Patrick Ward
Founder & Editor
Hi, I'm Patrick. I'm a marketing executive and the founder of NanoGlobals, where I help lean marketing teams do more through automation and offshore staffing. Past work with Nike, Walmart and MasterClass; featured in Forbes and Ad Age.
About Patrick
Patrick has worked in marketing and business development for over a decade, serving as a director at US-based digital agencies with clients including MasterClass, Walmart, Allianz, Cathay Pacific, and Fiji Airways.
He currently runs institutional product marketing for a top-three global asset management firm.
Patrick has been featured in Forbes, Ad Age, and Entrepreneur, and has been a guest lecturer at UCLA and General Assembly.
Recent Articles by Patrick
200+ AI Assistant Name Ideas
Silicon Valley has collectively spent hundreds of millions naming AI assistants. We can borrow the best of what companies like Amazon and Apple learned doing the research, starting wi...
Nov 03, 2026
Best Pool Service Software for Small Pool Businesses (2026)
The top 5 pool service software picks for owner-operators running one truck, ranked by what you actually pay at 10, 50 and 100 pools.
Oct 30, 2026
Best Virtual Assistant Companies: My Top 5 Independent Picks (2026)
My top 5 virtual assistant companies for founders and small teams. Founder-owned only, no private equity or roll-ups.
Oct 22, 2026
Best PPC Agencies for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses (2026)
The top 5 PPC agencies for companies spending $5K to $150K a month. I prefer founder-led shops where the person who sold you keeps tabs on your account personally.
Oct 22, 2026
Best Meta Ads Agencies for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses (2026)
My top 5 Meta ads agencies for companies spending $5K to $150K a month. Founder-led shops, no private equity or roll-ups.
Oct 22, 2026
Best Executive Assistant Services for Founders and Executives (2026)
My top 5 executive assistant services for founders and executives. Founder-owned only, no private equity or roll-ups.
Oct 22, 2026
Christmas Zoom Backgrounds: 18 Free HD Downloads
Come December, half your calls happen in front of the same handful of Christmas backgrounds Zoom ships, or whatever holiday stock photo turned up first in a search. You can spot them ...
Oct 15, 2026
200+ Flower Shop Business Name Ideas
Today’s challenge: to deliver unique flower shop names that don’t use “bloom,” “petal,” or “blossom.”
Aug 17, 2026
29 AI Startup Name Ideas With Domains You Can Actually Register
You’d think finding brandable names for AI startups would be competitive in 2026.
Aug 17, 2026
Professional Zoom Backgrounds: 18 Free HD Downloads
Not every call needs a bookshelf or a skyline behind you. Sometimes you just want to look tidy and stay out of your own way. That’s what these are for. They’re plain walls, soft gradi...
Jul 26, 2026
Glossary Entries
- 30,000 Foot View Definition: Meaning in Business
- Fiedler’s Contingency Theory: Summary with Examples
- AARRR: Pirate Metrics for Startups Defined and Explained
- ACV (Annual Contract Value): Definition and Meaning
- ABM (Account-Based Marketing): Definition and Meaning
- ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue): Business Meaning and Definition
- BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline): Definition and Meaning
- Boil the Ocean: Business Definition and Meaning
- BPO (Business Process Outsourcing): Meaning and Definition
- C2B: Business Definition and Examples