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 experts, none … Read more
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.
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 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