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Ayman Al-Abdullah

$80M+ Revenue scaled at AppSumo

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About Ayman

The operator's path to the corner office.

As CEO of AppSumo, I helped scale the business from $3M to $80M a year. I've sat in the seat, made the hard calls, and learned what actually separates a founder who's busy from a CEO who's building.

Today I write a CEO newsletter read by thousands of founders and coach a small group privately, focused on leverage, leadership, and the systems that let a company outgrow its founder.

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