Chase Summers is an experienced go-to-market leader specializing in helping technical founders bring early-stage, bootstrapped products to market and drive meaningful growth.
As the first full-time hire and Head of Sales at Lucid Travel, Chase built the company’s initial go-to-market strategy and led early commercial growth, helping position the company for its eventual acquisition by HotelPlanner in 2023.
In 2020, Chase joined Dataedo, a Poland-based data management software company, as the first commercial and first U.S. hire. He built the customer-facing functions from the ground up — including sales, customer success, support, and partnerships — helping grow Dataedo from under $500K to over $3M ARR in four years, all without outside funding.
Beyond his operating roles, Chase has consulted for companies ranging from solo founders to well-funded Y-Combinator backed startups. He also mentors with LaunchCLT and NC State’s Entrepreneurship Program.