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Escape Velocity.

Helping Founders Accelerate into the Stratosphere

Cockroach versus Thoroughbred.

Matthew’s path to building Mav wasn’t linear—and that’s exactly why it worked.  From early tech obsession to hard lessons learned the hard way, he shares how failure sharpened his instincts and fueled the creation of Mav, an AI insurance agent replacing traditional call centers through friendly, always-on texting. In this…

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…

Cockroach versus Thoroughbred.

Matthew’s path to building Mav wasn’t linear—and that’s exactly why it worked.  From early tech obsession to hard lessons learned the hard way, he shares how failure sharpened his instincts and fueled the creation of Mav, an AI insurance agent replacing traditional call centers through friendly, always-on texting. In this…

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.

New Investment Alert Forty5Park (3)

Forty5Park: AI-native portfolio intelligence platform helping the $20 trillion institutional real estate market make faster, smarter decisions.

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.

Playbooks for Scale

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

The Seven Traps Founders Must Avoid

Across more than 150 startups, the mistakes that hurt most rarely look like mistakes at the time….

Five Steps to Take Now to Maximize Your Exit Value

Over the last 20 years in venture, I’ve watched founders get intentional about exit value far too…

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.

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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.