I have been fortunate enough in my past years to have met many successful entrepreneurs, technologists, billionaires & incredibly talented growth marketers & designers. More importantly, I am also fortunate to call many of them friends & to also create mutually beneficial relationships to help with our respective careers & businesses. I also have numerous mentors & thankful for all my mentors past & present.

I have met 1000’s of founders, CTO’s, Head’s of Engineering, development managers, CMO’s, growth marketers & other C-suite executives over my years in the development community and my continuous work in the startup and marketing communities.

I continually strive to improve in my everyday work. If there are key lessons I could pass onto those who and when I mentor, or those who want to create impact, these 8 lessons I remind myself each and every day;
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1. Everything starts with your customer
2. Keep it simple: don't overcomplicate it (I'm guilty of this)
3. Test small and fast
4. Know how to tap their network
5. Don't wait for permission or someone to validate it, just make it happen.
6. First impressions do count, but you won't nail a first impression every time (and that's okay - you're human).
7. Know how to tap their network
8. Have Fun! If it's not fun, why even do it? :)

As a self-taught marketer, someone who is obsessed & always striving to become the best marketer I can be, I follow & I’m inspired by some of the world’s best marketers & business leaders.In relation to community & network, I’ve been lucky to meet 4 of my idols which are included in the photo on the right; Neil Patel, Sujan Patel, Aaron Agius & Sean Ellis.

In addition, I’m also a fan of Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré, Brian Balfour, Guillaume Cabane, Violeta Nedkova, Joanna Lord, Sarah Bird, John Egan & Andrew Chen.