ABOUT ARK PARTNERS

Built by founders.
For founders.

ARK Partners is a team of experienced founders who help experts and service businesses scale with strategy and systems. We built our own business on the same engine we install for clients — and we’ve lived every side of the work: the launches, the scale-ups, and the lessons that only come from doing it with your own money on the line. Today we put that experience to work for coaches, consultants, and service providers.

HOW ARK FORMED

We became our own first case study.

ARK started with a terminal and a simple bet: that experienced operators using AI-powered systems could do the work of a full agency — better, faster, and closer to the client. Within six months the bet was a business doing $50k a month, built with the exact engine we now install for clients.

Along the way a pattern kept repeating. The businesses we helped didn’t need more tools — they needed the strategy to aim them and the systems to run them. So that became the company: we fill your calendar with the right clients, then build the AI systems that let you handle the growth. We don’t guess what will work — we find it. Experience aims. The Engine tests. Data decides.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND ARK

We’ve built businesses.
Now we help build yours.

When you work with ARK, you’re putting your trust in people. Meet the three founders who bring strategy, technology, and growth experience to the partnership.

Joshua Church

Joshua Church

Co-founder · Strategy & operations
$20M+

Built Edge Theory Labs to $20M+ in under three years.

Joshua co-founded Edge Theory Labs, helping turn a garage prototype into a consumer business. He brings that experience in building a brand, leading people, and putting a plan into practice to ARK.

What Joshua brings to ARK

Shapes the partnership, sets the priorities, and connects the strategy to a plan your team can put to work.

Ricki Bodner

Ricki Bodner

Co-founder · Tech & performance
Builder + operator

Built multiple seven-figure businesses and ARK’s first AI employee.

Ricki brings experience in content marketing, influencer management, and building online businesses. He built ARK’s AI platform from scratch and connects the technology to the work it needs to do.

What Ricki brings to ARK

Builds the systems behind research, creative, reporting, and performance, keeping the tools connected to the business outcome.

More about Ricki ↗
Chad Sonkin

Chad Sonkin

Co-founder · Sales & growth
10+ years

Experience in sales and business development.

Chad brings a career in sales, partnerships, and growing businesses, including experience with Edge Theory Labs, Bird, and CloudKitchens. He leads growth and partnerships at Conscious Counsel.

What Chad brings to ARK

Finds the opportunity, sharpens the offer, and keeps the acquisition work focused on the clients and sales your business needs.

Three complementary perspectives. One connected plan for the work we take on with you.

Talk through your business

We don’t guess what will work — we find it.

EXPERIENCE AIMS.THE ENGINE TESTS.DATA DECIDES.
WORK WITH US

Let’s find the right starting point.

Tell us where client acquisition or delivery is getting stuck. We’ll discuss whether ARK can help and where we would start.

Talk through your business