MMatt Goren
Who's behind this

Hi, I'm Matt.

I'm a marketing and growth operator who builds the machine. Most marketers stop at the strategy. I build the AI products, content engines, and brands that actually run the growth — then I run them.

I built RunOctopus, an AI platform that helps busy operators get found and cited in AI search by generating programmatic content at a scale no human team could match. I run Mission Driven, and I've shipped real DTC brands and Shopify businesses end to end — store, brand, and SEO engine.

Here's the part most people miss on a résumé: I'm not a traditional engineer. I ship real software by directing AI — which means I move from idea to working product faster than teams ten times my size. My throughline is leverage: build the system that produces the work, so it compounds while you sleep.

Before this, I ran a marketing agency for five years managing over $40 million in ad spend, then brought that founder's intensity into in-house growth leadership — Head of Marketing at Tom's Key, Hungry Bark, and Digital Dream Labs, building SEO from scratch, scaling paid media, and driving real revenue. Most recently I built All Angles Creatures, a DTC subscription brand, solo to $1.56M ARR in under a year. I'm based in Daytona Beach, and I'm looking for the next growth team to build the machine for.

This site is the proof. The tools are real and playable, the work is what I've actually shipped, and the writing shows how I think. I built all of it — including the AI engine that wrote four book-length guides.

Runs
Mission Driven — marketing & growth
Built
RunOctopus — AI search platform
Superpower
Ships real products by directing AI
Believes
Build the loop, not the artifact

Let's build something.

Got a product, a campaign, or a half-formed idea? Drop me a line.

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