Michael Houck

Megaphone

We create high-converting LinkedIn, X, and newsletter content for over 50 founders and send it viral with the help of over 400 creators with tens of millions of followers.

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Founding Journey

Helping founders build, grow, and raise capital for their startups.

launch house

An early stage venture fund for companies building the New Silicon Valley. It began as a membership club built around IRL coliving residencies in LA, NYC, Tulum, Aspen, Miami, and Lisbon.

Co-Founder

Airbnb

Product Manager

Uber

Product Analytics, Uber Eats

TherapyNotes, LLC

Software Engineer

85,000+ founders read my free weekly newsletter. Follow me to learn about startups and venture capital.

I didn't know what a startup was until after college. I wasn't lucky with connections or mentors.

But within a few years my startup raised $23 million from a16z + other investors.

Along the way I:
· Cold emailed my way into an early role at Uber Eats
· Got laid off by Airbnb during COVID
· Built an audience of ~100K across LinkedIn and X
· Started a coliving residency for startup founders in Tulum
· Co-founded a venture fund and made over 50+ early stage investments (incl. Figure and Beehiiv)

More recently I've bootstrapped my personal holdco from $0 to $100K MRR in under 2 years. We help founders through content, connections, capital, and services:

· megaphonestudio.com → let my content agency build your newsletter or social media audience
· megaphone.network → partner with big creators in your niche

· join.foundingjourney.com → get my weekly playbooks and advice alongside 75k founders (for free)
· upgrade.foundingjourney.com → get ~100 fundraising case studies from founders I interviewed
· go.foundingjourney.com/fundraising → get connected with investors (including me)

I'm also building a new YouTube channel. Here's a recent video on the history of Silicon Valley: youtu.be/alUQxEldEMM

A weekly newsletter designed to help you build, grow, and raise capital for your startup.

Raghav R.

CPO and Co-Founder

Zupain

A Complete suite with inbuilt Meta tools and AI for instagram sellers to manage business smartly.  
1. 8000+ Users
2. 45% of Paid users
3. ₹6 Million revenue generated 
4. Complete suite for social sellers to build , add and scale business with inbuilt AI.
5. 80% full stack model SAAS from AI, Chat to Instagram Messenger built internally.

Made an Exit as a Co-Founder

Co-Founder - Business | Product | Operations 

Saveo.in

1. Scaled and Grew business from Zero base to Rs.80 Million per month over a year by driving process end to end from Sourcing to Supply chain management. 
2. Conceptualised "Beta Stores" a dark store model in 5 cities and contributed 3% of GMV in 1st of month of roll out.
3. Built Tech modular's which impacted operation time by down 40% and errors by 90% down.

Quit Saveo to start my company

Associate Director - Business | Category | P&L 

Meesho

1. Accoladed for the best "Manager NPS" for Q2'21. 

2. Won "Manager Excellence Award" -Activated 10 new potential selections hubs which were "Ecommerce undiscovered" and affecting 8% Search volume orders of the platform.

3. Recognized as "Torchbearer",  Increased net Q3'2020 merchant acquisitions 3X more than Q1'2020 by introducing score card based goal tracking mechanisms.

4. Increased N+7 days Supplier with 1st order transactions by 1900 bps in Jul'21 & 2X better than platform by changing internal hierarchical changes to incubate and groom offline suppliers.

Business Head | GTM | New Category Initiatives

Amazon

1 . Won "Cow Boy Award" for leading a new process on building assortment. 

2. Managed to build a new business of 25Cr to Amazon Marketplace in 2017 by identifying selection gaps and mapping geography hubs across nations 

3 22% to 12% in 2017 decreasing supplier led cancellations by analyzing on downstream metrics impacting the customer experience

Head- BD | 2 Regional States of South

1. Recognized as "RB Super Star" for delivering highest growth% in H1'14 

2. - 8% FY'13 to +19% FY'14 to 4Cr MoM progressed degrowing Indirect Trade in the State  by driving engagement initiatives like Chennai 375, Healthy Nation Healthy Home. 

3. Grew Q1'16 business by 22% to 7 Cr MoM increasing National Chains Fillrate to 85% (62% RR) by creating mandated stock holdings on both tier 1 and long tail selections.  

4. Built "Scholl" Foot care brand from scratch to 4 laks per month in chennai by taping all cosmetic & shoe centers in Metro cities and set a viable for business model which is implemented across pan India.

Sr.Key Accounts Executive- Direct Trade and National Chains

Colgate-Palmolive

1. Grew 28% YoY consistently delivering~ monthly 2Cr+ business by extending coverage to 200+ small villages uncovered (1500+ Outlets in 8 districts) which added~5% business.

2. Increased 5X business "Sensitive" toothpaste to 7 lakhs MoM -2013 by setting up Pharma Wholesale channel and also initiated "Sensitive Dial", a caller tune based solution to increase awareness among pharma outlets.

Customer Development Officer- Urban and Rural Sales

Your “0” to “1” Process & Program Architect | CPO and Co-Founder @ Stealth Startup | TorchBearer | Bootstrapped to 3 Mil + Revenue

My 1st business exposure was at 8th standard / aged 12, where I built a fancy fish breeding business bootstrapped to a value 5k which took care of my tuition expenses.

My recent journey as Co-Founder of Zupain has established me as a strategic growth expert, where our team's efforts have successfully bootstrapped the company to a ₹4 Million revenue milestone. Our platform has empowered over 4000 social sellers, demonstrating our commitment to innovative, AI-integrated business solutions. After 19 months of hustle, I made an exit as a co-founder at Zupain.

Previously, as Associate Director at Saveo.in, our team scaled the business by an impressive 60X within a year to 72 million per month as sales , showcasing my strategic thinking and key account management skills. Through optimizing end-to-end processes, from sourcing to supply chain management, we've demonstrated a steadfast dedication to operational excellence and delivering substantial business growth.

My Forte's are Program Management, Cross Functional Coordination and Business Development.


Industry Exposure: Pharma, SAAS, Retail, Social Commerce, Hospitality, FMCG. 
Mail id: raghav.r@onplusone.in

At leisure I like to travel and backpack, having mentioned. I had travelled 500+ cities and 20+ countries till date. Also read books and write newsletters. if you haven't subscribed to my newsletter, check out my publications section.

My latest sensation is Tennis 🎾

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