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 two-sided marketplace connecting journalists with … Read more
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
Plan Z: Build for Upside, Not Survival | Trevor Summer (CEO of i-Genie)
From catching the first internet boom out of Princeton, to taking a company public early in his career, to founding and exiting a venture-backed business acquired by Blackstone, Trevor Sumner has lived nearly every chapter of the startup journey. Now he’s doing something rare: stepping in as a professional-grade CEO at an early-stage company that … Read more
Cockroach > Thoroughbred | Matthew Black (Founder & CEO of Mav)
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 conversation, Matthew breaks … Read more