Carol Malakasis

When I got hired at my first sales role, selling goat cheese door to door, I did not know what “revenue” meant. Fast forward 15 years later, I am an expert at scaling revenue for Seed - Series A startups. 

I am a NY sales vet who spent the last 15 years in startup sales. 

After my brief stint selling cheese, I co-founded a CPG brand (acquired) selling handmade Horchata to local markets and Wholefoods. 

I pivoted in tech in 2012 and found my passion in building SMB startups. I’ve been part of the founding GTM team in three high growth startups (2 exits). 

I’ve made over half a million cold calls, trained sales teams, hired and onboarded hundreds of reps, and sold over $2M in revenue. 

Since 2020, I am a GTM consultant, trainer, and coach for B2B SaaS companies. I’ve helped over 100 YC companies get to their first $1M in revenue and beyond. 

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The first five years of a startup's life are the most crucial. 

During this time 90% of startups fail. 

Top reasons include lack of product market fit, poor or no sales execution, bad founding hires, burning through your runway. 

I de-risk all of the above and provide you with the tools and systems to predictably scale to Series A and beyond. 

When traction isn’t there, is it really your product or…is it you? Do you struggle with selling, lack a repeatable sales process, or need a product pivot? 

You're losing sleep over: 

🔵 Selling to the right ICP

🔵 Transitioning from inbound to outbound sales

🔵 Successfully qualifying and closing deals

🔵 Finding the right pricing model

🔵 Selling without being 'salesy'

🔵 When to hire and train a sales team

🔵 Executing a repeatable sales motion. 

That's where I come in. I audit your processes, custom build your GTM strategy, teach you how to sell (founder-led selling), and help you hire, onboard, and train your first sales team. 

My clients are able to get to their first $1M ARR and beyond, in a predictable, scalable way, and use the processes we build together for the lifecycle of their business. 

When you hire me, I am a part of your team. I am known for my directness, dedication, and aversion to BS. 


If you want to work with me, DM me. You can also book a call at https://calendly.com/malakasis ☎️

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I write reader-optimised content

If YOUR business is making AT LEAST six figures per year…

Then let’s be honest – you don’t *really* want a copywriter. 

You’re not sitting around in your office, thinking:

“If only we had copy, things would be fine.”

Because it’s not what you *really* want.

What you *really* want is… 

🥁… Drumroll… 🥁

… Customers!

(Y’know, the people who keep you in business.)

But let’s go a level deeper…

Why do you want a successful business?

It’s not a trick question – it’s sales psychology:

– Maybe you do it for the fancy things or social status.
– Maybe you do it for personal freedom or to do good in the world. 
– Maybe it’s to prove your teachers wrong for saying you’d never amount to anything.

Hey, I’m not here to judge!

But this is the kind of stuff that matters. 

You see, I’m not like most “copywriters” who’ll happily write you some pretty words for a pretty penny and call it a day. 

That won’t get you sales.

Here’s what *will* get you sales:

– Understanding what keeps your customers tossing and turning at night.
– Presenting your offer as a no-brainer solution to their most burning problems. 
– Creating a sense of FOMO and urgency to make them smash the “buy now” button.

And that, my friend, requires more than pretty words on a page.

It requires empathy and persuasion.

Something you’re unlikely to squeeze out of ChatGPT, even with the most carefully crafted prompt — no matter what the AI gurus tell you.

Now, let’s get down to business.

If you know a few extra sales will mean THOUSANDS of dollars in your bank account, then you also know it’s worth it to invest in good copywriting.

Maybe you need some…

→ Social media copy
→ Email campaigns
→ Autoresponders
→ Landing pages
→ Sales pages
→ Newsletters
→ SMS copy
→ Web copy
→ Ad copy
→ VSLs

… to help you get you there.

Here are some of my claims to fame:

✅ Among the top 3% of freelance writers on Upwork
✅ Generated $25M+ in client revenue across all projects
✅ Worked with big-name clients like NordVPN and PandaDoc
✅ Published in globally syndicated media like The Independent

Now, of course…

You *could* hire a copywriter for $20/hour and hope they don’t deliver a mess you’ll have to hire another copywriter to fix.

You *could* use ChatGPT and then spend countless hours tweaking and editing the output to make it sound remotely human.

But neither option would be worth your precious time or money.

And no, I’m not cheap – but I’m also not unreasonable.

So if you’re sold, hit me up: https://calendly.com/wordssoundsvisuals/meeting

Speak soon,

– F

Frederik B.

If you ever feel behind when it comes to AI, just remember your competitors are actively resisting technological progress. 

The irony is that they're using AI tools like Grammarly to tell them whether something is AI-generated.

Another irony is that if they'd used Grammarly to check this job post, it wouldn't have said: "We check all the texts is special tools."

Frederik Baun

I rescue brands from bad copy and worse AI. Let’s slap the buzzwords out of your brand voice. Or else.

Turns out climate change is an AI-generated hoax. Humans would never use those words.

graphical user interface, text, application, email

AI will replace you... as soon as it remembers what year this is.

Competition was fierce for this Upwork gig. I really feel for the client. 

I've hired 200+ freelancers and had to sift through 65+ applicants per job post. 

It melts your brain.

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