Neal O'Grady 🍉

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I have an extremely strange mix of skills/experience:

- Mechanical engineer
- Full-stack developer
- Serial entrepreneur ($25M+ in total revenue)
- Content creator/marketer (100k+ newsletter subs and millions of page views)
- Growth marketer (ran marketing companies for 9 years)
- Crypto nerd (20k+ defi transactions)

Which is why I run marketing at a scrappy and highly technical crypto company—I can do a bit of everything.

Co-Founder

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In 2026, you can:

- Bet on how many tweets Elon posts this month
- Bet on whether Jesus Christ will return in 2026
- Bet on which country the US strikes next

It's honestly a bit absurd 😅 

With memecoins, you can bet on the cultural relevance of ideas and moments.

And now with Zora, you can mint a token on anything you think will trend — a tweet, a news event, a vibe — and turn it into a market.

Yes, even the topic of the day on LinkedIn.

We've been talking for a while about the Attention Economy and how creators like Mr. Beast have learned to capitalize on it, but now we, the social media-addicted consumers, can capitalize on it as well.

So, although this job post is a joke, trading culturally relevant content is already how some people earn their living.

To you, this may be a dystopian future, but sports betting is surging among Gen Z. 

$1.3B was transacted on prediction markets during the Super Bowl alone.

The appetite to put money where your opinion is isn't going away — it's expanding into every corner of culture.

Whether you think that's exciting or terrifying, the infrastructure is being built right now. Which is why Codex Data Inc is excited to power Zora's token data.

"Attention Economist" might be a joke today. But what else are we going to do when AGI comes? 😅

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing at Codex.io & Defined.fi

Andy Mewborn

Distribute.so

I use to be young & cool. Now I do b2b SaaS. 

Husband. Dad. Ironman. Pilot. Taco lover. 

Founder of Distribute // Co-founder of Taplio (acq. by Lemlist) // Early @ Outreach.io.

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B) No clear timeline
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Sellers

Should you trash talk competitors to win deals?

A) Always – War is war, and deals are war 
B) Subtly – Plant seeds of doubt strategically
C) Never – Makes you look desperate and weak 
D) Only if they started it – Fair game then

P.S. - Steal my 1-pager email follow-ups: https://lnkd.in/eQr9JQhq

Should you trash talk competitors to win deals?

Sellers 

What's the biggest lie in sales?

A) "It's a numbers game"
B) "Always be closing"
C) "The product sells itself"
D) "Prospects respect persistence"

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Sellers

Your pipeline is thin. What do you do?

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C) Ask for marketing help
D) Work referrals harder

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Sellers 

Biggest time waster for sellers?

A) Internal meetings
B) CRM updates
C) Chasing bad-fit deals
D) Waiting on legal/procurement

P.S. - If your follow-ups take longer than 60 seconds, you're doing it wrong. Take the quiz: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers 

What separates top 1% reps?

A) Natural talent
B) Relentless follow-up
C) Deal qualification
D) Executive presence

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Sellers

Is in-person selling obsolete?

A) Yes - Digital demos/contracts achieve same results faster
B) No - Physical presence builds irreplaceable rapport
C) Hybrid wins - Use tech for efficiency, save travel for key accounts
D) Industry-specific - Pharma needs face time, SaaS doesn't

P.S. - If your follow-ups take longer than 60 seconds, you're doing it wrong. Take the quiz: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers 

Cold calling in 2026 is:

A) Dead
B) Harder but still works
C) Underrated
D) Only works in certain industries

P.S. - 15,000 sellers stopped writing follow-ups. Take the 2-min quiz to see what they switched to: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers 

Hot take: What's overrated?

A) Discovery calls
B) Social selling
C) Sales methodologies
D) Demo environments

P.S. - Steal my 1-pager email follow-ups: https://lnkd.in/eQr9JQhq

Sellers

What actually closes deals?

A) Relationships
B) Timing
C) Price
D) Pain

P.S. - If your follow-ups take longer than 60 seconds, you're doing it wrong. Take the quiz: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

What ruins discovery calls the most?

A) Talking too much
B) Asking scripted questions
C) No real pain uncovered
D) Jumping to demo too fast

P.S. - Steal my 1-pager email follow-ups: https://lnkd.in/eQr9JQhq

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Sellers 

What builds pipeline fastest?

A) Cold calls
B) Cold emails
C) LinkedIn DMs
D) Referrals

P.S. - 15,000 sellers stopped writing follow-ups. Take the 2-min quiz to see what they switched to: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

What matters most for quota?

A) Territory you're given
B) Work ethic
C) Product-market fit
D) Manager support

P.S. - Still writing follow-ups manually? This 60-second quiz builds you an AI system that does it for you: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers 

Worst advice given to new reps?

A) Smile and dial
B) Fake it till you make it
C) Never take no for an answer
D) Follow the script exactly

P.S. - 15,000 sellers stopped writing follow-ups. Take the 2-min quiz to see what they switched to: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers 

What matters more for success?

A) IQ
B) EQ
C) Work ethic
D) Luck

P.S. - Took me 2 min to find out I was wasting 11 hrs/week on follow-ups. Take the quiz, get your number: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

Is "ghosting" prospects ever acceptable?

A) Yes - Time management requires cutting unresponsive leads
B) Only after 3+ unanswered follow-ups
C) Rarely - Persistent nurturing eventually converts
D) Never - Professional courtesy always required

P.S. - Took me 2 min to find out I was wasting 11 hrs/week on follow-ups. Take the quiz, get your number: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

What matters more: industry experience or sales skills?

A) Industry 100% – You can't sell what you don't understand 
B) Industry 70% – Credibility opens doors skills can't 
C) Sales 70% – A great seller can sell anything 
D) Sales 100% – Process beats product knowledge daily

P.S. - Steal my 1-pager email follow-ups: https://lnkd.in/eQr9JQhq

What matters more: industry experience or sales skills?

Sellers

Why do most sellers miss quota?

A) Bad territory
B) Weak pipeline
C) Poor leadership
D) Lack of effort

P.S. - Took me 2 min to find out I was wasting 11 hrs/week on follow-ups. Take the quiz, get your number: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

What do prospects usually do with sales emails?

A) Delete them
B) Skim them
C) Forward them internally
D) Save them for later

P.S. - Still writing follow-ups manually? This 60-second quiz builds you an AI system that does it for you: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

Sellers

What pipeline source is the most underrated?

A) Referrals
B) Past customers
C) LinkedIn
D) Cold calling

P.S. - 15,000 sellers stopped writing follow-ups. Take the 2-min quiz to see what they switched to: https://lnkd.in/eNYQ3DeQ

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