners were tossing their messy, broken processes into ClickUp like coins into a fountain, hoping for miracles. Let's be real: no amount of software can fix bad systems.
For the next five years, I wore every hat—VP, operations, sales, marketing, tap room manager. You name it, I did it. Running a business wasn’t just about the beer; it was a crash course in systems, processes, and project management. When we didn’t have our act together, shit went sideways...fast.
In 2019, I left the brewery. I stepped into operations and project management roles, eventually becoming a ClickUp technical consultant. Fast forward to 2022: after working with over 60 organizations to implement ClickUp (project management software), I noticed a pattern. Business owners were tossing their messy, broken processes into ClickUp like coins into a fountain, hoping for miracles. Let's be real: no amount of software can fix bad systems.
Then in February 2024, Productivity Nerd was born.
I Get It, Because I’ve Lived It
Entrepreneurship is exhilarating—but also exhausting. I know the mayhem, frustration, and loneliness of trying to keep everything afloat. Maybe you can relate:
🔥 You feel like you have to do everything yourself—or double-check everyone else’s work
💥 You’re constantly putting out fires, leaving no time for strategic growth
❌ Your team is disorganized, and you have no idea what’s getting done (or not)
⏳ Deadlines slip, mistakes happen, and scaling feels impossible
💸 You can’t attract the right investors or clients because your business lacks structure
😩 You’re exhausted, uninspired, and haven’t had a real break in years
You wanted freedom, impact, and the ability to step away without everything falling apart.
That’s where Productivity Nerd comes in.
Hey there, I'm Jacqui—
a recovering perfectionist, productivity nerd,
and the operations whisperer you didn’t know you needed...until you're drowning in Slack threads at 10pm, duct-taping workflows, and secretly Googling “how to build a process that doesn’t suck.”
I speak fluent startup, because I've been there. I’m not here for "Instagram productivity" or cute templates that collect digital dust. I help founders stop being the glue holding everything together, so they can be the fuel that scales their vision.
I thrive in the messy middle; where growth is real, nothing is standardized, and every missed handoff is a potential fire. I turn mayhem into workflows that are so damn clear, even the devs stop grumbling.
But here’s the real win: I don’t just systemize businesses. I give founders their evenings, weekends, and sanity back.
Because scaling shouldn’t feel like a slow implosion.
Let’s make that your new normal.
I thrive in the messy middle; where growth is real, nothing is standardized, and every missed handoff is a potential fire. I turn mayhem into workflows that are so damn clear, even the devs stop grumbling.
But here’s the real win: I don’t just systemize businesses. I give founders their evenings, weekends, and sanity back.
Because scaling shouldn’t feel like a slow implosion.
Let’s make that your new normal.
