50/Fifty
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Operator era · pre-50/FiftyConsumer IoT

Flo Technologies

Outcome

Exited to Fortune Brands.

Served inside the acquiring Fortune 500 post-exit.

Operator

Director, Marketing & Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Era

Operator era · pre-50/Fifty

The problem

Where the work actually began.

Flo Technologies

A category-defining water-intelligence product with real engineering and an install footprint that had to translate into consumer demand at retail and online simultaneously — without the brand drag that sinks most hardware launches.

01

DTC growth system owned end-to-end — acquisition, conversion, retention.

02

Retail + DTC working as a single funnel, not two rival channels.

03

Positioning sharpened around outcome (stop the damage) instead of spec sheet.

04

Post-acquisition integration into the F500 operating rhythm.

Human principal + named agents. The roster lives at /team

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