Daniel Scalisi
Chief Growth Officer
at Wendi
Early-Stage Growth Executive | Strategic Advisor | GTM Specialist. Helping companies align their strategy, sales, growth and soul.
- 15+ years across early-stage startups and midsize tech companies
- Built and scaled private, venture, or institutionally backed SaaS, AI, and digital media businesses from incubation to profitability and growth stage
- Built four companies with two successful exits
- Grew two companies into Inc 5000 fastest growing in the US
- Built go-to-market strategies from 0 to tens of millions in ARR, from first customers to thousands
- Grew teams from a handful to 100+
- Fluent in sales, marketing, brand positioning, product-market fit development, pricing, and founder mentoring
Content & Articles by Daniel Scalisi
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...