Philip Smith
I Share Insights From Founders & Investors Every Week | Host @ Founders & Funding Podcast | BDM @ Perfutil | GTM Engineer
ex-LovableEex-Education Marketing AgencyI work with startup founders on one thing that matters more than ideas: execution. I speak weekly with founders, CEOs, and investors about what it really takes to build, fund, and scale early-stage companies, from MVP to first revenue.
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No theory. No recycled X threads. Just real lessons from people in the trenches. I think and operate like a GTM engineer - designing repeatable systems across product, sales, and growth. I’m currently: • BDM @ Perfutil Technologies (AI app development) • CMO & GTM Engineer @ Teemie • Host of the Founders & Funding podcast (1,900+ subscribers) Inside my content, I share: • How founders actually raised their first round • What didn’t work (and nearly killed the company) • Practical GTM, MVP, and growth lessons • Honest investor perspectives If you’re a founder building pre-seed → Series A, you’ll find this useful. 👉 Subscribe to “Founders & Funding” via my profile
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Founder & GTM Engineer
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Business Development Manager
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We develop software for startup and enterprise companies and advise them how to achieve their goals. We take that same level of excellence and invest in innovative new startups. Reach out to us today.
- FOUNDERS&FUNDING PODCASTJOB
- Founder & Host1Y
Founder & Host
Founders&Funding Podcast
Founders, Investors and Startup Advisors discuss how to fund the journey of your startup and increase the odds of it being successful.
- LOVABLEJOB
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Founder in Residence - Lovable Shipped S1
Lovable
Finished Top 50 in Europe and Top 200 Globally out of over 4,500 Builders and Founders.
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Sales & Marketing Lecturer
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Module development and lecturing on QQI accredited courses in Sales Negotiations, Sales Presentations, Consultative Selling, Marketing Management and Marketing Communications
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- Founder & CEO3Y 9M
Founder & CEO
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Host
EdUp Marcomm Podcast
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- CITY EDUCATION GROUPJOB
- Group Dir of Mktg & Sales3Y 1M
Group Director of Marketing & Sales
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Guest Lecturer
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- AUNUA GLOBALJOB
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Co-Founder & COO
Aunua Global
Aunua Academy is a non-profit organisation working towards raising awareness and providing education on mental health and well-being . Our global partners include the World Health Innovation Summit, Belouga, Genius School and more. We have delivered school talks across Dublin, Ireland by our team of professional speakers. Aunua Academy is the mental health education provider for Belouga, a social education platform in over 2,500 classrooms around the world. I co-founded Aunua Academy in 2018 to make information about mental health and mental health services free and easily accessible. In my role as COO I managed the team, business development, marketing and infrastructure of the organisati…
- Job: GTM AI — Founder & GTM Engineer · 2025-07 – present · 1y 1mo — GTM Engineering and consulting for startup and enterprise companies providing leadership and expertise. Drive better growth with Automation + AI.
- Job: Lovable — Founder in Residence - Lovable Shipped S1 · 2025-06 – 2025-08 · 2 mo — Finished Top 50 in Europe and Top 200 Globally out of over 4,500 Builders and Founders.
- Job: Education Marketing Agency — Founder & CEO · 2021-01 – 2024-10 · 3y 9mo — Founder & CEO of this bootstrapped 6 figure marketing agency for the Higher Education and EdTech sectors. Worked with leading Universities and EdTech Companies such as Tomorrow University, General Assembly, Dreambound, Independent College, Barbri Global, Hamburg University, Sofia University, Omega Graduate School and many more!
- Job: Perfutil Technologies — Business Development Manager · 2024-12 – present · 1y 8mo — We develop software for startup and enterprise companies and advise them how to achieve their goals. We take that same level of excellence and invest in innovative new startups. Reach out to us today.
- Job: Aunua Global — Co-Founder & COO · 2018-03 – 2019-10 · 1y 7mo — Aunua Academy is a non-profit organisation working towards raising awareness and providing education on mental health and well-being . Our global partners include the World Health Innovation Summit, Belouga, Genius School and more. We have delivered school talks across Dublin, Ireland by our team of professional speakers. Aunua Academy is the mental health education provider for Belouga, a social education platform in over 2,500 classrooms around the world. I co-founded Aunua Academy in 2018 to make information about mental health and mental health services free and easily accessible. In my role as COO I managed the team, business development, marketing and infrastructure of the organisati…
- Job: Progressive College — Sales & Marketing Lecturer · 2022-10 – 2024-11 · 2y 1mo — Module development and lecturing on QQI accredited courses in Sales Negotiations, Sales Presentations, Consultative Selling, Marketing Management and Marketing Communications
- Job: City Education Group — Group Director of Marketing & Sales · 2018-04 – 2021-05 · 3y 1mo — City Education Group comprises four colleges - City Colleges, Ashfield College, Progressive College and City Language School. We specialise in professional education, Leaving Cert preparation, further education and English language courses. CEG has over 5,000 students per year.
- Job: EdUp Marcomm Podcast — Host · 2022-11 – 2024-08 · 1y 9mo — Host of EdUp Marcomm, part of the EdUp Experience podcast network, the #1 Higher Education podcast with over 400k downloads.
- Job: City College Dublin — Guest Lecturer · 2020-11 – 2021-03 · 4 mo — Guest Lecturer on the Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing.
- Job: Founders&Funding Podcast — Founder & Host · 2025-10 – present · 10 mo — Founders, Investors and Startup Advisors discuss how to fund the journey of your startup and increase the odds of it being successful.
- School: Trinity College Dublin — Level 9 Postgraduate Certificate, Innovation and Enterprise Development
- School: ThePower Business School — MBA
- School: Technological University Dublin — Bachelor's Degree (Hons), Marketing
- School: Technological University Dublin — Higher Certificate, Marketing
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