Vetted Founders

“Growth/marketing strategist with hands-on experience in influencer/creator partnerships and performance measurement (coupon-code tracking, pre/during/post benchmarking). Built a 140-page GTM/channel strategy for a planned Greater Toronto Area launch (including tech stack and census-based geo targeting) and previously drove a 40% increase in MRR for a California subscription box brand through data-driven hypertargeted campaigns.”

“Brazil-based lead designer/animator specializing in high-polish marketing creative and scalable motion systems. Led localized multi-channel campaign assets for TIDAL Brazil and built template/rig frameworks to deliver a full season of children’s animation, with a template-driven workflow for rapid short-form social video production in After Effects/Premiere/DaVinci.”

“Built and marketed a live free-to-play web word game (Techies WordFinder) from scratch using the Lovable AI platform, reaching 100+ users in under a month. Iterated quickly based on player feedback, reporting a 28% UX improvement and +32 seconds average time per user, and demonstrates practical live-ops and F2P analytics/A-B testing knowledge.”

Joseph Goode

Screened

Senior Basketball Coach and Sports Performance Trainer specializing in athlete development

Lincoln, CA19y exp

“JV and freshman boys coach at Lincoln High School and AAU coach with 17+ years as an athlete trainer who has sold training packages. Demonstrated real recruiting impact by introducing a talented player to college coaches at a tournament, leading to an offer, and is comfortable scouting via film/social media and creating on-camera content (AI, YouTube, highlight videos).”

Heather Talla

Screened

Director-level B2B Marketing & Growth Leader specializing in demand gen and lifecycle revenue

DeLand, FL8y exp

“Digital Specialist/Media Buyer at John 3:16 who managed $50K+/month in spend (≈$500K/year) across a broad omnichannel mix (search, social, programmatic, CTV/OTT/DOOH, audio, geofencing, email acquisition). Delivered 17% YoY growth vs a 7–8% target and implemented new online giving options (DAF, crypto, stock) contributing to 24% growth on a ~$15M annual giving base.”

“Founder of distribb.io, an 8-month-old AI SEO software company already at $10k MRR. Brings 15 years of startup ecosystem exposure and a pragmatic, market-driven approach to building businesses by targeting proven demand rather than chasing novelty.”

“Longtime entrepreneur building an augmented/virtual reality company with MVPs already in production; raised just under $100K over the past year via SAFE notes. Uses market and competitive analysis (including Meta/Apple ecosystem moves) and partner-driven go-to-market planning, and is currently focused on validating content and completing development with additional technical collaborators.”

“Data-driven growth and partnerships professional with experience leading an analytics/reporting vendor rollout end-to-end (vendor selection via stakeholder interviews and PoC, then negotiating scope/pricing/support and tracking adoption/efficiency/accuracy KPIs). At PC Financial, built regression and segmentation models to optimize multi-channel targeting (in-app/email/push), driving +15% campaign engagement and +10% PC Optimum offer loads, and ran behavior-triggered lifecycle experiments that lifted upsell conversion by 20%.”

Mohammad Savari

Screened

Senior Gameplay Programmer specializing in Unity systems and game development

Leland, NC8y exp

“Gameplay engineer with hands-on ownership of core systems across both Unity/C# and UE5, including a full item/inventory/vendor pipeline and a server-authoritative co-op multiplayer architecture. Stands out for combining data-driven design, tooling, and disciplined validation workflows—including LLM-assisted content generation—to improve iteration speed and stability.”

“Founder/partner of two staffing companies and former Chief Strategy Officer who led executive-level strategy including acquiring a locums staffing firm and scaling it from $4M to $14M revenue in one year. Experienced recruiting leader managing up to 15 recruiters (and recruiting leaders), known for building repeatable processes, coaching managers, and improving recruiting workflows while preventing burnout.”

“Founder building SmartTreeQuote, an AI-powered quoting and lead qualification platform for tree service companies, created from direct operator pain points and validated via an image-based remote quoting workflow. Has already built a targeted customer acquisition motion resulting in 5 active paying subscribers, and brings experience proposing AI-driven workflow automation to remove operational bottlenecks in a high-volume install environment.”

TaylorSimone Caldwell

Screened

Mid-level Sales & Marketing professional specializing in CRM-driven growth and social media

New York, New York4y exp

“Outbound-focused sales/business development professional who owns the full motion from list building and decision-maker research through multi-channel sequencing (email/cold call/LinkedIn) and qualification (including financial/legal documentation). Has experience stepping into new/early-stage locations with no process, auditing lead data, and implementing a readiness-based framework plus CRM automation (HubSpot/Salesforce/Yardi/Nestio) to improve follow-up and pipeline generation.”

august hurtado

Screened

Junior outside sales professional specializing in logistics and transportation

New York, NY2y exp

“Founder of Storage Scholars who generated and closed 75+ leads in just 6 weeks while entering a new market solo, combining cold outreach with grassroots campus and Facebook-group marketing. Also brings SMB and mid-market outbound experience, using Apollo, trigger-based personalization, and ROI-led messaging to engage decision-makers and improve close rates.”

“Growth creative marketer at Ampure focused on paid efficiency for portable EV chargers; ran a controlled Meta creative test reframing spec-heavy messaging into real-world EV use cases, delivering ~22% lower CPA and ~28% higher ROAS. Operates with a modular, rapid-iteration creative system across Meta/TikTok/YouTube and provides tight, performance-driven briefs to creators/editors.”

Gabriel Cubas

Screened

Senior Game Developer specializing in real-time shaders (HLSL/GLSL)

17y exp

“Unity XR developer who built custom MetaXR hand-tracking gesture controls that materially improved VR usability (95% satisfaction in a live event). Led technical research and helped secure an RFP with Meta as the client, and has hands-on multiplayer experience (PUN2/Netcode) including a multiplayer AR ping-pong experience for Niantic plus MMORPG freelance work.”

Vinicius Leite

Screened

Staff/Lead Game Engineer specializing in gameplay systems and VR

Los Angeles, USA22y exp

“Unity gameplay programmer with hands-on multiplayer networking experience (Photon Fusion, Mirror, SmartFox, Unity networking), including client-side prediction and rollback to smooth networked movement under lag/packet loss. Recently improved a fast-paced 2D platformer’s feel by adding momentum/velocity “gears,” validated through internal cohorts and volunteer/friends-and-family playtests. Comfortable in both startup and large-company environments and currently seeking a high-impact, intensive project.”

“Unity gameplay engineer who has shipped mobile and Meta Quest VR titles, leveraging DOTS/ECS for large-scale war/rts-style scenes and mobile performance. Built multiplayer features using Photon PUN 2 with PlayFab matchmaking/backend and implemented live network debugging/recovery strategies. Also prototyped an AI/LLM-assisted pipeline for generating and validating gameplay/level content via structured JSON with fallbacks and caching to control reliability and cost.”

“Unity gameplay programmer who built a high-impact "furniture influence" system for a RimWorld-like base builder, adding spatial synergy that changed how players approached building. Also helped remaster a prior title by adding live-service multiplayer using PlayFab for lobby/matchmaking and LiteNetLib reliable UDP, validated via stress tests with simulated clients for a smooth release.”

Emmanuel Eruck

Screened

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in AI and FinTech

Toronto, Canada8y exp

“Frontend engineer who led the mentorAi SaaS platform UI end-to-end at IBL.ai, building real-time React/Redux experiences backed by WebSockets and scaling quality with Playwright E2E tests in GitHub CI. Also worked at Paymentology for ~2 years on fintech features (token management, Visa card creation/assignment and funding flows), modernizing an existing React codebase by introducing TypeScript and strengthening CI/coverage with SonarQube to reduce deployment bugs.”

“Enterprise seller with a strong track record of landing recognizable accounts in insurance and financial services by using data, pilot results, and case studies to sell newer performance marketing offerings. Most notably, they closed a multi-month deal with The Hartford that started as a $15K pilot and helped create an insurance section generating over $150K per month, then used that win to open pipeline with other major brands.”

“Built and deployed a Unity-based, NSF-funded medical interaction system for the University of Houston MRI Lab, combining speech recognition, LLaMA-based function calling, and real-time simulation controls. Particularly strong in taking experimental AI systems from discovery through stabilization, with measurable impact including roughly 50% faster task completion than traditional point-and-click workflows.”

Eltayeb Yousif

Screened

Entry-level sales and growth professional specializing in Web3 and data-driven marketing

Brooklyn, NY1y exp

“Outbound-focused sales candidate from Ridgeway with a strong founding-SDR mindset, generating 15-25 meetings and 8-12 SQL-level opportunities per month while influencing $40k-$80k in monthly pipeline. Stands out for building structured, research-driven outbound systems and using personalized, multithreaded outreach tied to real business triggers like product launches and growth hiring.”

Nachshon Fertel

Screened

Executive startup founder and product engineer specializing in marketplace platforms

Minneapolis, MN12y exp

“Repeat founder currently building Unhookt, a digital wellness app, after co-founding Poplin and helping raise $10M in VC funding in 2021. He has already completed Unhookt’s frontend MVP, is building the backend, and is gathering early user feedback while navigating the shift from metrics-driven Series A fundraising to vision-led pre-seed pitching.”