I was CEO of AppSumo while it grew from $3m to $84m+ in annu...

I was CEO of AppSumo while it grew from $3m to $84m+ in annual revenue. A few thoughts and hot takes (on how to be an effective CEO):

Ayman Al-Abdullah x.com

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After building one multi-billion dollar company and seeding another 40... I'm convinced that founders (especially the CEO) have a HUGE impact on whether a business gets there; the journey a decade & there's no way to stay that course that long without constant effort + vigilance.

Alexis Ohanian 🗽x.com

1/ I became "CEO" at 20. I dropped out of college. I had only interned somewhere prev. Looking back, I couldn't imagine the journey that would occur from writing code all day to scaling to 300 people. I got lucky, I screwed up a lot, & had a lot of help. Here's what I learned...

Suhail x.com

At $1M monthly revenue I didn't know how we'd do $2M. By $5M it was clear how we could get to $10M. Here's what I've learned about scaling a startup:

Brian Bourque x.com