Bio
Hi, thanks for clicking on my profile :)
If it has something to do with B2B startups, CRM, sales, people management, hiring or content marketing I would be surprised if I cannot help.
On top of that, I know some stuff about e-commerce, high ticket sales, public speaking, startups, and finding product market fit. I made 10 angel investments in tech comapnies. Most were at pre-seed or seed stage and 90% were B2B. All of them are still alive and one of them achieved unicorn status.
Portfolio: elevenlabs.io, certifier.io, restimo.com, slickshift.ai, intodna.com, tasteray.com, tequipy.com
I've been doing those kinds of things for a long time.
Genuine bio: After a year of sabbatical in 2023 i got to know my wife and kids a bit better. I've written a book about management while resting. Now i wear a lot of hats:
A. I invest in early stage tech companies as an angel investor.
B. I invest in later stage companies as a partner in a fund.
C. I host my own podcast called "Interesy" in which i review books and interview enterpreneurs and investors
D. I work with clients who want to grow their businesses in an advisor/consultant role
Before that:
2017 - 2022. In December 2022, I replaced myself with a new CEO after Co-founding and running a bootstrapped consulting company for five years. We've been working on various sales, marketing and customer success problems for our clients. I grew it to 30 people and decent profitability. During that time, I consulted 100+ founders with various business issues. As a result, the company pays me dividends and doesn't send postcards. It's a perfect relationship. I learned that it's possible to be successful. I understood you didn't have to have a master's degree to lecture at five universities. And that I can be a father to two small boys and run a company simultaneously.
2014-2017. I was a sales director and cofounder in a VC-backed SaaS startup (3.5 years). Although we've attracted VCs, built the team to 100 (8 of them were my salespeople), and managed to acquire 1000 clients from 41 countries in 3.5 years, the company failed. I wasn't around to see the last 18 months. I learned that you could give your best and fall on your face—a school of hard knocks.
2007 - 2014 I was an inside sales rep for seven years in various industries (Bank, Fintech, Agency, Software Development). I learned to sell and that it's better to have leads, margins, and market pull when you know how to sell.
2000-2003. I was 12 when I got my first marketing sales and marketing job. I was selling sports newspapers to people in front of a basketball game. I mostly kept the change. You guessed it: half of the clientele were dinosaurs. Concurrently I was leaving leaflets on people's doormats. That was the time in my life that i had more money that i knew what to do with. Learned how to fight, run from dogs and that two income streams are better than one. Fun times.
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