Unleash The Knowledge, LLC

• LinkedIn Growth Agency for Entrepreneurs, Executives, Coaches, Consultants, and Agency Owners to join the Top 1% of LinkedIn in their industry so they can close high-ticket deals.
• Digital community of 180,000+ readers promoting self-education through non-fiction books to create more lifelong learners. 
• Developing creative strategies to get books into more hands 
• Consulting with authors on how to turn their book and knowledge into a business.

Founder & CEO

Pavilion

Pavilion is the leading community for networking and learning with other GTM leaders worldwide.

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I help Agency Owners, Coaches, and Consultants Join the Top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 Days to Earn High-Ticket Clients | Feat. in Forbes | 500+ clients | 2x D1 Basketball Conference Champion

In March 2020, I left a $22,500/yr job working for UConn Men’s Basketball.

I bet on myself.

On paper, I was on track to build an incredible career with a championship program.

However, my heart wasn’t in it anymore.

6 months prior to leaving, I started a simple Instagram page.

I called it Unleash The Knowledge.

Most people thought I was crazy but I saw the long-term vision.

4 years later, I run a multi-6-figure business from anywhere in the world, all off my laptop.

My Instagram page is now at 127,000 followers, all from starting from 0.

I’ve worked with 500+ authors, coaches, consultants, and founders.

Some of my past well-known clients include: 

- Rick Ross, Grammy-nominated Rapper
- Jim McKelvey. Co-Founder of Square
- Kara Goldin, Founder of HINT Water
- Terry Virts, NASA Astronaut

Today, I help Founders, Consultants, and C-Suite join the top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 days.

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Thanks for reading this far.

To your success,

Owen “LinkedIn Growth Guy” Sammarone

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I sat on stage in Boston last weekend.

Nearly 200 people staring at me.

I was on a panel with 3 other guys who built massive audiences around non-fiction books.

And something clicked...

Most founders hide behind their content.
They post tips and frameworks but never share the story behind them.
They're terrified to step on a stage and speak their truth.

Here's what I realized: 

Your story is your unfair advantage.

No one else has walked your exact path.
No one else has your failures, breakthroughs, and lessons.
And when you share them, in person, on a stage, in front of real humans, everything changes.

The BookThinkers event in Boston proved this to me.

Here's four lessons I learned from speaking to nearly 200 purpose-driven professionals:

Lesson 1: The energy in the room is different than online.

You can't fake the immediacy of a live audience.
I saw it in their eyes when I shared my journey.

Lesson 2: Speaking on stage forces you to refine your message.

You can't ramble like you do in a post.
You distill fast and learn what actually lands.

Lesson 3: Sharing your journey builds deeper trust than any framework.

People didn't want my 5-step blueprint.
They wanted to connect with someone who's been where they are.

Lesson 4: This ignited a bigger vision for me.

I want to speak on more stages in 2026.
I want to connect deeply and refine my message until it's razor-sharp.

Your audience needs to hear your story, not just your advice.

If you've been thinking about speaking, sharing your journey, or showing up more publicly, do it.

The stage is waiting.

Thank you to Nick Hutchison and the BookThinkers team for putting on a killer event. I can't wait for BookThinkers LIVE 2026.

If you're an author, coach, speaker, or entrepreneur, you will want to be at this event.

Maybe they will let me speak again :)

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Premium LinkedIn Ghostwriter for C-Suite Leaders | Amplifying ideas, stories, & wisdom that transform industries | 500+ clients served | 2x Founder & Speaker

I flew out of the smallest airport I've ever been to this Thanksgiving.
New Haven, Connecticut.
And I found the best use of a vending machine I've ever seen.

Over the holiday, I traveled through 4 states: New Jersey, New York City, Newport, Rhode Island, and the Connecticut coastline.

Grateful for the journey. 
Grateful for the people. 
Grateful for the experiences.

But what stopped me in my tracks was this:

A vending machine. At the gate. Selling books.

Not chips. Not candy bars. Not overpriced sodas.

Books.

Here's why this matters.

Most vending machines sell you something to pass time.
This one sold you something to spend time well.

Think about it.

You're about to sit on a plane for 2 hours. Maybe more.

You could scroll. You could snack. You could zone out.

Or you could read.

Someone at that tiny airport in New Haven thought about that moment.

They asked: What do people actually need right now?

And instead of defaulting to junk food, they chose knowledge. Story. Connection.

That's thoughtful innovation.

It's not flashy. It's not complicated.
It's just someone paying attention to what serves people better.

I didn't buy a book. I had one with me. Actually, two, but who's counting.

But I stood there for a minute just appreciating it.

Because small decisions like that one add up.

They signal that someone cared enough to reimagine what a vending machine could be.

Not every innovation needs to be a breakthrough.
Sometimes it's just putting the right thing in the right place at the right time.

So here's to the person who decided to put books in that vending machine.

And here's to noticing the small, creative ideas that make life a little better.

What's a small innovation you've seen recently that made you stop and appreciate it?

I was going to write a post about Jensen Huang and how he built NVIDIA around pain tolerance.

But then I saw today’s headline:

“SoftBank sells entire NVIDIA stake for $5.83B to fund AI bets.”

And it hit me…

Jensen and his team are probably completely unfazed.

Because they’ve lived this cycle before.
Booms, busts, hype waves, crashes.
They’ve built muscle memory for volatility.

Jensen once said:
“People with very high expectations have very low resilience… and unfortunately, resilience matters in success.”

That’s why NVIDIA doesn’t flinch when others make short-term plays.
They’ve been thirty days from going out of business before.
Now, they’re the backbone of the AI revolution.

Meanwhile, SoftBank is moving money to further fund OpenAI.

Maybe they’re right. Maybe they’re early.
But there’s a difference between betting on AI and becoming essential to it.

That’s what Jensen mastered:
He didn’t just invest in the wave, he built the board.

And that’s the real lesson for founders and leaders right now:

Don’t get swept up in the next AI headline.
Build something that survives the next one.

This door changed everything.

Last week I went back to URI to speak to students.

The night before I went to the basketball game.

And I saw this door again.

Back then it didn't have the branding.
Just a door with a light on.

I was 18.
Scared.
Looking for my shot.

I walked in.
Rang a diner-style bell on the desk.
No one was there.

A woman popped out from around the corner, startled.

I now realize it was her day off.
She was probably just grabbing something quick.
And there I was an 18-year-old kid interrupting her day off.

But I didn't leave.

I asked: "Are there any opportunities in sports where I can get involved?"

That question changed my life.

She gave me a shot. She connected me with the director of basketball ops.
Soon after, I became a student manager for URI men's basketball.

4 years with the Rams.
Then 2 years at UConn as a graduate assistant.

All with Coach Hurley; learning what it takes to be a champion.

He exposed me to self-development.
Books.
Podcasts.
Personal growth.
The idea that you could design your life.

Basketball led to books.
Books led to business.
Business led to me standing in front of students last week, teaching them what I learned.

All because I walked through a door and asked.

Here's what I know:

Life doesn't hand you opportunities.
You create them.

You set a vision.
You take action.
You get in the right rooms.

You open doors.
You ring bells.

Most people wait.
They hope someone will notice them.
They think success happens to them.

It doesn't.

You make it happen.

I was an 18-year-old kid with no connections.
No resume.
No experience.

Just a question.

6 years in basketball.
5 years in business.
A full life of growth, all from one decision.

Don't wait for handouts.
Don't wait for life to happen to you.

Set the vision.
Take the action.

Ring the bell.

This week, a prospect asked me how to find speaking leads.
I told him that wasn't his problem.

Here's what actually is 👇

He came to me worried about two things: not knowing how to find leads and getting his content to resonate with the right people.

I had to be honest with him.

There is no shortage of leads.

LinkedIn alone has over 1 billion users.
The average household income? $124,000.
And compared to every other social platform, it has the fewest people posting content.

It's the least noisy platform for professionals.

So what's the real problem?

Most professionals expect the world to run to them with their credit card out.

That's not how this works.

You need to give people a reason to:
• Follow you on social
• Read your content regularly
• Connect with you privately
• Trust you enough to invest

Without that reason, they won't.
And no amount of posting will fix it.

Here's where most authors and speakers blow it.

They believe their ideas are the best thing ever.

And sure, maybe they are.

But pride doesn't connect with people.
Relatability does.

If your content is all about YOU and YOUR ideas without marrying it to a lesson the reader actually cares about, well...

They won't read it.
They won't follow you.
They won't engage.

The shift required is simple but brutal.

You have to put your pride aside.

Use your core ideas. 
Use your experiences. 
But anchor them to something the reader can apply, feel, or learn from in their own life.

Make it about them, not you.

That's the connection.

When your content speaks to the reader's problems, challenges, and outcomes...they start to trust you.

When they trust you, they follow you.
When they follow you, they reach out.
When they reach out, you close deals.

But it all starts with making your content about the READER.

Not you.

This is much easier said than done. 
This is how we help founders, C-suite, authors, and speakers.

We turn their wisdom into growth content that builds authority, trust, and opportunity on LinkedIn.

We have a couple spots open before we wrap up for the year.

If you're interested in leveraging LinkedIn to become your deal-closing machine without lifting a finger in 2026, book a call with me through the link in the comments.

Don't waste another day posting into the void.

18 years old: Lost. Insecure. Graduated high school with a 2.8 GPA and no clue who I was. Got into college, fortunately. 

19 years old: Found identity through basketball. Still unsure of my purpose, but learning discipline, and replicating success.

20 years old: Showing up every day for the basketball team. Wanted to become Mr. Reliable. Busting my butt in the classroom. Joined social fraternity for “balance” 

21 years old: Won a college basketball championship. Felt on top of the world. 

22 years old: Graduated with honors. Two-time basketball champion. Started my own honors society. Got into UConn’s business school and landed the men’s basketball graduate assistant job. 

23 years old: Worked 80+ hour weeks. Earning $22,500/yr. Going to graduate business school 3x a week for 3 hours each day. Started a book Instagram page that would quietly change my life. 

24 years old: Made my first $200 through the book page. Covid hit. Left basketball for good. Moved back home with Mom. Went all in on that book page. Burned the boats on a “safe” career to chase freedom. 

25 years old: Turned that page into a business. Learned how to sell, fail, and rebuild from scratch. Made $100k. 

26 years old: Kept reading. Kept learning. More mistakes and failures but continued to grow. Said yes to a ton of opportunities. Focus was scattered. 

27 years old: Still running book promotion campaigns. Started ghostwriting for business owners on LinkedIn. Started coaching authors and coaches on scaling on Instagram.  Hit my first $30k/month.

28 years old: Still feeling scattered with focus and energy but pressing forward. Scaled to my first $40k/month. Started a podcast on book marketing and recorded 160+ episodes in one year. Leaning further into LinkedIn ghostwriting than book promotions. 

29 years old: Partnering with major CEOs and authors. Building a 7-figure agency and writing the book I wish I had at 18.

Still in the arena. Still learning.

To everyone trying to figure it out, your early chapters don’t define you. 
They prepare you.

Keep building. Keep believing. 
Your future self is already proud of you.

Thank you, Meta for continuing to pay my rent.

Brick by brick.

Mindset Magic

My purpose is to empower people to achieve the impossible. As an Executive Coach, I partner with leaders and business owners to transform their dreams into reality. Together, we achieve the extraordinary.

I've helped leaders achieve profound transformations in their personal and professional lives through coaching. I believe in the wisdom and expertise of my clients, and my purpose is to help them create a life that is:

This is the purpose of Mindset Magic.

Big Wins My Clients Have Created:

✔️ Helped a business owner secure $35M in new funding within 72 hours after a major deal fell through.
✔️ Guided a software executive to reach a CTO level position in his dream sector in under 90 days.
✔️ Assisted an underpaid public speaker and medical expert in getting a 50% raise in just two conversations.
✔️ Enabled a director to cut back 500 hours of overtime per year while dramatically increasing efficiency.
✔️ Supported a software developer in increasing his earning power by $100k per year.
✔️ Helped a professional filmmaker go from struggling to connect with fundraisers to confidently engaging with billionaires.

Let’s talk about how to make the impossible possible. Send me a message or book a call. Let’s make your career dreams a reality.

Executive Coach

TriSearch

As an Account Manager, I was a strategic partner to executive teams as they created strategies to find, onboard, and support their Senior Leadership teams at the VP and C-Suite level and strategically staff key positions within their organizations. I worked with founders at companies between $10m and $300m in revenue to navigate this process. In turn, I advised candidates on exceptional strategies to present themselves, and oversaw teams to execute this process.

In this role, I also directly led and coached internal recruitment teams on best practices, professional excellence, and performance enhancement. In doing so, I re-designed TriSearch's onboarding program, and had ownership over staff success.

Key Accomplishments:
- Redesigned brand new onboarding program for the company
- Implemented professional coaching program for new-hires to support ongoing success
- Significantly increased new-hire pipelines by 40%

Account Manager / Career Coach

Tri-Search is an International full-service talent acquisition firm that is headquartered in Denver, CO. The search firm was established in 2007 (name change in 2015) and began as a dream of three dedicated professionals with one common mission: to align the true intention of the client to the true intention of the candidate. 

As a Senior Recruiter for Tri-Search, I helped clients find talent across a wide variety of verticals ranging from Manufacturing, to Technology, Publishing, Cyber-Security, Distribution, and PE Backed firms. My goal is to help take my clients recruitment processes to the next level. As a retained search recruiter, I pride myself in providing a high-touch and personalized service for each and every one of my clients by finding the right talent to meet their business needs. As a Career Coach for our Outplacement/Career Transition program I help candidates at all levels ranging from production to the VP and C-Suite in building the skills needed to advance their job search through our Career Transition Services offering.

- Founding member of Tri-Search's Career Transition Service practice, developing an in-depth career coaching curriculum spanning everything from resume composition, to LinkedIn development, interview best practices, and creation of strategic target lists to support job search growth
- Made a record 20+ professional-level, direct hire placements in my first 6 months with the organization
- Single handedly staffed call-center for key client in Automotive industry with 10+ sales professionals to support a rapidly expanding business in under 3 months

- Selected placements include: CFO, CEO, VP of Digital, Manufacturing Manager, Director of Sales, VP Talent Acquisition, Branch GM, VP Finance/Group Controller, Director of UX, VP of M&A, Technical PMO Leader, Director of Operations, Solutions Architect (LAMP, Dynamics 365), Lead Firmware Engineer, Sr. Recruiting Manager, Director of Software Development

Sr. Recruiter & Career Coach

Robert Half Technology

As a Recruiting Manager for our Direct-Hire Team, I ran a full desk doing both recruitment and business development/account management supporting clients for their technology needs. I had success in helping my clients find candidates in both IT Infrastructure, Software Development, and Technical Leadership.

- Landed highest single permanent placement fee for team in 2 years valued at $48,000 for VP level technical leadership role with a major retail distributor

Recruiting Manager

As Lead Recruiter for the Technology Team at Robert Half, we offered a full spectrum of technology staffing solutions to meet our customers' project, contract-to-full-time and full-time IT recruitment needs. As part of one of the oldest and most trusted brands in recruiting, I led a team of 3-5 recruiters that made an active difference by helping our clients meet their hiring goals. My responsibilities as a Lead Recruiter included conducting 1x1 weekly reviews, setting goals and priorities, and leading training sessions on both technology and recruiting best practices. 

- Averaged $24,000 per month in recurring billable revenue through active roster of technical contractors
- Successfully staffed PMO for elder care organization including multiple technical project manager and business analyst placements

Skillsets recruited for include:

Infrastructure: Desktop Support, Help Desk, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, DevOps, Windows, Linux, Data/Database Management, Internet/Intranet, Systems Integration, Cyber Security

Development: Software Development, .NET, Java, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, Project Management, Business Analysis, Software Development Manager,

Lead Recruiter

Technical Recruiter

Personal Freedom Coach | Career Development Expert | Ethical AI Futurist - I help technology founders at the forefront of AI secure funding and up-scale their leadership to scale their businesses

Why do most VPs never make it to the C-Suite?

In the last 7 years, I've seen smart leaders struggle with the same problems again and again.

They're nervous about interviewing and even finding the CTO job they want. These jobs aren’t posted on Indeed, and they don’t have time for networking.

They struggle to talk about their accomplishments in a way that non-technical users can understand.

They're frustrated with colleagues who don’t understand the real issues but seem to get all the funding.

They're great at solving technical problems but get frustrated when it comes to inspiring and motivating teams. Personal problems and politics always get in the way.

The stress affects their personal lives too. They're overworked. Even though they make good money, they aren’t enjoying time with their family, let alone having a hobby.

These are the exact people I serve.

In the last 7 years, I've worked with technical teams on career transitions. I've done this as a Technical Recruiter, an Executive Search consultant, and now as a career coach.

Here’s what I love to do:

I help my clients go from being confused and frustrated by the job search to loving the process. They feel confident networking and walk into their interviews stress-free. We cut down on the search time and land better positions.

My clients learn how to tell their story and create the winning resume and LinkedIn profile they need to get noticed.

My clients develop their communication skills, improve their ability to present, and become better leaders, so they don’t have to work as hard to get better results (and more funding).

Once they are in the role, we solve the leadership challenges that held them back in their previous company. They start having more fun. Their teams start performing at a new level.

They achieve better work-life balance, form deeper connections in their personal and professional lives, and start living a life by design.

I love helping leaders navigate the executive career transition and create a life that brings them joy and pride in all areas, not just work.

Need an expert eye on your transition strategy? Send me a message or book a call. Let’s talk about putting your career on the fast track.

https://calendly.com/ianmaxwell/25-minute-meeting


Made it this far? For bonus points, ask me about:

1. Digital Nomad lifestyle - I moved to Italy 2 years ago and never looked back
2. Music - I'm a composer, piano player, and singer. 15 years of professional experience under my belt!
3. Real Estate Investing - I'm a proud owner of 2 Airbnbs!

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