3x Founder | Xoogler | Design Thinking | Follow for daily tips on how to launch, grow, fundraise for and steer your startup.

TL;DR: I bring 15+ years of digital innovation, consultancy, startups and strategic thinking experience to help your startup thrive.

Are you looking to:

→ IDEATE: Zero in on innovative ideas that could disrupt the landscape?
→ BUILD: Build and validate concepts, FAST, using iterative design?
→ GROW: Fully launch and scale using end-to-end go-to-market planning?
→ RAISE: Nail upcoming rounds with a killer fundraising strategy and prep?

Let's chat.

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ABOUT ME:

→ Advisor: Helped 20+ ventures launch, iterate, scale, fundraise, and unlock growth using innovation
→ Founder: Zero to 970k MAUs in 2 years (100% organic)
→ Google: Portfolios of $50M-$100M ARR, focused on bizdev, digital consulting and partnerships
→ Strategist: 100+ strategy and GTM workshops with the biggest global brands
→ Innovation: Stanford d.school bootcamp, IDEO.U, AJ&S, Design Sprint Master, and more.

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Majd Alaily

Fundraising with no revenue?
You can still manage that conversation. Here's how.

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Based on every conversation I'm having these days.
Traction is becoming a non-negotiable for any form of investment today.

And the best thing to show an investor is revenue.
Puts you in a different league.

BUT.
Your build might be at pre-revenue stage.
Doesn't mean you can't showcase *some* traction.

These 8 metrics can showcase your potential,
from weakest to strongest:

1️⃣ Sign-ups:
The number of people who’ve signed up for your release.

2️⃣ Alpha/Beta Testers:
How many users are actively testing and providing feedback?

3️⃣ Registrations:
Count of users who have already registered on your live product.

4️⃣ User Growth:
DAUs, WAUs, MAUs – show growth in active user numbers.

5️⃣ Engagement & Retention:
Prove stickiness with retention rates and churn analysis.

6️⃣ CRM Database:
Size of the database collected for future sales outreach.

7️⃣ Letters of Intent (LOIs):
Preliminary commitments from potential buyers.

8️⃣ Pipeline:
The deals currently in negotiation with prospects.

Showcasing these KPIs in a structured way
can highlight your startup's potential
and help get over your "no revenue yet" hurdle.

What's the best pre-revenue KPI to show traction?

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3x Founder | ex-Google | Design Thinking | Let's Launch, Grow, Fundraise For Your Startup Together.

10 Sites every founder building in 2026 MUST bookmark today.
+ Bonus: They're all FREE.

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Listen, you can learn everything on your own for months, or accelerate all of this with the right resources.

Here are 10 websites I used as a founder that made a BIG difference in my entrepreneurship journey:

(1) Y Combinator Startup Library
I can't sing the praises of Startup School enough.
I've pretty much recommended this program to every founder I talked to.
Start here.

(2) Product Hunt
The PH badge is one of the most sought after vanity goals in the ecosystem
(+ it gets you SOLID traffic when you're featured).

It's a trending chart of our industry.
Discover the latest products in the startup space.
Gain inspiration and feedback from a community of tech enthusiasts.

(3) Failory
Our industry focuses so much on success...
We forget 90% of startups fail.

Failory shares stories of startup failures and lessons learned, offering you valuable insights to avoid common pitfalls.

(4) Neil Patel
If you're a founder, you need to learn SEO (yes SEO works STILL).
NP is the best thing out there today to do that.
That's basically it.

(5) Exploding Topics
Identify emerging trends and niche markets, providing you with an ear to the ground of what's coming up in any industry.

(6) GrowthHackers
Fosters a community of growth-hackers, offering you strategies to accelerate your startup's growth.

(7) LinkedIn
My recent discovery these past 2 years.
SO MUCH is happening on linkedin.
Lots of excellent content by many valuable creators.
Make sure to build a shortlist to follow.

(And maybe follow Majd Alaily. Just sayin')

(8) Startup Digest
A great way to build community and network.
Startup Digest curates personalized content and events, keeping you informed with what is happening in our industry.

(9) Reddit, Inc. , r/entrepreneur
As a veteran lurker on reddit, I can't not put a sub from there.
Get real advice and read up on experiences from real people.
Getting rarer and rarer in our days.

(10) Techstars Startup Grind
Another community platform.
Does a really good job in local networking and connecting with global players.

These sites offer invaluable resources, strategies, and community support to help you navigate the startup world.

Friendly advice. All of this content is free + gold.
Make the most of what they have to offer.

Here’s your 1-2-3:
Open browser → Create “Founder Stack” folder → Add these 10 free sites.

What other resource would you add here?

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How do you split equity between co-founders?
This can make or break your startup. Here's how to do it.

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How do you divide equity within the team?
This is one of the most challenging decisions founders face.
Early on in their journey.

And it’s not just about the numbers, it’s about fairness, commitment, and success.

Don't see this as a negotiation.
About how you can maximize your share.
And give the least amount possible to others.

A co-founder can eventually walk away if they feel undervalued.

Here's how to do it instead:

👉 Evaluate contributions, workloads, risk and experience
👉 Go for a dynamic split that values individual commitment
👉 Protects everyone by ensuring equity is earned over time
👉 Focus on being fair
👉 Have a "lead" founder (ideally)
 
Remember.
Being fair is NOT the same as being equal.

Equity discussions are about building trust
and ensuring everyone feels valued.

It’s not just a negotiation, it’s the foundation of a long-term partnership.
Manage it accordingly.

How would you divide equity between co-founders?

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Nadia ✨ Carta

Google

As Head of AI-Powered Data & Tech Partnerships, I lead the team that translates complex AI capabilities into practical growth strategies for C-suite leaders, directly impacting multi-billions dollars portfolios. 
For example, we design and execute comprehensive data plans that integrate Google’s proprietary tools—like Meridien for Marketing Mix Modeling—directly into a client's core technologies to enhance their performance.

To bring these strategies to life, we build and lead a global ecosystem of technology partners, from emerging innovators to established firms. Our focus is always on creating integrated solutions that deliver measurable financial results.

Head of AI Powered Data & Tech Partnerships

As an AI Business Strategist at Google, I operate at the dynamic intersection of technology and business growth. My focus is on partnering with C-suite leaders to demystify artificial intelligence and translate its vast potential into tangible, scalable strategies. By integrating Google's cutting-edge AI solutions, I help organizations not only enhance performance across billion-dollar portfolios but also build a sustainable framework for future innovation. Ultimately, my passion lies in using AI as a catalyst for human potential, ensuring that technology creates lasting value and empowers teams to achieve the extraordinary.

Executive Summits Business Strategist, Artificial Intelligence 

Mission: Accelerate the shift to AI by leading a team in charge of helping our client build and monetize best-in-class marketing solutions anchored in Data & Tech

Head of Data Transformation - Agencies and Partners

Leading a team in charge of accelerating Data & Tech Adoption and Digital Transformation with WPP agencies in US
Focus projects: Change Management, Advance utilization of "clean rooms", Accelerate profitability from Tech executions
Most recent project: Acceleration re-brand and re-launch within groupM

Head of Industry Data & Tech US 

Leading a team in charge of developing profitable and sustainable Google Marketing platforms partnerships with the most sophisticated tech partners in the industry 
Key partners in portfolio: WPP, Publicis, Omnicom, Dentsu, Jellyfish, Media.Monks, Trakken, 55, Artefact

Head of Industry - Google Marketing Platform Partnerships - Southern Europe

Role: Leading a team in charge of Product Strategy & Commercialization for Platforms. Working directly with Global Strategy teams, Engineering and Product teams, Sales, Finance, Operations, Legal.
EMEA scope
Impact: 
- Launched Google Marketing Platform in 2018
- Core team handling GDPR plans and comms for EMEA
- ADH Product Lead

Head of Product Strategy & Commercialization EMEA - Core Infrastructure DoubleClick

Role: Leading a team of specialists in charge of Product strategy and commercialization for Ad-serving and Creative products. Working directly with Global Strategy teams, Engineering and Product teams, Sales, Finance, Operations, Legal.
EMEA scope
Impact: 
- designed the most impactful product recovery plan which brought the products from negative YoY growth to double digit in 3 years. 
- designed and launched a global rate card
- designed 3 innovative training plans, upskilled more than 500 ppl across every EMEA country
- contributed to design more than 30 new product features and launched them in EMEA

Product Lead EMEA - DoubleClick

Role: In charge of sales for Italy (both agencies and direct marketers)
20% time product expert
Impact: Closed two of the most important Tech Partnerships with WPP and Aegis including first italian programmatic deal

Sales Manager - DoubleClick

In charge of new business revenue for agency segment

Sales Executive - Google Ads and Youtube

Spark Your Zeal®

✨ Spark Your Zeal is an uplifting brand, company and movement created by Nadia Carta.

The Mission is to transform lives and corporations by kindling hearts to generate zeal for life.

Spark Your Zeal™ provides a framework (11 Steps to Spark Your Zeal) for people to tap into their potential and live a more fulfilling life. 

Through a variety of resources, including online courses, workshops, public speaking, books, products and media the movement will dissolve your inertia and ignite your spirit so that you become the CEO of your life

Founder

99 Humans

99 Human Leaders is a multimedia platform centered on humanizing leadership. As we conduct interviews with a cohort of cross-industry leaders, we seek to tell stories about the human side of leadership. These interviews will be published as podcast episodes, micro-video content for social, and eventually curated into a book

Founder - Executive Producer and Host of 99 Humans - Podcast

ACC ICF Certified Lifestyle Coach

Woman Corp

Woman 

Pole Street 

- Chief Revenue Office and Chief Marketing Officer
- Set and designed vision, strategy and plan for e-commerce, events, and overall brand launch

Co-Founder - Sales and Marketing Director

Antal International

In charge of new business and head hunting for Sales and Marketing specialty

Sales Consultant

goFLUENT

Role: Leading a team of sales managers in charge of new acquisitions
Impact: Closed in 24 months the biggest customers of the company such as Vodafone, Coca Cola and Saint Gobain group. In total closed more than 150 customers of pure new business.

Territory Manager

FUJIFILM

In charge of training GDO salesforce on latest products

Salesforce Trainer

ALFAPARF Milano

In charge of recruiting and management of models

Team Manager

🔥 I spark society’s future by fusing Google AI with the Fire of Zeal™

Nadia's journey is one of resilience, transformation, and purpose. She believes in the power of igniting zeal—a deep, soulful energy that fuels passion and leadership. Over the past 20 years, she has blended corporate excellence with spiritual alignment, creating a unique approach that empowers individuals and organizations to thrive.

Born on the enchanting island of Sardinia, Italy, she has always been driven by the desire to chart her own path. After earning her Master’s in Marketing, Brand Strategy, and Management at IULM in Milan, she launched her career in sales and strategy across four languages. In 2009, she joined Google, where she now leads a team in AI, Data, and Tech commercialization across North America region. As Google’s AI Business Strategist, she integrates cutting-edge technology with human-centered strategies to drive impactful business results.

In 2022, she founded Spark Your Zeal™, a company to reignite passion and unlock purpose for leaders and organizations. Through workshops, soulful content, and products, she helps people reconnect with their soul’s calling, overcome burnout, and cultivate lasting zeal that fuels personal fulfillment and professional impact.

As an ICF-certified executive coach, she has empowered thousands of leaders to navigate challenges and turn them into growth opportunities. 

As a TedX speaker, thought leader and change agent, her message is clear: true leadership starts within, fueled by alignment, high vibrations, and living with purpose.

Nadia is the host of 99 Humans, a podcast exploring authentic leadership and human connection. Leaders across industries share their stories, creating a ripple effect of inspiration and transformation.

Finally, her personal life is her greatest source of strength. As a proud mother of two daughters, Lavinia and Olimpia, Nadia brings the same fierce energy to motherhood that she does to leadership. Together with her husband Fabio, she lives in Manhattan, New York.

Nadia shoes show up fully in business and life, driven by one question: 

What would happen if you unleashed your zeal?

Every word and view is her own only.

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