Growth for the frontier of finance, where there's no playbook to copy.

I founded and sold a company, then spent years running growth at scale in crypto's most volatile, heavily regulated markets. Now I'm building an agent-driven growth org from the ground up. I'm back in the trenches with the team, doing what I do best.

Chief Growth Officer, Breakout My operating record

Matthew Howells-Barby

Essays

A dockside crane lifting a small sailing dinghy up toward the deck of a freighter.

Growth / 24 Oct 2023

From Bootstrap to Buyout: How We Sold Our Side Hustle to a Public Company

The Traffic Think Tank sale, told from the founder side of the table.

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