Danny Maloney is the CEO and Co-founder of Tailwind. Tailwind gives over 1.5 million businesses worldwide the marketing team they need through A.I. that drafts ads campaigns and posts for you so you can accomplish far more in far less time. 

Prior to founding Tailwind, Danny spent a number of years working at Google and YouTube on new product initiatives including Street View and the YouTube Creators Program, and then worked on the turnaround team at AOL after it spun off of Time Warner,  leading up to it later being acquired by Verizon.

In this episode, we talked about his journey from employee to co-founder and CEO and how his previous roles have shaped his entrepreneurial journey.

We also talked about:

• The Importance of AI in Marketing and how AI is revolutionizing the marketing landscape.
• The Importance of Pivoting to better meet market demands and technological advancements.
• Funding Journey for Tailwind, from bootstrapping to angel investing and eventually partnering with a growth equity firm.
• Tips and advice for businesses considering seeking angel investors, based on Danny's personal experience.
• The challenges and importance of seed funding
• Investor relationship building
• An overview of Tailwind and what it can do
• The challenges that small businesses face with running ad campaigns
• The role of AI in marketing 
• Support for non-native English speakers with Tailwind

If you’re interested in how funding works for a tech startup OR for how AI can help with small business marketing, I invite you to have a listen.  There’s some very valuable information here.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Tailwind Website: tailwindapp.com

Danny’s Email: danny@tailwindapp.com