Moving Towards What Matters.

It’s evident to ourselves and everyone around us when we are moving in alignment with what we are here on earth to accomplish.

I’ve only recently realized just how powerful this concept truly is.

People who have worked with me will attest that I operate with a chip on my shoulder. I always embraced swimming against the current and refused to accept assistance.

I strive to carve my own path, which stems from the traumatic experiences I endured throughout my childhood and adolescence.

I lost my Mother at 18, and some of my closest friends passed away in the years that followed, to name a few. That pain pushed and propelled me to strive. It also led to addictions, including workaholism.

Once, the company I worked for rented a party bus for a team outing. I snuck off the bus and headed to an empty office for 11 hours of solid, uninterrupted work. I also loved working on holiday weeks and NYE, as I felt so much more productive, and unsurprisingly, most executive decision-makers would pick up my cold calls.

That is how I operated until my Son, a Quarantino Bambino, was born in May 2020, weeks into the pandemic. Weeks prior, I established a venture in Audience Perspective to consult brands on leveraging technology to deliver a superior customer experience.

I failed to anticipate the impact of the indefinite WFH culture, which stalled any momentum I generated before the pandemic. I took client calls from my car almost exclusively to avoid intruding on nap time. (I am also very loud on calls ??.)

The pandemic was an extremely stressful time for all of us, and I was no exception, especially with my added responsibilities as a Father and Husband.

In 2022, I needed more stability and structure in my life. I went back to SaaS Sales. I quickly realized that I left this role for a reason. I was returning to a familiar pattern of seeking fulfillment and validation from a job, not only income stability.

I felt lost.

Many of the frustrations I endured as a Strategic Account Executive in my pursuit of closing deals involved the painstaking efforts of researching and building quality assets, a prerequisite to building trust and advancing opportunities with each prospective customer.

After a 12-month slog, I threw my hands up and mentally checked out of my role one month before putting in my two-week notice.

My efforts yielded some results, yet I was left seriously burned out and even more so at the thought of starting over at another company.

This struggle forced me to dig deep and look inward.

Meanwhile, I was becoming a power user of ChatGPT and Notion, which inspired me to explore my curiosity.

Understanding our passions and realizing what we are meant to accomplish in this life always begins with following our curiosity. That is what illuminates our path.

When we chase our passions, the universe conspires in our favor to provide for us. We are in a flow state consistently. Daily, even.

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." —Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)

My journey with Vamanos AI was born from letting my natural curiosity connect me to my path, which honestly feels like a purpose. People and opportunities are showing up at every turn. I pushed my ego out of the f*cking way and listened to my heart.

First, I took everything I knew about sales, product marketing, competitive positioning, and storytelling. I used current customer examples and my first-hand knowledge of the mobile/email marketing automation space and documented it in a spreadsheet.

Without coding knowledge, I generated JavaScript to interact with Open AI APIs. This was done over thousands, perhaps more than 5,000, iterations of ChatGPT queries. The process of working with my assistant, ChadGPT, and constant tinkering taught me how to read and write code.

Over the next few months, I manipulated prompts and structured the JS to produce a consistent output with Vamanos AI. I then created a web app that could interact with the spreadsheet and allow anyone at a specific company to generate powerful insights or assets within 30 seconds.

As I evolve this solution, I firmly believe Vamanos AI will transform how GTM teams in B2B SaaS interact with their prospective customers by establishing trust between sellers and buyers at scale.

Finally, I am connected to my mission and doing so in complete alignment.

We can all follow our natural curiosity to find our passion and inspire others to do the same in the process ??.