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Escape Velocity.

Helping Founders Accelerate into the Stratosphere

Choose your hard.

Wes Mathews didn’t start his second company because he needed another win. He started it because the first win taught him what actually matters—and what breaks founders over time. After building High Level Marketing from zero to $20M+ and exiting, Wes hit a truth most founders don’t say out loud:…

Never trust a lead you didn’t earn.

Dan Simon has seen the media business from the inside—and from the bottom. Before founding Qwoted, Dan…

Plan Z: Build for the upside, not survival.

From catching the first internet boom out of Princeton, to taking a company public early in his…

Choose your hard.

Wes Mathews didn’t start his second company because he needed another win. He started it because the first win taught him what actually matters—and what breaks founders over time. After building High Level Marketing from zero to $20M+ and exiting, Wes hit a truth most founders don’t say out loud:…

The Escape Velocity Podcast.

Strategies, mindsets, and tactics from hyper-growth founders.
Learn what it takes to launch, scale, and win.

Strategies, mindsets, and tactics from hyper-growth founders.

Learn what it takes to launch, scale, and win.

Beyond the Pitch

News from the front lines of company-building.

Episode 2 Trevor Sumner (2)

Implentio: AI-powered logistics intelligence helping ecommerce brands recover margins and make smarter supply chain decisions.

Episode 3 Dan Simon (4)

NQS: AI-enabled trauma registry platform helping hospitals improve workflows & capture revenue from care delivered.

Episode 4 Alison Alavrez (3)

CentSight, the AI-powered CFO helping early-stage operators & finance leaders make smarter, forward-looking decisions faster.

Playbooks for Scale

Battle-tested tactics for builders turning traction into durable growth.

Hiring for Velocity

Early-stage companies don’t fail because they lack talent. They fail because they hire capable people who can’t operate in ambiguity, speed, or pressure. Résumés don’t reveal that. References rarely do. But the right questions do.

Ditch Your Plan B

Conventional wisdom says smart founders always have a backup plan. Plan B feels responsible. It sounds prudent. It signals maturity. In venture-backed startups, it often does the opposite. The most effective founders don’t win by hedging. They win by committing.

Choosing The Right VC Partner

The moment you take venture capital, you’re entering one of the most consequential relationships of your professional life. This isn’t a transaction — it’s a long-term partnership that will shape your pace, your decisions, and your experience of building.

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Why Founders Choose Mudita.

Where proven experience meets constructive coaching.

The Escape Velocity Podcast.

Strategies, mindsets, and tactics from hyper-growth founders.
Learn what it takes to launch, scale, and win.

Strategies, mindsets, and tactics from hyper-growth founders.

Learn what it takes to launch, scale, and win.

Episode 5 Wes Mathews
Choose your hard.
How second-time founder Wes Mathews built conviction, traction, and momentum by deliberately choosing the hard that compounds.
Episode 4 Alison Alavrez
Build space ladders, not excuses.
How Blastpoint democratizes innovation where every member of the team sees obstacles as design problems to be overcome.
Episode 3 Dan Simon (4)
Never trust a lead you didn’t earn.
How repeat founder and CEO Dan Simon refused shortcuts, earned product-market fit the hard way, and scaled Qwoted into a thriving two-sided marketplace with 50% ARR growth.