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The Nichole Wischoff Podcast

The Nichole Wischoff Podcast

Nichole Wischoff
Uitgebracht: 2026-01-19
© 2026 Nichole Wischoff
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25 afleveringen
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Luister in Apple Podcasts
Uitgebracht: 2026-01-19
© 2026 Nichole Wischoff
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How We Hit $1 Billion in Revenue in 5 Years: Employee #20 at Deel

How We Hit $1 Billion in Revenue in 5 Years: Employee #20 at Deel

Description In this episode, we sit down with Meltem, one of Deel’s earliest growth leaders, who joined when the company was sub-$250K in revenue and helped scale it into a $1B+ ARR generational company. 00:00 — Joining Deel early & Andreessen back
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In this episode, we sit down with Meltem, one of Deel’s earliest growth leaders, who joined when the company was sub-$250K in revenue and helped scale it into a $1B+ ARR generational company.
00:00 — Joining Deel early & Andreessen backing
03:10 — From agencies to growth in tech
06:40 — Why paid ads break at SMB scale
10:25 — Deel in 2020: sub-$250K revenue
13:45 — What “Head of Growth” really meant
16:20 — First customers: cold emails & Reddit
20:05 — Non-scalable hustle vs long-term growth
24:10 — Competing with PayPal & wire transfers
27:40 — Sales ↔ Growth handoff that actually works
31:15 — Product feedback in hypergrowth
34:30 — First real inflection point
38:10 — Back-to-back fundraises & momentum
41:50 — Founder dynamics & execution speed
45:30 — Deel’s intense culture explained
49:20 — Hiring bar-raisers at scale
52:40 — Growth bets that surprised them
56:10 — Turning channels off to find truth
59:30 — Why she didn’t start a company
1:02:10 — The ideal stage to join a startup
Rho 
Website - https://www.rho.co/
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Website - https://public.com/
Meltem Kuran Berkowitz  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltem-kuran-berkowitz
Nichole wischoff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholewischoff/
Aflevering-ID: 1000745802001
GUID: f0d9b1e6-5bb0-4702-9bde-ec4910ff9267
Releasedatum: 19-1-2026 21:33:24

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