He Built a $150M Business...Then Lost 80% Overnight with Vincent Matranga

<p>What happens when your company is flying high, then loses 80% of revenue in a single week? In this episode, Vincent Yang shares the full arc of building and scaling Cheetah past $150M in annualized sales, the brutal COVID collapse that melted demand overnight, and the operational decisions required to survive when everything turns into a wartime scenario.</p><p></p><p>We get into the real founder traps: hypergrowth addiction, scaling the physical world faster than your systems, burnout that turns a mission into “just a job,” and why bad hires are almost always the founder’s fault. Vincent also breaks down the mindset shift that saved him, focusing only on what you can control, building contingency plans, and managing your energy because your team mirrors your nervous system.</p>