philhaus
Growth Strategist
Strategic growth and partnerships leader with 15+ years spanning Fortune 500 environments and high-growth startups. Closed $250M+ in transactions at CBRE, driving complex deal structuring and multi-stakeholder alignment. Co-founded consumer platforms with millions of users (Pheed: $40M exit; Yo: 3M+ users in weeks) and developed onchain infrastructure for creator ecosystems—integrating tokenized incentive systems, community tooling, and partnerships with platforms like Base. Combines institutional execution with crypto-native fluency to build, scale, and grow platforms from the ground up.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $180,000
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇺🇸 United States
Residency: 🇺🇸 United States
Experience
Co-Founder, Head of Launch Strategy
Yo! App. 2014 - 2015
• Led GTM and narrative; app hit #1 on App Store with 1M+ downloads in 4 days. • Positioned product as minimalist signaling protocol; secured $1M+ funding and global media coverage.
Head of U.S. Operations
Mobli Media, Inc. 2014 - 2015
• Managed $3M annual budget and 15-person cross-functional team. Served as made conduit between growth/market and development team of 30 based in Tel Aviv. • Scaled U.S. presence of global visual content platform through localized growth and creator activations.
Co-Founder & CEO
Pheed 2011 - 2013
• Co-founded mobile creator platform; scaled to 5M+ users and introduced PPV and subscription monetization. • Directed all growth and business development. • Negotiated $40M acquisition to América Móvil and led full diligence process.
Skills
brand
brand-marketing
co-founder
community-manager
content-marketing
digital-marketing
growth
growth-marketing
gtm
head-of-marketing
influencer-marketing
marketing-lead
marketing-strategist
nft
partnership
product-lead
strategy
english