Early Stage Growth • Ballpoint
Josh Lachkovic, Mark Holland, Sophie WatsonEx-DTC founder now growth agency founder | Building an AI-native agency | Helping consumer businesses scale from £1m to £20m with digital advertising | £100m+ revenue generated
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 163 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Founder: weareballpoint.com Author: Early Stage Growth
Building Ballpoint, the AI native creative growth agency of the next decade. We help you profitably triple in size each year. Ex-growth operator: Thriva, Hims, Pact. Ex founder: Wine List
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