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Dan Simon has seen the media business from the inside—and from the bottom. Before founding Qwoted, Dan was a longtime media operator, former speechwriter to some of the biggest names on Wall Street, a published author, and a three-time founder. But when it came time to build Qwoted – a…
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Never Trust a Lead You Didn’t Earn | Dan Simon (Founder & CEO of Qwoted)
How Dan Simon refused shortcuts—earning product-market fit manually before scaling Qwoted to a two-sided marketplace with 50% ARR growth







