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Brian Distelburger

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Brian Distelburger

@bdistel

founder @yext @trywindmill board member @technyc NYC 💪

New York, NY

Joined April 2009

Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jan 23, 2025
Most management advice sucks. My progression into management happened fast. At 22 I had a team of 4, by 23 I had a team of 70 and at my last company, Yext the team was north of 2,000. I devoured everything I could find on how to manage. Books, blogs, articles, podcasts, whatever
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Feb 26, 2025
Windmill is growing and we're hiring for a new role - GTM Engineer. This is not a common title or role just yet, but I believe it's the future of GTM. I noticed the team @clay_gtm seems to agree. In this role someone will work side by side with me to design and implement an AI
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Feb 24, 2025
Yes. This is very simple. Founders who don’t do the basics like this are designing the way they run their company around the bottom performers.
Anthony Pompliano 🌪
@APompliano
Feb 24, 2025
Every boss in the world asks their employees for weekly updates. Here is the secret though... The most productive employees are excited to report what they did, while the unproductive employees complain about it. We need more productive people who don't complain.
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Feb 24, 2025
Human only management will be going the way of the horse and buggy by the end of 2025.
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jun 12, 2024
Well.....that's a wrap. 18 years after founding @yext with @howard, my Tour of Duty is now complete. Since college I had always dreamed of founding a technology company in NYC (it was not popular then!) and taking it public. It's been the adventure of a lifetime and I'm filled
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jan 9, 2025
I'm in shock over how good the @attio user experience is. I've been a heavy @salesforce and @HubSpot user through my career and would always dread logging in. I actually look forward to using Attio. Flowers for the whole product team over there! well done.
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
May 13, 2025
Have a really interesting opportunity for someone who wants to join an early stage (sub 10 ppl) startup. This is special. Job is GTM/Growth heavy but needs some AI skills. In person in NYC. DM me for details.
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jul 8, 2025
This is something we see @trywindmill. What's commonly referred to as Span of Control can increase dramatically if you're use AI properly to manage your team. This is actually one of the highest leverage things a rapidly scaling org can do because good managers become a gating
Managers were already disappearing. Enter AI.
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Nov 12, 2025
Just had a really cool stat shared with me. We ran a performance cycle for a 200+ employee company which took 8 calendar days and had a 93% employee satisfaction rate (with the process)
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Oct 29, 2025
Have a really cool opportunity for Solo Founders in NYC to help promote your startup. DM me for details. Friends, can you help spread for awareness? @TechNYC @nihalmehta @Erica_Wenger @srcasm @micahjay1 @FirstMarkCap @everettcookny @swangentr @TeddySolomon11 @_sonith
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jun 4, 2025
Not saying these are directly related....but just did @_sonith's podcast @yesterdaymgmt...uh, yesterday. And today, @yext is up 30%!
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Jun 4, 2024
Great kickoff to #nytechweek by @NYCMayorsOffice at the @TechNYC @usv party! Shoutout to @juliepsamuels @fredwilson @jaredhecht and all the wonderful hosts. Always a blast to hang with @wesleybarrow @kubeans @shaig @Erica_Wenger and so many others!
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Mar 12, 2025
Launch day for @trywindmill a huge success by any measure. Huge thanks to our customers who amplified our message and a special thanks to the incredible founders and operators who celebrated with us last night @ The Crane Club. Only apologies go to @KingJames for occupying the
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Brian Distelburger
@bdistel
Oct 25, 2025
As usual, @HarryStebbings nails it. The road to that initial PMF can take a while and is unpredictable (see @clay_gtm @figma @beehiiv @canva, etc), but once you figure it out and it’s time to step on the gas, great teams seize the opportunity.
Harry Stebbings
@HarryStebbings
Oct 25, 2025
I do not care how long it takes for a company to get to $1M in revenue. But I do care desperately, how long it takes for a company to get from $1M-$50M in revenue. The road to PMF is messy, post PMF, it is a game of execution and velocity (speed in a given direction.)
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