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Operator • Advisor • Peacemaker

Blessed are the peacemakers. Built for the battlefield.

Todd Dunphy helps founders, executives, investors, and brands make clear decisions under pressure — through consulting, media, speaking, and private mastermind access.

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A trusted voice for consequential rooms.

Some rooms need more than charisma. They need judgment, clarity, steadiness, and the ability to say what is true without losing the room. Thirty years of deal-making, capital formation, and sector expertise across defense, energy, and aviation — paired with the conviction to temper aggression before it becomes war. The operator who speaks the language of every counterpart, then builds what comes next.

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Todd McGregor DunphyConsultant, investor, and founder focused on momentum, alignment, and durable outcomes.
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Consulting

Strategic counsel for founders, operators, and high-stakes growth moments.

Built for leaders who need judgment, direction, and execution support when the stakes are real and the timeline is short. Brand strategy, revenue clarity, partnerships, positioning, and operating focus — delivered with the candor of someone who has actually been in the chair.

  • Founder advisory and strategic decision support under pressure.
  • Positioning, market narrative, and high-trust brand direction.
  • Growth planning, partnership development, and execution alignment.
  • Deal architecture, capital strategy, and counterparty negotiation.
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Investments

Backing companies with conviction, story, and strategic edge.

Breathing Lion is built around selective involvement and long-view value creation — helping teams sharpen the narrative, structure the deal, and make the decisions that compound over time.

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Approach

Capital plus perspective.

Not passive allocation. Active pattern recognition, relationship leverage, and operator-grade involvement where judgment, story, and execution materially change the outcome.

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501(c)(3)

Mission work designed for real community impact.

The Family Wins is focused on service, responsibility, and building structures that support people beyond short-term attention cycles. A core part of the platform — not an afterthought.

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Why it matters

Success should create wider lift.

The mission lane reflects a commitment to service, generosity, and building things that create real benefit beyond the self. Business done well is supposed to feed something larger.

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Presence

Clear voice. Calm authority. Real range.

The same operator at a podcast, a paddock, a private dinner, a foreign post. Different rooms — same posture.

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Media

Interviews, podcasts, and on-camera conversations.

TODDCAST and guest appearances on shows that take the work seriously. Operator-grade commentary on deals, leadership, and the world we’re actually living in.

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Speaking

Talks that challenge the room without losing the room.

Keynotes and panels for founders, investors, faith-driven leaders, and policy audiences. Built for substance, not stagecraft.

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Advisory

Strategic counsel for leaders making consequential decisions.

One-on-one work with founders, CEOs, and principals who need a trusted outside voice for the call that actually matters this quarter.

Hebrews 4:16 — Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence

Legacy

Rooted in what matters most.

Family, faith, and long-term stewardship are the foundation under every line of work on this site. Everything else is downstream of that.

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Rooms

Masterminds and private conversations.

Built for real exchange and consequential decisions, not performative networking.

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Story

Public narrative with a clear point of view and a real backbone.

Interviews, essays, media, speaking, and founder-facing content built around what Todd actually believes — and is willing to defend.

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Presence

Designed to be used, not admired from a distance.

A working platform — built for inbound consulting, media booking, mastermind interest, and partnership conversations that move the same week.

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