About this episode
Kenneth Schlenker discusses how Opal became the world's #1 screen time app and reached $10M ARR with a small team.
Kenneth Schlenker is founder and CEO of Opal, which has rapidly grown into the world's #1 screen time app since launching in 2020, reaching $10M in ARR with a team of just 11 employees. After starting his career in Product Marketing at Google, Kenneth has spent more than a decade founding multiple companies, including a private marketplace for private art sales called ArtList, as well as a venture studio called Stellar Base that incubated multiple successful startups. Key Takeaways:&nbs...
People in this episode
Host: Phil Carter
Guest: Kenneth Schlenker
Topics covered
- business growth
- entrepreneurship
- screen time app
- startup success
- product marketing
Keywords
- Opal
- screen time app
- ARR
- entrepreneurship
- Kenneth Schlenker
- business growth
- startup
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Opal, Google, ArtList, Stellar Base
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