Nick Abouzeid

Sr. Manager, Growth at Ramp

Nick Abouzeid is the Cofounder and CEO of Rivet, a newly launched corporate and personal tax preparation firm.1 3 Here's a brief overview of his background and career:

Professional Experience

Rivet: Cofounder and CEO (Current role)3
Ramp: Held various growth-related positions, including Sr. Manager of Growth and Growth Lead (2022-2023)
MainStreet: Head of Marketing (2020-2022)
Shrug Capital: Partner (2019-2020)
Emergence Capital: Editorial & Growth (2018-2019)
Product Hunt: Editorial & Growth (2017-2018)
AngelList: Editorial (2017-2018)

Education

Babson College: BS in Business Administration, Legal Studies (Magna Cum Laude)
Harvard-Westlake School

Entrepreneurial Background

Nick has a history of entrepreneurship, starting from a young age:

Founded Incognito-Z, an online paintball equipment business, as an 8th grader (2010-2013)2
Co-founded Hamilton's Bakery, a 70-seat organic bakery and restaurant in New York (2016-2017)

Current Venture: Rivet

Rivet is a tax preparation firm that aims to make tax season less taxing by redesigning the entire experience.3 Nick and his cofounder Kyle Christenson are focused on:

Productizing their deep expertise in taxes
Serving both personal and corporate tax filings
Implementing growth tactics similar to those used at Ramp
Providing an exceptional customer experience with a strong distribution advantage3

Nick's experience in growth and marketing, combined with his cofounder's tax expertise, positions Rivet to compete with traditional tax prep firms by focusing on delighting customers and leveraging technology to improve the tax filing process.3

Highlights

Mar 27 · twitter

Because firms buy off-the-shelf tools to fix small portions of large processes, and don’t care to or don’t understand how to stitch the tools together, destroying any efficiency from any single tool

You have to rebuild the entire practice from the bottom up

Mar 24 · twitter

We build all year

So our clients don’t have to spend any more time with @RivetTax than they absolutely must

Having DAUs for us is a failure https://t.co/CmypgyuUcH

Mar 22 · sourcery.vc

Nick Abouzeid, Rivet: Growth "Hacking" Myths, What Worked at ...

Mar 22 · youtube.com

Growth "Hacking" Myths, What Worked at Ramp, & Better Tax Services

Feb 25 · xyz.vc

Delighting Customers One Filing at a Time - Xyz.vc

Experience

Sr. Manager, Growth at Ramp since August 2023

Manager, Growth at Ramp, Growth Lead at Ramp, Head Of Marketing at MainStreet, Partner at Shrug Capital, Editorial & Growth at Emergence Capital, Product Hunt, and AngelList, Co-founder & CFO at Hamilton's Bakery, Contributing Writer at BitcoinMagazine, Founder & CEO at HW Inc