Techeters is a technology marketing and business development firm that works with tech startups in the US. As the founder and Chief Visionary Officer, it is my job to ensure that the company is moving in the right direction, which is towards improving our processes and providing as much value to as many companies as possible. We are still in our own early growth stage, and my day-to-day involves completing tasks within every role that we still need to hire for.

It takes a long time to become an expert in any field, and I realized that in order to become better at what I was already doing, I needed to surround myself with like-minded individuals. I spent too long trying to learn everything on my own, and while I still do this, it is better to discuss and test methods with others.

I think this rule of needing 10,000 hours (or 5 years) of experience to be an expert is somewhat misleading. I don't think it is really possible for a majority of people to become actual experts, as this is reserved for the very few. The only way to be in the top 0.01% of any field is to obsess over what you are trying to do and surround yourself with others that are also obsessing over being the best at it.

I hope one day to have a massive firm that revenues at least $1 billion USD lifetime, and I won't be able to get there without being around other marketing and business obsessed minds.

The community here is great. It is really helpful to have access to experts and set up calls, but the Slack channel and mastermind groups are more impactful for my specific needs. As a startup founder and the only C-level employee in my company, I often feel that I am alone in building my business. Having the GrowthMentors Slack channel helps me feel like I am in a normal company setup with support, which helps a lot.