Unleash The Knowledge, LLC

• LinkedIn Growth Agency for Entrepreneurs, Executives, Coaches, Consultants, and Agency Owners to join the Top 1% of LinkedIn in their industry so they can close high-ticket deals.
• Digital community of 180,000+ readers promoting self-education through non-fiction books to create more lifelong learners. 
• Developing creative strategies to get books into more hands 
• Consulting with authors on how to turn their book and knowledge into a business.

Founder & CEO

Pavilion

Pavilion is the leading community for networking and learning with other GTM leaders worldwide.

Executive Member

I help Agency Owners, Coaches, and Consultants Join the Top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 Days to Earn High-Ticket Clients | Feat. in Forbes | 500+ clients | 2x D1 Basketball Conference Champion

In March 2020, I left a $22,500/yr job working for UConn Men’s Basketball.

I bet on myself.

On paper, I was on track to build an incredible career with a championship program.

However, my heart wasn’t in it anymore.

6 months prior to leaving, I started a simple Instagram page.

I called it Unleash The Knowledge.

Most people thought I was crazy but I saw the long-term vision.

4 years later, I run a multi-6-figure business from anywhere in the world, all off my laptop.

My Instagram page is now at 127,000 followers, all from starting from 0.

I’ve worked with 500+ authors, coaches, consultants, and founders.

Some of my past well-known clients include: 

- Rick Ross, Grammy-nominated Rapper
- Jim McKelvey. Co-Founder of Square
- Kara Goldin, Founder of HINT Water
- Terry Virts, NASA Astronaut

Today, I help Founders, Consultants, and C-Suite join the top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 days.

If you want to grow your audience on LinkedIn and attract your dream clients using organic social content, here are 3 ways I can help you today:

1. Follow me on LinkedIn, for daily free content

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3. DFY LinkedIn Content Writing & Growth - for founders, consultants, and c-suite who want direct support to join the top 1% on LinkedIn and accelerate lead flow to start attracting more clients online.

DM me “DFY” and I’ll get you details.

Thanks for reading this far.

To your success,

Owen “LinkedIn Growth Guy” Sammarone

Owen Sammarone 🚀

I sat on stage in Boston last weekend.

Nearly 200 people staring at me.

I was on a panel with 3 other guys who built massive audiences around non-fiction books.

And something clicked...

Most founders hide behind their content.
They post tips and frameworks but never share the story behind them.
They're terrified to step on a stage and speak their truth.

Here's what I realized: 

Your story is your unfair advantage.

No one else has walked your exact path.
No one else has your failures, breakthroughs, and lessons.
And when you share them, in person, on a stage, in front of real humans, everything changes.

The BookThinkers event in Boston proved this to me.

Here's four lessons I learned from speaking to nearly 200 purpose-driven professionals:

Lesson 1: The energy in the room is different than online.

You can't fake the immediacy of a live audience.
I saw it in their eyes when I shared my journey.

Lesson 2: Speaking on stage forces you to refine your message.

You can't ramble like you do in a post.
You distill fast and learn what actually lands.

Lesson 3: Sharing your journey builds deeper trust than any framework.

People didn't want my 5-step blueprint.
They wanted to connect with someone who's been where they are.

Lesson 4: This ignited a bigger vision for me.

I want to speak on more stages in 2026.
I want to connect deeply and refine my message until it's razor-sharp.

Your audience needs to hear your story, not just your advice.

If you've been thinking about speaking, sharing your journey, or showing up more publicly, do it.

The stage is waiting.

Thank you to Nick Hutchison and the BookThinkers team for putting on a killer event. I can't wait for BookThinkers LIVE 2026.

If you're an author, coach, speaker, or entrepreneur, you will want to be at this event.

Maybe they will let me speak again :)

Brant Menswar Steven Pressfield Kary Oberbrunner Christian F Johnson Evan Carmichael Ryan Lang Zach Hesterberg Elle Petrillo Jill Schulman Maya Payne Smart Cindra Kamphoff, Ph.D., CSP, CMPC Markus Kaulius Ken Rusk Angel Fernandez Jr. Igniting Souls Brand Builders Group Strategic Coach Alex Wieckowski 📚 Matt Karamazov Wayne Mullins Ugly Mug Marketing Chris Green Anjel B Hartwell Anjanette “AJ” Harper Chris Jordan Jonas Koffler Alan Gregerman Fred Joyal

Premium LinkedIn Ghostwriter for C-Suite Leaders | Amplifying ideas, stories, & wisdom that transform industries | 500+ clients served | 2x Founder & Speaker

I flew out of the smallest airport I've ever been to this Thanksgiving.
New Haven, Connecticut.
And I found the best use of a vending machine I've ever seen.

Over the holiday, I traveled through 4 states: New Jersey, New York City, Newport, Rhode Island, and the Connecticut coastline.

Grateful for the journey. 
Grateful for the people. 
Grateful for the experiences.

But what stopped me in my tracks was this:

A vending machine. At the gate. Selling books.

Not chips. Not candy bars. Not overpriced sodas.

Books.

Here's why this matters.

Most vending machines sell you something to pass time.
This one sold you something to spend time well.

Think about it.

You're about to sit on a plane for 2 hours. Maybe more.

You could scroll. You could snack. You could zone out.

Or you could read.

Someone at that tiny airport in New Haven thought about that moment.

They asked: What do people actually need right now?

And instead of defaulting to junk food, they chose knowledge. Story. Connection.

That's thoughtful innovation.

It's not flashy. It's not complicated.
It's just someone paying attention to what serves people better.

I didn't buy a book. I had one with me. Actually, two, but who's counting.

But I stood there for a minute just appreciating it.

Because small decisions like that one add up.

They signal that someone cared enough to reimagine what a vending machine could be.

Not every innovation needs to be a breakthrough.
Sometimes it's just putting the right thing in the right place at the right time.

So here's to the person who decided to put books in that vending machine.

And here's to noticing the small, creative ideas that make life a little better.

What's a small innovation you've seen recently that made you stop and appreciate it?

I was going to write a post about Jensen Huang and how he built NVIDIA around pain tolerance.

But then I saw today’s headline:

“SoftBank sells entire NVIDIA stake for $5.83B to fund AI bets.”

And it hit me…

Jensen and his team are probably completely unfazed.

Because they’ve lived this cycle before.
Booms, busts, hype waves, crashes.
They’ve built muscle memory for volatility.

Jensen once said:
“People with very high expectations have very low resilience… and unfortunately, resilience matters in success.”

That’s why NVIDIA doesn’t flinch when others make short-term plays.
They’ve been thirty days from going out of business before.
Now, they’re the backbone of the AI revolution.

Meanwhile, SoftBank is moving money to further fund OpenAI.

Maybe they’re right. Maybe they’re early.
But there’s a difference between betting on AI and becoming essential to it.

That’s what Jensen mastered:
He didn’t just invest in the wave, he built the board.

And that’s the real lesson for founders and leaders right now:

Don’t get swept up in the next AI headline.
Build something that survives the next one.

This door changed everything.

Last week I went back to URI to speak to students.

The night before I went to the basketball game.

And I saw this door again.

Back then it didn't have the branding.
Just a door with a light on.

I was 18.
Scared.
Looking for my shot.

I walked in.
Rang a diner-style bell on the desk.
No one was there.

A woman popped out from around the corner, startled.

I now realize it was her day off.
She was probably just grabbing something quick.
And there I was an 18-year-old kid interrupting her day off.

But I didn't leave.

I asked: "Are there any opportunities in sports where I can get involved?"

That question changed my life.

She gave me a shot. She connected me with the director of basketball ops.
Soon after, I became a student manager for URI men's basketball.

4 years with the Rams.
Then 2 years at UConn as a graduate assistant.

All with Coach Hurley; learning what it takes to be a champion.

He exposed me to self-development.
Books.
Podcasts.
Personal growth.
The idea that you could design your life.

Basketball led to books.
Books led to business.
Business led to me standing in front of students last week, teaching them what I learned.

All because I walked through a door and asked.

Here's what I know:

Life doesn't hand you opportunities.
You create them.

You set a vision.
You take action.
You get in the right rooms.

You open doors.
You ring bells.

Most people wait.
They hope someone will notice them.
They think success happens to them.

It doesn't.

You make it happen.

I was an 18-year-old kid with no connections.
No resume.
No experience.

Just a question.

6 years in basketball.
5 years in business.
A full life of growth, all from one decision.

Don't wait for handouts.
Don't wait for life to happen to you.

Set the vision.
Take the action.

Ring the bell.

This week, a prospect asked me how to find speaking leads.
I told him that wasn't his problem.

Here's what actually is 👇

He came to me worried about two things: not knowing how to find leads and getting his content to resonate with the right people.

I had to be honest with him.

There is no shortage of leads.

LinkedIn alone has over 1 billion users.
The average household income? $124,000.
And compared to every other social platform, it has the fewest people posting content.

It's the least noisy platform for professionals.

So what's the real problem?

Most professionals expect the world to run to them with their credit card out.

That's not how this works.

You need to give people a reason to:
• Follow you on social
• Read your content regularly
• Connect with you privately
• Trust you enough to invest

Without that reason, they won't.
And no amount of posting will fix it.

Here's where most authors and speakers blow it.

They believe their ideas are the best thing ever.

And sure, maybe they are.

But pride doesn't connect with people.
Relatability does.

If your content is all about YOU and YOUR ideas without marrying it to a lesson the reader actually cares about, well...

They won't read it.
They won't follow you.
They won't engage.

The shift required is simple but brutal.

You have to put your pride aside.

Use your core ideas. 
Use your experiences. 
But anchor them to something the reader can apply, feel, or learn from in their own life.

Make it about them, not you.

That's the connection.

When your content speaks to the reader's problems, challenges, and outcomes...they start to trust you.

When they trust you, they follow you.
When they follow you, they reach out.
When they reach out, you close deals.

But it all starts with making your content about the READER.

Not you.

This is much easier said than done. 
This is how we help founders, C-suite, authors, and speakers.

We turn their wisdom into growth content that builds authority, trust, and opportunity on LinkedIn.

We have a couple spots open before we wrap up for the year.

If you're interested in leveraging LinkedIn to become your deal-closing machine without lifting a finger in 2026, book a call with me through the link in the comments.

Don't waste another day posting into the void.

18 years old: Lost. Insecure. Graduated high school with a 2.8 GPA and no clue who I was. Got into college, fortunately. 

19 years old: Found identity through basketball. Still unsure of my purpose, but learning discipline, and replicating success.

20 years old: Showing up every day for the basketball team. Wanted to become Mr. Reliable. Busting my butt in the classroom. Joined social fraternity for “balance” 

21 years old: Won a college basketball championship. Felt on top of the world. 

22 years old: Graduated with honors. Two-time basketball champion. Started my own honors society. Got into UConn’s business school and landed the men’s basketball graduate assistant job. 

23 years old: Worked 80+ hour weeks. Earning $22,500/yr. Going to graduate business school 3x a week for 3 hours each day. Started a book Instagram page that would quietly change my life. 

24 years old: Made my first $200 through the book page. Covid hit. Left basketball for good. Moved back home with Mom. Went all in on that book page. Burned the boats on a “safe” career to chase freedom. 

25 years old: Turned that page into a business. Learned how to sell, fail, and rebuild from scratch. Made $100k. 

26 years old: Kept reading. Kept learning. More mistakes and failures but continued to grow. Said yes to a ton of opportunities. Focus was scattered. 

27 years old: Still running book promotion campaigns. Started ghostwriting for business owners on LinkedIn. Started coaching authors and coaches on scaling on Instagram.  Hit my first $30k/month.

28 years old: Still feeling scattered with focus and energy but pressing forward. Scaled to my first $40k/month. Started a podcast on book marketing and recorded 160+ episodes in one year. Leaning further into LinkedIn ghostwriting than book promotions. 

29 years old: Partnering with major CEOs and authors. Building a 7-figure agency and writing the book I wish I had at 18.

Still in the arena. Still learning.

To everyone trying to figure it out, your early chapters don’t define you. 
They prepare you.

Keep building. Keep believing. 
Your future self is already proud of you.

The Founder Accelerator: Coach, Advisor & Mentor

Helping high-performing founders scale faster with absolute clarity

Founder

Treevotion

Sold in 60 countries during the first year of execution and planted +50K trees.

Planting 1 BILLION trees around the World in the most needed areas, building global awareness and consciousness on deforestation, driving people to help and share what they do in order to inspire to help everyday.

Every bracelet sold will fund the planting and follow up of 2 trees :)

Entrepreneurs'​ Organization

Co-Founded the non-profit EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) in Argentina. 

We grew the chapter to 120 members (all selling +1mm usd a year).

Co-Founder

clickOn Argentina

Board Member

co-CEO at Grupo clickOn managing 4 companies and +125 employees and USD 10MM in annual revenues :

1) clickOn (clickon.com.ar): #3 largest daily-deals site in Argentina, with +1.5MM users & +1MM transactions.

2) Agrupate (agrupate.com.ar): #2 competitor in Argentina, acquired in October 2015, with +2MM users and +1,5MM tickets sold.

3) Cupónica: (cuponica.com.ar): #4 competitor in Argentina, acquired in April 2015. +1MM users and 1MM coupons sold.

4) Silenzzo Mattresses (silenzzo.com): Vertical integration for the purpose of creating a mattress and sommier brand with nationwide reach.

Co-Founder & CEO

Founded and launched from scratch the startup clickOn.com.ar in Argentina.

Nowadays it’s present in 10 cities, has 2,500,000 users, 14k merchants, +90 employees and more than 2,000,000 coupons sold.

Company #2 in Argentina’s daily-deals ranking, that was acquired by Grupo Globo, the largest media company in Brazil.

clickOn Group has 3 companies under it’s portfolio: Coupons (clickon.com.ar); Travel Agency (clickon.com.ar/viajes); clickOn Discount Card (tarjetaclickon.com.ar).

Co-Founder & Sales Director

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Design and implementation of Sales structure hybrid models & Go-To-Market models nationwide.

Strategic Planning Coordinator

In charge of the largest Pepsi and Quilmes beer Distributor in GBA Norte (Buenos Aires), with 6000 PoS in charge, 1250 freezers, 19 million anual litres of beer and 11 of soft drinks. I coordinated the sales structure (45 salespeople, 6 supervisors y 1 sales manager).

Sales Manager Sr

For 7 months I was Senior Sales Supervisor for the Trade sales channel, in charge of 900 Convenience Stores and Groceries, and 6 moths for Self-Service stores the largest sales channel for AB-Inbev, with a team of 13 salesmen and repo and 250 PoS's.

Senior Sales Supervisor

"Jóvenes Profesionales" Program (Trainee / "Young Professionals") -  being one of the 25 selected out of 9500 applicants; we rotated between all marketing and sales areas in the company for 15 months. 
I spent 4 months knowing the 3 sales channels, 4 months as Marketing Assistant in Brahma beer and 6 months in Gatorade leading the "Propel by Gatorade" market launch.

Trainee - Joven Profesional

3x Founder | Founder Acceleration Coach | Helping high-performing founders scale faster with absolute clarity | Sold $65mm online

As a founder of 3 companies and 1 non-profit, with 2 successful exits, I’ve seen firsthand what it takes to grow a business.

I’ve also experienced the toll of stress, insomnia, and health challenges. I know how overwhelming it can be when scaling your business feels like an uphill battle.

In my 11 years with EO Argentina, I listened to the struggles of +100 successful founders (doing at least USD 1M a year in sales). I realized that beneath the surface, it’s often chaos: isolation, financial pressure, and fear of burnout. 

While most accelerators focus on startups, the truth is that, for businesses under $10MM in revenue, the biggest bottleneck to growth is you: the founder.

That's why I created Founder Accelerator: to empower the founders of renowned companies like Swag, Trading Company, Sancho Motors, Jams, Crawford Partners LLC, Lemon Basil, We Are Doers, and Mad Hatter LLC. 

My mission is to help them scale themselves first enhancing their clarity, focus, and efficiency, so they can grow their businesses with unparalleled speed and confidence.

Through personalized coaching, a 5-pillar playbook, and access to top professionals, we don’t just build businesses — we optimize the founder. 

If you're ready to scale your business while maintaining a healthy, balanced life, send me a DM and I’ll show you how Founder Accelerator can help you achieve both.

Ignacio Carcavallo

Admitting you're drowning is f*cking hard. It's hard to say out loud:

"I want to stop sleeping 4 hours a night."

"I don't want to spend my life doing work I hate."

"I want to stop being stressed every single day."

"I need help. This is too much."

I’m grateful for the founders who are brave enough to admit that burnout and grinding isn't the life they want to build. Grateful for their trust. Grateful to watch them get their lives back.

You didn't start this business to be miserable. You started it for freedom. For control. For stability.

So don't let the journey drive you away from that.

🔥 For the next 5 days, I'm offering a 40% discount on 1:1 coaching sessions.

We'll identify your biggest blockers and map out exactly how to scale yourself so you can scale your business. 

Limited slots. 

Link in bio. Let's make a better 2026.

3x Founder | Founder Accelerator | Helping high-performing founders scale faster with absolute clarity | Sold $65mm online

Discount

If you need someone to hold you accountable while you work on your visionary time and helps you execute your vision, the Founder Accelerator Execution Group is exactly what you need in 2026. 

You can check all frameworks and systems with the link in my bio. 

It’s the difference between grinding another year and actually scaling yourself and your company.

Here's a bucket of iced water before 2026 starts

How to build work-life balance as a founder (without sacrificing growth)

Most founders plan the business first, then try to squeeze their life into whatever time is left. There's never time left.

This isn't privilege. It's intentional planning. Your 2026 plan needs to start with how you want to live, not just how much you want to earn. 

Want help building a company that serves your life instead of consuming it? Comment “Coach”.

Work-life balance

How to create a 3-year vision so your team stops asking you about every decision

Your 3-year picture is the bridge between today and your 10-year target. It shows what needs to be true in three years to stay on track. And when you combine it with your core values, those two things become the filter for EVERY decision.

Now your team can make calls without you. You stop being the bottleneck.

This is Day 4 of the Vision to Traction Organizer. Follow for the full series on building a 2026 plan with real structure.

How to delegate before vacation (without your business falling apart)

If you can't take time off without checking your phone every hour, you don't have a delegation problem. You have a system problem.

This carousel shares the fix so you can actually disconnect.

Want the complete delegation framework? Link in bio for the Hiring & Recruiting Course.

Vacation - delegation

How to test skills in job interviews (instead of just asking about past experience)

You wouldn't hire a goalkeeper by asking "Tell me about your best save." You'd kick balls at them and watch them perform.

But most founders hire salespeople after hearing great stories about their past wins. No live demo. No skills test. Just confident answers and a polished resume.

Want the full framework for testing skills and values in interviews? Comment "Course" below.

No one would hire a goalkeeper based on...

Delegation is the hardest shift founders face when scaling.

Here’s what these 3 books will actually teach you:

1️⃣ Traction (Gino Wickman)

This is the operating manual for getting out of the weeds. 

- How to design an Accountability Chart so every role has one clear owner.
- How to use Scorecards to track weekly performance without micromanaging.
- How to run Level 10 Meetings so problems get solved in the room, not pushed back to you.

Instead of every problem coming to you, you’ll have structure so everyone knows their role and what they’re responsible for.

2️⃣ Topgrading (Bradford Smart)

Delegation fails if you hire the wrong people. Topgrading shows you how to identify, hire, and keep A-players so you can actually let go with confidence. 

- How to build Job Scorecards that define outcomes, not just responsibilities.
- The Topgrading Interview method to spot A-players vs. smooth talkers.
- How to make hiring a repeatable system so you trust who you delegate to.

3️⃣ 10x Is Easier Than 2x (Dan Sullivan)

This book flips the founder mindset: you don’t grow by doing more, you grow by doing less. It teaches you to focus only on your unique ability and delegate the rest. 

- How to identify your Unique Ability — the work only you should be doing.
- How to run a “Stop-Doing List” to decide what gets delegated or cut.
- How to shift from adding effort to multiplying results through leverage.

 If you’re stuck doing too much yourself, these 3 books are the fastest way to start building the muscle of delegation.

Which one are you starting with?

How to set business goals for 2026 (that your team can actually execute on)

The reason your 2025 goals failed isn't lack of effort. It's lack of clarity. Vague goals create hidden expectations. 

The fix: Write goals like a third party will audit them. No room for interpretation. No "what I really meant was..."

This is Day 5 of the Vision to Traction Organizer. We're building a 2026 plan that doesn't fall apart by February.

Follow for the rest.

New Client Testimonial: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Feedback from Gustavo Scheveloff, Co-Founder & CEO of HiperPBX

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Thank you for your trust in Founder Accelerator.

Let’s keep pushing together 🚀

I talk to founders every week who are beating themselves up for not being further along.

Then I ask: "Where were you 3 years ago?"

The shift in their face is immediate. 

They forgot. They've been so focused on the gap between where they are and where they want to be, they stopped seeing how far they've actually traveled.

If that's you today - pause. Look back for a second. You've built something most people only talk about.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Most founders hire on gut feel. 

They like someone's energy. 

Their resume looks good. 

They have the right experience. 

Then 6 months later, they realize: This person is talented. But they're toxic. Or they don't make decisions the way we do. Or they're not aligned with how we actually work.

Skills got them in the door. But values are what make them stay or what destroy your culture. The big question us: HOW DO YOU TEST THEM? 

If you want the full system, check the course in my bio.

How to set core values for your company (that your team actually uses)

Stop inventing generic values like "transparency, execution, honesty." 

Here's what actually works: Extract values from your best players. 
The ones crushing it right now. Look at how they work, how they behave, what makes them different.

This is Day 1 of the Vision to Traction Organizer - the 2-page framework that replaces those generic planning templates you make every January and abandon by March.

Follow for the rest of the series. We're fixing your 2026 plan with real exercises, not theory.

How to differentiate your business from competitors (and stop competing on price)

If you're dropping prices to close deals, you don't have a positioning problem. You have a clarity problem.

Your 3 Uniques are the specific reasons clients choose YOU over everyone else. Not vague benefits. Concrete differentiators your team can sell and your clients can articulate.

This is Day 3 of the Vision to Traction Organizer. Follow for the full series on building a 2026 plan that actually works.

How to set a 10-year business goal (even when you can't predict next month)

Most founders avoid long-term planning because scaling feels unstable. But here's the truth: you DO have a vision. You just haven't written it down.

Your 10-year target doesn't need to be a fantasy. It needs to be bold, ambitious, but realistic. Something that makes it clear WHY you're putting in effort today.

This is Day 2 of the Vision to Traction Organizer. Follow for the full series. We're building your 2026 plan with real frameworks, not generic templates.

How to assign accountability for business goals

When you put two people on one goal, both assume the other is handling it. Then nothing gets done. Or it gets done halfway. And when you ask "who's responsible?" you get finger-pointing instead of answers.

One owner doesn't mean they do everything themselves. It means they're the single point of contact. The person whose name is on it. 

This is Day 6 of the Vision to Traction Organizer. Follow for the complete 2026 planning framework.

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