i work with a ton of companies, from pre-seed to series B
i often get asked:
“who’s the best growth guy you know? we need more people like you”
the real answer:
distribution became such a moat that the best growth profiles are usually:
> building their own company
> working at the top labs / rocketships and cashing secondaries
> doing advisory while making high 6 to 7 figs solo
growth & speed is now so import that if:
1/ you don’t have a growth monster on the founding team
or
2/ you’re not a 0.1% company that can make your growth guy rich in <2 years
you’re probably cooked
bizarrely enough one of my high school friends from england @A1fiedickens15 was one Cal AI’s first employees
we both come from small villages next to each other
very very small world
he actually also moved to the US
huge congrats to the whole team, well deserved.
18 months ago, I had $9.50 in my bank account
Today we announced that Cal AI was acquired by MyFitnessPal
Life can flip faster than you think.
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