David Reske Built a 50-Person Agency (Then Sold It to Start From Zero) - #14

Legends of Scale · May 20, 2026 · 36m

Today we talk with David Reske, founder and CEO of Nowspeed.

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00:00 Meet David Reske

01:11 The Moment Nowspeed Became Real

02:39 Why Founders Can't Build Sales Teams

04:30 The 3 Things That Fixed Sales

07:15 "The Number One Thing: Stop Hiring"

09:28 Flat Orgs vs. Structured Orgs

11:52 "The CEO Becomes the Bottleneck"

13:21 Why Nowspeed Went 100% Remote

16:10 The Camera Rule That Changed Culture

17:36 Why Outsourcing Nearly Broke Them

19:42 Agency…