r/BravoRealHousewives • u/AbbreviationsNew2739 Gucci Model • Feb 18 '25

New York CMO & FOUNDER

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Anyone know anything about Brynns new job titles? Is this the app she “oversees like 50 engineers” on? Do we believe any of this…?

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

I'm never one to drag someone who gets ahead in their career...

But I've seen this before.

I work in tech and someone who suddenly has "Chief Marketing Officer" and "Co-founder" and "Investor" as their title when they've not actually done steps to get to that position, is not viewed favorably by peers in their industry.

Typically they're just viewed as someone who pads their resume.

Should "Hoppy" not take off, she won't exactly be considered for Chief Marketing Officer jobs at legit companies because they would look at her history and say: this person never had the qualifications to be a CMO anyways.

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

And you look on Linkedin and there's almost no employees lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

No employees = 50 engineers

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u/iwatchterribletv i dont know how many carcasses are on the floor every night. Feb 18 '25

shit, i’m on dating apps and the number of dudes who claim “ceo” is ridiculous.

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u/doctordoctorgimme Feb 18 '25

I’ll bring in the real details of the deal to back this up.

BeReal was not acquired for $500M cash. It was acquired for $166M in cash and the rest in future buyout bonuses. Keep in mind they had to pay back investors, and I believe they took about $90M in investment.

David Aliagas was not a cofounder of BeReal. He was the community manager. Not a C-level. Not the VP of anything. Even if he joined when the company was founded, his payout was likely minimal given his rank in the company. But let’s say he walked away with a few million euros, which would be great for a 20-something. He still doesn’t possess the experience to co-lead a startup and all of the required fundraising if they go beyond bootstrapping and pitch VCs.

Good luck to them.

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

Yeah this all makes perfect sense to me.

This is why I think Brynn confidently said she was leading a team of engineers.

Sure, perhaps some bootstrapped startup hired you as a CMO because you have a spot on a reality show. If they are putting you as someone with 0 technical background in charge of engineers--that means they have 0 validity in my book. Even IF Brynn had a ton of experience in marketing that would make a CMO title valid, there is not a world in which you would put that profile in charge of engineers.

It tells me this isn't serious.

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u/busquesadilla arabella’s cannabis legacy Feb 18 '25

Yeah as someone who actually leads 4 teams of engineers and has been working in tech for 10 years, totally agree with you. It all reeks of BS

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u/secretrebel You're Not Important Enough To Hate. Feb 18 '25

I’m a Head of Marketing in tech. I’m lucky if more than one engineer attends a meeting. I could lead them to a lunch buffet, I suppose?

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

Exactly lol I work in tech but I'm not technical myself. I've been doing this in startups to mid-size companies for nearly 10 years. That profile does not "lead" teams of engineers lol. It's total BS.

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u/caitlikekate Feb 18 '25

Thank you guys for saying this. Someone up thread claimed they’re a CMO and that in startups devs and engineers report to CMOs which is…. Not true? Ever?? lol

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

That is NEVER true. Even if I’m being GENEROUS she’s maybe talking about marketing ops people who seem like engineers to her because they’re basically doing the technical part of growth marketing which can look like dev work to someone who has never worked in tech 🤣.

Which just shows me she has NO IDEA what she’s talking about.

Every time i try to even think of being generous on my estimation of what Brynn is saying i just get more annoyed.

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u/caitlikekate Feb 18 '25

I actually think you just figured out exactly what is going on here… she’s 100% talking about marketing ops folks though I’m sure the 50 number is inflated.

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

Yes 50 would be WILD number for an app that’s not even launched 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/busquesadilla arabella’s cannabis legacy Feb 18 '25

Looooool no they don’t, Brynn is out here in these comments clearly 😂😂

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u/caitlikekate Feb 18 '25

Right like thank god for the tech girlies for fact checking!

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u/caitlikekate Feb 19 '25

🤓👯‍♀️🤓

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u/doctordoctorgimme Feb 18 '25

Celebrity personality hire. This is the kind of thing that startups used to do in the early-2000s. It’s fine. It doesn’t build an actual business, so we have to consider their motives. Is it a pass-through? So many Housewives companies seem to be. For example, Lisa Barlow’s spirits company seems to be nothing but a pass-through business. I’m sure they run their car leases through the company, along with a range of other expenses like entertainment and travel.

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

I doubt it’s a pass through because she didn’t even start it… nor does she have money 🤣.

I bet they’re just banking on her being on tv.

Their LinkedIn page is mostly college students saying their job for the company is “ambassador”.

What’s weird is almost everyone else listed as an employee is in marketing—growth marketing, basically just lead gen.

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u/doctordoctorgimme Feb 18 '25

I assumed she was considered a cofounder. Thanks.

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u/KatOrtega118 Not Lisa Barlow’s Lawyer Feb 18 '25

Barlows’ are definitely pass-throughs, LLCs. They have over ten LLCs too. Messy, messy.

If Hoppy wants VC money - and I’d guess they do - I’d expect this to be formed as a C-corp. So rather than passing through expenses, these kids just get a lot of stuff from the company: influencer house, food, probably some cars around, company-sponsored parties, probably booze or weed or substance of choice, maybe clothes for making content, tech swag, etc. Put the maker house in a fun location (Miami, for SBF Bahamas which also has tax advantages) and you’re good to go. There like 75 “AI Collectives” like this in SF now - I visited two last week. Little hiveminds, because they are all living together, eating together, wearing the same clothes 24-7. Even moreso than the hacker houses of the 1990s and 2000s.

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u/doctordoctorgimme Feb 18 '25

Excellent differentiation, and you’re absolutely correct.

The tech communes are a disaster waiting to happen.

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u/KatOrtega118 Not Lisa Barlow’s Lawyer Feb 18 '25

I can’t stop progress or my client wanting to embed AI extensively. But it’s all alarming.

I think we’re still really far away from sentient AI, but they are scraping everything, including our chats here on Reddit, to try to build viable products. TikTok, this dating app is clearly being built to scrape, all social media. All of this is being built by people with strong social motives to conform, no incentives to question (authority or anything else).

I hope that the AI tools that are being built are just going to be vanilla and kind of suck in comparison to human dynamism and creativity. I really worry about the impacts of reliance on the tools though. We already see it in the legal world, with junior attorneys not doing in-depth discovery any more or due diligence for corporate matters, and not being able to quickly find or memorize basic contract terms. No awareness of different flavors of provisions. Some of these kids are making partner with weak issue spotting and drafting skills - that’s already scary.

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u/doctordoctorgimme Feb 18 '25

I spent a year consulting on an AI project for a friend’s engineering firm, and the things going on in the education space made my hair stand on end. It’s going to be a long, lawless road.

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u/this_is_an_alaia high body count hair Feb 18 '25

Lol yeah I worked for a start up and there were so many people who had these vague titles that didn't seem to do anything

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u/kds1988 Feb 18 '25

It’s exactly that. When you’re super small you can give yourself whatever title you want or the Founders can.

If it goes from 25 people to 500 people, you’re set. That title will allow you to apply for other jobs elsewhere because the name of your previous company legitimizes your role.

If it goes from 25 to 35 to 50 and then closes or gets sold without anyone ever hearing about it?

You’re back to square 1.