Kennan Davison
CEO at Icon (The AI Admaker, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund). College dropout.
Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed, 50+ teammates).
Top 200 North America League of Legends (100M+ players), Y Combinator S20 (solo founder), W+K (ad agency), Columbia (instant dropout, 2nd dropout).
Introducing Icon, The World's First AI CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) // Peter Thiel's Founders Fund doubles down on Icon // Introducing Icon, The World's First AI Admaker // Skio: $10M ARR + Profitable in 3 Years // Icon.com $12M AMA
Observations:
- Self-promotion is key in winning despite being cringe
- Trauma triggers neurodivergence
- Thoughts shape reality: it's good to overpromise when it's ok to underdeliver
- "When there is doubt there is no doubt" is terrible advice
- Making more money is usually better than saving more money
- Retirement planning is bad for upward mobility
- Investing is an excuse to spend time with people
- Investing is poor time usage otherwise
Investments:
- Company #1 (33x)