The first call for founders stuck on customers, capital or visibility.
I’m Kapil Gaud. I’ve spent 17+ years on the operating side of growth, served 11,000+ entrepreneurs since 2013, and worked with founders who have raised $27M+. Bring me what’s stuck. If I can’t fix it, I know who can.
✦ Quick wins are free. I read every message myself.
Product or service, scrappy or scaling — I’ve already been in your industry.
I’ve sat with brands from their first sale to their peak, on both sides of the table. So you get patterns that already worked — not theories from a slide deck.
Three things decide whether a young company makes it.
Most founders who message me are stuck on one of them. I’ve worked on all three for 17+ years, and when something is outside what I do best, I know who does it best.
Customers
Why the money you spend isn’t turning into revenue, and which leak to fix first: funnel, tracking, outbound, search, ads, and the AI and automation that run it.
Capital
I’m not an investor. I help you find the ones who back companies like yours and walk in with a story they recognise. Founders I’ve worked with have raised $27M+.
Visibility
The journalists, publishers and podcast hosts who cover your space, and the angle that gets you a yes.
Straight talk for founders. No hype.
Putting AI to work
Where it fits, how to wire it in, and how to get real results from it.
Positioning & your customer
Who you’re really for — and the shortest path to reach them.
Getting customers
Funnels and ads that bring customers without big budgets or big teams.
The honest journey
What worked, what didn’t, and what I’d do differently next time.
I’m building the mentor I never had.
I never had a mentor. Since 2009 I taught myself, online, the hard way — and I never stopped building.
I started in college. From 2013 to 2020 I ran a growth agency: around $1M a month in client ad spend, media sites past 10 million monthly page views and a 2.5-million-member community. Since then I’ve built companies in edtech, ecommerce, and AI, and worked with founders who have raised $27M+. Now I share all of it — so you don’t have to learn it the slow way.
Read my full story →Most of what I know, I give away.
Stuck on customers, capital or visibility? Tell me what you’re working on. If I can point you the right way, I will — no charge. If someone else is better for it, I’ll introduce you.
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