Grow Like You Give a Sh*t

Zach Chmael

Head of Content

3 minutes

Isometric view of a futuristic city with interconnected buildings and glowing wires.
Isometric view of a futuristic city with interconnected buildings and glowing wires.
Isometric view of a futuristic city with interconnected buildings and glowing wires.
In This Article

A rejection of the burnout playbook. A call to build better. And a look at what modern growth really means.

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Grow Like You Give a Sh*t: The New Rules for Scaling with Sanity


Let’s be honest: growth has a PR problem.

We’ve glamorized a version of it that looks like chaos dressed up as ambition.
Always on.
More leads. More tools. More noise.
“Scale fast or die.”

But here’s the truth: that kind of growth isn’t brave. It’s lazy.

It burns people out.
It breaks your brand.
And worst of all? It rarely actually works.

The modern marketing playbook isn’t broken because it’s old.
It’s broken because it’s bloated.


The “Growth at All Costs” Playbook Is Dead.

And frankly, it should be. Here’s what it looked like:

  • 15 disconnected tools duct-taped together

  • 3 agencies sending 300-slide decks

  • A never-ending search for the “perfect hire”

  • Campaigns that take 6 weeks to plan and 6 hours to launch

  • A team of brilliant people too stuck in process to actually create

Sound familiar?

That’s not marketing. That’s management theater.

And in 2025, with AI, global talent, and smarter systems at our fingertips, there’s no excuse to keep building like this.


Welcome to the New Growth Playbook

We’re glad you finally made it. 

Here’s what scaling with clarity looks like:

  • You have AI helping you make faster decisions, not drowning you in options

  • You have access to top-tier talent without needing to hire full-time or sign a bloated agency retainer

  • You run lean, not slow. You ship more—not because you hustle harder—but because your systems are smarter.

  • You optimize your energy, not just your ad spend

  • You build a business that gives you back time—not one that consumes it

This is what Averi is built for.
Not for “growth hackers.”
Not for corporate brand factories.

For the builders. The creatives. The CMOs who care about clarity.


What “Smart Growth” Actually Looks Like

1. You don’t chase virality—you chase velocity.
It’s not about how many people see your campaign. It’s about how quickly you can turn ideas into action, action into results, and results into insight.

2. You don’t hire until you’re sure.
You don’t need a full-time team for every initiative. You need the right talent at the right time—with the right tools to support them.

3. You don’t “set and forget.” You ship and learn.
The best growth teams move in sprints, not quarters. They optimize as they go, not after the fact.

4. You don’t drown in dashboards.
If your data doesn’t lead to action, it’s not insight. It’s noise.

5. You don’t build for optics. You build for outcomes.
Real growth isn’t shiny. It’s sustainable, efficient, and deeply human.


Averi: Built for This Kind of Growth

We didn’t create Averi to be another “AI marketing tool.”
We built it because we were tired of the old way.

→ Tired of marketing being the slowest part of the company
→ Tired of top-tier talent getting stuck chasing briefs instead of solving problems
→ Tired of founders spending their nights writing strategy slides instead of sleeping

So we made something better:

  • AI that simplifies, not overcomplicates

  • Expert marketers, when you need them—only when you need them

  • A clean, powerful, integrated workspace where execution is the default

No chaos. No bloat. No burnout.

Just modern marketing that actually works.


Grow like you give a sh*t.

Not like your calendar doesn’t matter.
Not like your team is disposable.
Not like your business will collapse if you don’t triple your CAC overnight.

Grow like someone who wants to be here in five years.
Grow like someone who wants their team to stay.
Grow like someone who wants their brand to mean something.

TL;DR

✅ The old "growth at all costs" playbook—bloated teams, endless tools, chaotic campaigns—is dead.

✅ True modern growth is about clarity, not chaos:
→ Smarter systems, not bigger teams
→ Faster execution, not endless planning
→ Human-centered brands, not marketing theater

Smart growth means:
→ Chasing velocity over vanity
→ Hiring with precision, not panic
→ Learning and optimizing in real time
→ Building brands that last—not just launch

✅ Averi was built for this new reality:
AI-powered strategy, expert execution, and a clean system that actually ships work (without burning out your team).

✅ Grow like you give a sh*t—because lasting growth is built by humans, not hype.

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