Cleared Hot with Andy Stumpf · December 2022
Episode 265 - CEO and Founder of DeliverFund
Nic McKinley's first Cleared Hot appearance - the founding story of DeliverFund, the intelligence architecture behind it, and the operational mindset required to build an organization that puts former intelligence officers and special operations veterans to work hunting traffickers.
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Key Takeaways
- DeliverFund began with a specific hypothesis: that intelligence tradecraft, applied systematically, could give law enforcement an asymmetric advantage against trafficking networks.
- The first challenge was not the mission - it was explaining to donors, law enforcement, and partners what a private intelligence organization actually does.
- What it took to build a team of former CIA officers and special operations veterans around a mission that pays significantly less than their previous careers.
- The moment Nic McKinley knew the model worked - and what it revealed about how much capability was sitting unused outside government.
DeliverFund OriginIntelligence ArchitectureSpecial OperationsFounding Story