BlockChat

Community Lead

Falling in love with the fast-paced and innovative nature of the NFT and Crypto space in late 2021, I decided to dive head first into freelance work of startup projects. I have passions in the space surrounding community engagement, business development and discord management/security. There is endless opportunity presenting itself everyday.

Key Achievements;
- Community management of 90,000+ members in the run up to an NFT mint generating 2M+ in revenue.
- Leading multiple teams of between 2-12 community moderators. 
- Community management for a 10,000 strong discord server with a focus on education equality.
- Discord security auditing + building for 8 incredible Web3 projects.
- Intrepreneurial role for a well established Web3 company looking to take their company in a fresh direction.

Freelance - Community Management + Business Development

Sprout

Sprout is a marketing company that specialises in twitter content management and brand strategy. On a short term "getting the business started" contract, I had the pleasure of working alongside another young entrepreneur to build this company from the ground up. In my short time working on this project, we created the sprout brand, business strategy, core team and started generating some incredible results for our first clients. The founder, James, has since worked with over 10 incredible clients & partners, ranging from small startups to half-a-billion-dollar unicorns in the space.

Brand Development + Business Strategy

Tru3Mint

Tru3Mint was a Web3 software development company, specialising in custom developments and security audits. 

We worked with our clients to provide industry leading technical products and security solutions. 

Key Achievements;
- Built both inbound and outbound lead generation funnels, creating over $120,000 in Y1 revenue
- Refined my high-ticket negotiation skills with both clients and contractors
- Attended industry events to expand our network as a company
- Managed all client liaison for the company, including onboarding and handover

Website - https://tru3mint.com/

Co-Founder - Business Development + Operations

Metagotchi 

Metagotchi was an NFT project and game development company centered around values of spreading kindness and positive change {closed pre-mint}

I look back on my time building this project with a sense of gratitude for all that I learnt. It was my first business venture and I wouldn't have had it any other way. 

Key Achievements;
- Recruited and led a team of 10+ developers, artists and community builders
- Scaled our social media platforms to 16,000 on twitter and 11,000 on discord
- Secured multiple partnerships with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem
- Hosted multi-community events with a large shared prize pool
- Refined my storytelling skills, released a full comic book and built a loyalist inner circle of community members

Website - https://metagotchinft.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/MetagotchiNFTs

Co-Founder - Business Development + Recruiting

After my decision to leave university, my endless hunger for learning about the complex and everchanging nature of business has propelled me into the world of Web3. Since starting in this space, I've had the privilege of starting 3 companies, one of which still operates to this day without my input. I

Now - after years as an entrepreneur, my goal is to further enhance my skills as part of an established team. I'd like to contribute to the growth of a company that isn't my own - learning from my peers and bringing my unique set of skills to the table.

On a personal level, I'm on a journey of understanding (as many of us are) - trying to figure out what makes ME tick through trying my hand at many different things. After the close of Tru3Mint, I traveled around the world for 6 months, meeting some amazing people and seeing our beautiful planet.

Now, i'm back home for the foreseeable future and taking some time to venture towards my mental and physical limits, learning about how far I can go. My current obsession, after years of training in the gym, is endurance events. I've never been good at running, so decided to push myself into the unknown by signing up for a marathon this September. After that, who knows what's next? Ironman?

If you've read this far, I am always in awe of the other humans that walk this earth alongside me and love a good chat, so please feel free to reach out. 

Cheers,
Jacob!

Jacob B.

Growth Advising by Darrell Lerner (DCL Corp)

I help businesses, startups, influencers, and creators grow, monetize, and optimize their digital strategy & product growth strategy.

https://www.darrelllerner.com/

🔸 Creator Monetization
🔸 Management consulting
🔸 Growth and revenue generation
🔸 Product strategy and development
🔸 Problem-Solving & Strategic Planning
🔸 AI integration and optimization for your business
🔸 Digital strategy (Social media / conversion optimization)


Consulting/advising businesses and startups on growth, product, operations, scaling, management, digital strategy, marketing, and social media etc. 

Will consider new advising and digital consulting engagements on a case by case basis.

Growth and Strategy Advisor for Businesses & Startups | Fractional COO

PEF Community

A global community of the world's top post-exit founders.

Member

Syndicate 11

• Syndicate11 is a private creator network of 350+ top creative talent (creators, influencers, actresses, models etc), with a collective reach of 400M+ followers. (Top niches: Health & wellness, luxury, lifestyle, fashion)

• All talent is hand selected, vetted & manually approved.

• We specialize in creating boutique highly curated luxury experiences to generate organic content.

Each event is invite-only and designed for intimate, high-touch connection. 

@syndicate11_ on IG

Founder

Network Effects

We grow loyal audiences for top entrepreneurs, founders, and business leaders through industry leading content strategy, creation, and distribution. 

We turn invisible experts into respected authorities. 

Achieve your business goals faster by letting us take the hassle out of building your personal brand on X and LinkedIn.

‘Saturday’ App by FOMO Ventures, Inc.

Saturday is a venture-backed, community-driven social app designed to help users forge meaningful connections with those around them. 

It combats loneliness and engineers serendipity through the use of cutting-edge AI and geolocation technology. 

Saturday offers AI-curated local connections and personalized conversation starters, fostering a community where meaningful relationships can flourish.

Co-Founder & Board Member 

AllPaws.com (acquired by PetSmart)

🐶 FOUNDER & CEO of ALLPAWS - a leading digital pet adoption platform with over 1.5 million registered users on web & iPhone. 

AllPaws was acquired by pet industry leader PetSmart in October 2016.

AllPaws was a best-in-class web & mobile platform and community for pet lovers which applied an online dating approach to pet adoption and used proprietary technology to re-imagine the way people find their next dog, cat, or pets. AllPaws was one of the largest pet adoption platforms on the internet and offered a comprehensive solution on web and a fun & addicting mobile app experience on iPhone. 

Key stats and achievements:

🔹 Over 1.5 Million Registered Users

🔹 More than 1 Million Visits per month  

🔹 Over 500,000 iPhone App Downloads & Top 100 Ranking in Lifestyle Category of App Store. 

🔹 Generated over $1.5 million in advertising revenue from highly engaging custom placements created for premium pet brands designed to reach new pet parents at the point of market entry.  

🔹 Top tier press coverage + many unsolicited product recommendations - incl. featured on ABC News, Fox News, Huffington Post (2x), Forbes, MSN, Mashable, Good Morning America, Engadget, Fast Company, Product Hunt, and being recommended by Good Housekeeping Magazine, PureWow, Netted & more.

Following the acquisition by PetSmart, I stayed on as General Manager and Consultant for a transitional period.

Founder | Chief Executive Officer | President | Consultant | General Manager

Founder & CEO

Paltalk, Inc.

CO-FOUNDER of SNAP INTERACTIVE (now PalTalk) - one of the first publicly traded company in the online dating & social media space.  SNAP's leading online dating apps and social apps experienced extraordinary growth - attracting more than 100 million users. Ranked as the 36th fastest growing company in North America on Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500 for achieving 4,400% revenue growth over 5 years.

As Co-Founder and one of only two members of Senior Management from 2005 through late 2011, I was primarily responsible for all legal, financial, administrative, human resource, hiring, anti-fraud, and public company regulatory and operational functions as we scaled the company. I was also responsible for writing all company press releases since inception. 

We grew SNAP to nearly 50 employees and approximately $20 million in annual revenue. We hit a peak market cap of ~ $150 million and raised $8.5 million in capital from institutional investors in January 2011.  Prior to that, we succeeded while raising under $ 1 mm in total capital (with no new capital since 2007) - growing entirely on revenue generated from operations for 3+ years.

Co-Founder

Serial Entrepreneur (2 exits) & Growth Advisor • Founded AllPaws (Sold to PetSmart) • Co-Founded Saturday App & Snap Interactive (100m users & $100m revenue)

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 & $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 • 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝘄/ 𝟮 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘀 • 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Serial tech entrepreneur, business operator, and strategic advisor with deep experience starting and growing consumer-digital businesses. 

As a growth and product-driven startup founder, I have a proven track record of building and growing innovative products used by millions. I have achieved successful exits while overseeing multiple C-Level executive roles for publicly traded, growth stage, and venture-backed startups. I have a bias for action and a passion for solving big problems. Proven ability to innovate and deliver rapid revenue and user growth. 

At the intersection of my passion for pets and online dating expertise, I co-founded AllPaws. This innovative, online dating-style pet adoption platform quickly gained millions of users and was acquired by the pet industry leader, PetSmart. 

Before that, as co-founder I helped build and lead publicly traded SNAP Interactive from inception to rank as the 36th fastest growing technology company in North America with 4,400% revenue growth over 5 years, $20 million+ in annual revenue, and over 100 million users of our online dating apps and social products. 

Today, I advise businesses and startups on optimizing their digital and product growth strategies. Additionally, I coach entrepreneurs and business leaders on building high-income personal brands, and advise top influencers, models, and creators on growing and monetizing their audiences.

I continue to work on new projects, explore new opportunities, and advise. 

Been featured in ABC News, Bloomberg, Good Morning America, TechCrunch, Fox 5 News,  Huffington Post, Mashable, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and many other top tier publications. 

SPECIALTIES: Growth, Optimization, Digital Strategy, Product Strategy, Personal Branding 

Start-ups | Digital Strategy | General Management | Product Strategy and Development |  Rapid Revenue Growth | Strategic Vision | User Growth & User Acquisition | Marketplaces | Business Strategy | Business Operator | Problem-Solving | Business Operations (CEO, COO, GM) | Product Management | Conversion Optimization | A/B Testing | Web and Mobile Analytics | Mobile Applications | Mobile Growth | iTunes App Store Optimization | e-Commerce | Social Media Marketing & Strategy | M&A Process | Pet Industry | Online Dating Apps

Darrell Lerner

We built Syndicate 11 quietly. 
Now PEOPLE are noticing. 

Syndicate11 wasn’t designed to be loud. 

It was built as a tight, high-signal network of top creators, models, and cultural catalysts who actually move attention - not just post into it.

And when you do that well enough, visibility finds you anyway.

This People feature is a great example: no PR push, zero agenda, just a powerful moment that got noticed.

That’s the power of momentum compounding.

2x Exited Founder & Growth Advisor • Built AllPaws (Acquired by PetSmart) • Co-Founded SNAP Interactive (100m users & $100m revenue)

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