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Renan Conde and the art of growing up
After seven years in Europe, Renan Conde returned to Brazil to build Factorial’s local operation. The harder lesson came after the hiring: how to turn a fast-growing sales team into a business that could keep its promises.
Alisa Haynes and the Art of Keeping People Together
From EventWorks to Brand Revolution, Alisa Haynes has built her career around a practical question: who else should be in the room? Her answer now spans social strategy, film, merchandise and live events across an international agency.
Marshall Zelaznik and the Business of the Second Bell
A lawyer learned to sell fights without throwing one. After UFC, esports and an exit he could see coming, Marshall Zelaznik returned to GLORY to finish a piece of business that the world interrupted.
Nataly Kelly Learned to Read the World Before She Learned to Market It
From an Illinois farm town to Ecuador, HubSpot and Zappi, Kelly built a career around one durable idea: understanding people is the work before the work.
Bertram Thorslund Built Lenus by Learning When to Scale
The Lenus founder turned a Copenhagen startup into a transatlantic software company by pairing patient groundwork with unusually fast expansion. His harder assignment has been making the operating culture travel with it.
Kurt Beidler
Kurt Beidler is the Chief Executive Officer of Quizlet, the AI-powered learning platform used by hundreds of millions of students worldwide. Appointed in July 2024, he brings 17 years of Amazon experience scaling subscription businesses - most notably growing Amazon Kids+ into the world's largest youth-focused subscription service and launching Kindle into China. Under his leadership, Quizlet has grown revenue to $139M annually while aggressively integrating AI tools including a native ChatGPT app integration, lecture recording features, and an OpenAI partnership aimed at keeping students' entire study workflow on one platform.