Vladimir Druts 💪

FRWRD Skincare™

Experience the magic of 🍄 mushrooms with FRWRD Skincare, a pioneer in the beauty industry. Our mushroom-infused products are perfect for sensitive skin and designed to streamline your daily routine. Come find out why our customers love us.

Featured in 📣 Byrdie, Elle, Martha Stewart Living, Buzzfeed, Nuvo and many other prominent publications.

🖤 Canadian Crafted, Globally Minded: Our Canadian-made serum represents a commitment to your skin's health and our planet's future. Each use revitalizes your skin and centers your mind, embracing eco-conscious beauty.

🌲 Empowerment in Every Routine: Enhance your skincare with our Ritual Card Deck. These affirmations turn daily care into a moment of mental strength and positivity, transforming your bathroom into a sanctuary of self-care.

Founder

Reclaim Time Ltd

Building the Future of Deep Work, through the world's most robust digital distraction blocker.

Advisor

DoneSquad.io

DoneSquad is a personal growth accelerator where small wins compound into big successes through squad-based accountability. Join Up, Step Up, Scale Up

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise is a team of daring, creative and data-driven retention marketers, obsessed with helping you stand the f*ck out, create irresistible offers and turn one-time buyers into raving fans. Our clients see an average email revenue growth of 963.76%

Head of sales and marketing

Intangible

Storytelling is the oldest and most powerful marketing tool. We harness it's power to transform your brand's story into a powerful tool for engagement and impact, turning abstract ideas into memorable experiences with tangible results.

Key achievements:
🏆 Clutch Leader in Canadian B2B Service Providers for Video Production (2019, 2020).
🎯 Successfully overachieved funding goals by 150%-300% in crowdfunding campaigns.
📈 Generated viral content with millions of views and substantial media engagement.
📰 Secured client features in top-tier publications like FastCompany, Forbes, Gizmodo, and more.

Vladimir Druts

Helping Technical Founders Grow Through Tailored Marketing Strategies & Data-Driven Insights:

Product-Market Fit & Value Propositions: Struggling to find your market niche? I guide you through pivotal shifts and user testing to hone your messaging, ensuring it resonates deeply with your ideal customer.

Data-Driven Marketing Strategies: Stalled growth is not a dead end. Together, we'll dissect your data, aligning marketing efforts with your core business objectives to drive meaningful ROI.

Beyond Shiny Object Syndrome: It's easy to get lost in the latest trends. I help you maintain focus on what truly works, blending innovation with proven strategies for a balanced approach to growth.

Customized Marketing Plans: No one-size-fits-all solutions here. Expect a bespoke marketing strategy that leverages your unique strengths and market position, designed for measurable success.

Streamlining Lead Generation: Complex funnels? Cumbersome email campaigns? Let's simplify. By implementing automation and crafting compelling content, we'll ensure your leads not only grow in number but also in quality.

🌟 Client Spotlight: Justin Hunt of Poodll 🌟

"We sought Vladimir 's help at a time when our business had stopped growing and we were struggling to get back on track. Some consultants just fire off commonly spouted saas wisdom. But Vlad was great. He took the time to research our market and our business and to really understand it. Only then did he come back with his advice. His advice included some quick wins (e.g ways get leads at trade shows) but mainly it was an actionable set of steps and processes that we could use to get our business growing again. The results have been fantastic. Life still is not easy, but we have so much more clarity on where to put our energy and its working. I recommend Vlad without any reservation and am happy to talk with you about our experience."

Growth Consultant

Valeyo

Strategic Leader in Systems Implementation and Customer Experience Enhancement: Successfully managed large-scale SAP system implementation and LOS rollouts for new customers, significantly improved customer satisfaction and communication channels through a comprehensive implementation of ticketing system, and maintained an efficient knowledge base. Supervised and mentored a team of 4 Tech Desk Support Analysts to achieve organizational objectives.

Client Support Lead / PM / Subject Matter Expert

MicroAge

Dynamic Project Manager in Technology Infrastructure: Spearheaded the deployment of technology infrastructure across new TD banking locations in Ontario and Manitoba. Excelled in ensuring timely, accurate, and cost-efficient execution of each project. Demonstrated strong leadership in managing complex logistical challenges, adhering to strict timelines and budget constraints, and consistently delivering high-quality results.

Project Manager

Founder. Marketer.

What a man needs is not some tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. - Victor Frankel

Torram

Founder & CEO

VNTR Capital

Chapter Director - Toronto

AMARI AI (Telus CSW x AlchemistX '24)

Chimba Consulting Group

- Advisor @ House of Rare 
- Advisor @ Mana Games
- Advisor @ Planet Neo
- BD @ Concordium 
-  Strategy Lead  @ Bitcoinblack Credit Card
- Worked with 10+ other web3 startups going 0-1 on strategy/BD/partnerships capital raise
- worked with 4 financial advisors on DeFi strategy development

Principal Consultant - Web3

Flair Ventures

Venture Partner - Web3

Concordium

Global Head of Business Development & Partnerships

Head Of Partnerships

Argo Blockchain

Head of Argo Labs

YOSI Collective

Kintaro Capital

Investment Committee & Board Member 

Kintaro Capital launched one of the 1st licensed and regulated hybrid crypto equity funds in the world

Portfolio Manager, Strategy Consultant 

Cryptovest

Crypto Market Analyst & Copywriter

I have a passion for learning, a growth mindset, and love to problem solve and create innovative solutions to new world challenges. 

Startup strategist; I work in-house at high growth companies with the potential for exponential impact to help them with business development, partnerships, capital raising and strategically going 0-1 or 1-10. 

I am extremely passionate and well-versed in relationship management and business development, financial analysis, data analysis, investment strategy, cryptoassets, blockchain technology, digital marketing strategies, macro analysis, business strategy and workflow automation. I've had the opportunity to get involved with generative AI tools, so I've mastered many different tools for automation. 

No matter the endeavour, my goal is to always find a way to add value to the firm and/or client.  

I have a very analytical and creative mind focused on critical thinking, which is trained for efficiency and based in philosophies of working smart, not hard. 

The top skills I can offer any business, client, colleague, or employer is: 

My creative problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and adaptability to help you achieve your goals and provide results. My goal is to offer solutions in a way that leverages 'outside the box' creative concepts & strategies, cutting-edge technology, is cost-effective, efficient, and is rooted for the future economy. 

With over 8+ years of experience in the investment industry, 6+ years as an entrepreneur and working with agile startups, and 6 years in the crypto space, I bring a unique mindset and breadth of experience to the table to help you achieve your company goals.

Vakeesan Mahalingam, CFA

Bitcoin Treasury Companies: The Tide Has Turned

The DAT playbook that worked so well this year is now running in reverse.

What changed:

• Premiums to NAV have evaporated across the board
• Many DATs now trade at discounts (some altcoin DATs down 60%+)
• The "issue stock → buy BTC → premium expands" flywheel has stalled

What they're doing now:

• Levering up balance sheets to buyback shares
• Some (like Semler) are selling BTC to fund repurchases
• Fighting to close the discount gap

The good news:

No signs of financial distress yet. Leverage remains manageable and most structures allow suspended payouts if needed.

The reality:

What was once a powerful demand engine for Bitcoin has shifted from tailwind to potential headwind. These vehicles added structural buying pressure for months. Now they're navigating survival mode.
Still a long runway before real stress hits, but the easy money phase is over.

I believe the need for diversified yield generation natively on Bitcoin with the introduction of Bitcoin-native yield bearing assets will be critical in the coming phase.

Two main reasons for this:

1. BTC miners need can't rely on block rewards forever, as it's already a 'losing game' for most miners and thus BTC ecosystem development and activity will be critical to generate greater value across the Bitcoin Blockchain and introduce meaningful txn fees for value exchange among Bitcoin L1 native assets.

2. In a bear market, passive yield generation using balance sheet BTC will need to be a key form of total yield portfolio construction for the DATs to diversify yield generation concentration risk.

would love to hear your thoughts on this. 

at Torram we're building the future of the Bitcoin ecosystem. one vertically Integrated tech stack. no wraps. no bridges. 

RWA Infrastructure on Bitcoin rails for the future of finance.

Founder and CEO at Torram | Building the rails for Institutional DeFi natively on Bitcoin

Since 2009, the total amount of public IG and HY bonds outstanding has grown from $3 trillion to $11 trillion, see chart below. Most of the growth has been in BBB and A-rated corporate bonds, and those two ratings combined now account for 79% of all corporate bonds outstanding by market value.

These numbers have to be compared with the roughly $2 trillion outstanding in private credit, up from $1.2 trillion in 2009.

The bottom line is that public credit markets have grown much faster than private credit markets both in percent and in dollars.

credit : Excerpt from Apollo Newsletter 

Tokenized credit markets are a massive opportunity when we talk about RWAs and the future of finance.

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