# Aaron Kruger

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> Growth Marketing & Brand Strategy. I build brands people trust and audiences from nothing. No agency, no playbook and no ads. Just good ideas and relationships I spent years building.

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## About
- [Portfolio & Career Story](https://aaronkruger.com): I build brands people trust and audiences from nothing.

## Career
- Red Bull: Student Brand Manager — Sole campus rep for a brand banned from sale. The university had a multi-million dollar Coke exclusivity deal that said we couldn't be there. I built a guerrilla distribution network anyway. Three years, zero budget, 30K students.
- DraftBadge: Co-Founder & CEO — Co-founded a mobile ID verification startup right out of college. Raised $150K. Managed a dev agency to ship three apps (iOS, Android, web) with no technical background. Got LOIs from the Thunder, 49ers, and OU. First mobile ID approved for alcohol sales in Oklahoma.
- DeGods: Head of Activations — Started as a community member then became one of the leading voices. Got hired onto the core team and moved to LA. We built the culture of a brand where people spent house money on jpegs. We broke Twitter/X with the y00tlist, I produced $1.5M+ in events across 7 countries and closed six-figure sponsorships.
- Boba: Head of Growth — Only marketing hire at a pre-launch financial trading platform. Built the entire go-to-market from nothing. 10K followers in four months. Scripted anime-style content that hit 222K views organically. 25K waitlist signups. No ads, no influencers.

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## Contact
- Email: aaron@aaronkruger.com
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