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Application — Growth

Danilo Vicioso · danilojvicioso@gmail.com · danilovicioso.com · Sept 2026

Danilo Vicioso

Who I am

  • Former COO of Tabs, a top-10 most viral brand on the internet
  • Built its creator program to 100M monthly social impressions, and the paid ad engine alongside it
  • Founded Mainstreet, a consumer home-services platform: a team of 70, $25M raised (Greylock, Khosla, YC, Tim Ferriss), and it failed
  • Before that: Quintessential Ventures, an early seat at a high-growth startup, and entrepreneur-in-residence at Prehype
  • I’m looking to move into growth specifically. The creative and ToF is the work I want to be doing every day

Rather than send a résumé I did a weekend of the job.

What I built

What I’d do here

  • My KPI: scale ad spend, hold target CAC. Everything else follows from that.
  • Week to week: launching a bunch of different experiments against your current best ad, losers killed early.
  • Scope and brief the work for UGC creators (Latina creators and people who already film their daily wellness drink), then keep a hook library of what won.
  • Reporting so you never have to ask. Daily CAC. Weekly what we learned. Monthly cohort payback.
  • I can run ads across channels (YouTube, Pinterest, search) but I’d start on Meta and only open the next one when CAC earns it.
  • Event tracking I’d spec and work through with your team. That part isn’t me.

Month one

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6
Creators live0246810
Creator videos / week01428425670
Landing pages live135789
New ads / week121212–2012–202020
Unique experiments234566

Roster is the core variable. Creator video volume follows from it at 7 videos per creator per week. Proposed.

I’d love to chat if this makes sense. Grab a time here.

Danilo

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Aguas frescas, reimagined

1g of sugar. All the sabor.

Drink mix sticks inspired by the aguas frescas Josh Leyva grew up with. 1 gram of sugar or less and 10 calories or less per serving, across six benefit lines.

4.8 / 5 from 19,533 reviews · 85 million sticks sold
Salud

tastesalud.com homepage and product schema, 28 Sept 2026. 19,533 is the flagship-product count.

1g sugar or less10 calories or lessGluten-freeNon-GMOVeganNo artificial colors
Our story

Josh Leyva grew up in Southern California. His Mexican heritage became the flavors.

Co-founded with Tyler McCann, a sports-nutrition veteran. The first product launched in June 2021.

tastesalud.com/pages/our-story; ShipBob case study.

85 million sticks sold.

tastesalud.com homepage claim
Pepino Limón creatine
New · Muscle + Strength

Your daily creatine just got a lot easier.

5g creatine monohydrate plus 50mg Senactiv® per stick. Jamaica, Pepino Limón, Uva, and Unflavored.

Shop Muscle + Strength

Salud’s own launch ads, Meta Ad Library, started 27 Aug 2026.

Hydration + Immunity

Way less sugar. Tastes better.

Electrolytes and coconut water, with Wellmune® and elderberry. “I’ve tried ALL of the big hydration brands and Salud takes the cake!” Josh, verified buyer.

Pepino sachet

tastesalud.com/pages/community and Salud ad copy, 28 Sept 2026.

Flavors

Horchata. Jamaica. Churro. Piña Colada.

tastesalud.com, 28 Sept 2026.

One stick, one bottle

Tear, pour, shake.

Stick photography from tastesalud.com, 28 Sept 2026.

Reviews

4.8 from 19,533 reviews.

★★★★★“I was looking for something as delicious as Liquid IV, but with less sugar and sodium. This is it!”James, verified buyer
★★★★★“Love that I can get a full serving of greens without juicing or blending.”Briana, verified buyer
★★★★★“I’ve tried ALL of the big hydration brands and Salud takes the cake!”Josh, verified buyer

tastesalud.com/pages/community. Brand-selected quotes.

En la vida real

Pool, kitchen, desk, gym bag.

Lifestyle photography from tastesalud.com (home, our-story, community), 28 Sept 2026.

Build a bundle

Mix lines. Save up to 30%.

30%off with Build A Bundle
20–30%Subscribe & Save tiers
$29.99single product
$5standard shipping

tastesalud.com banner, /pages/subscribe-save and /pages/shipping-and-returns.

Find Salud

Walmart, Target and Amazon.

WalmartTargetAmazonStore locator →

ShipBob case study; tastesalud.com/pages/target and /pages/store-locator.

Since 2021

$0 to over $20M.

$350Kfirst 6 months
$4M2022
$12M+2023
$20M+run-rate

ShipBob case study, read 28 Sept 2026. Third-party figures.

The science

Branded ingredients, named on the label.

Wellmune®, PurCaf®, AmaTea®, VERISOL®, Lustriva®, Senactiv®, TruServ® and Spectra®.

tastesalud.com/pages/science. *These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

Comunidad

347.7K on Instagram.

And 88.4K on Facebook. Salud already runs creator partnership ads through creators like Modern Mexican Casita.

Photos: tastesalud.com community and our-story pages. Counts: Meta Ad Library advertiser lookup, 28 Sept 2026.

Shop hydrationHorchata, Piña, Jamaica →Shop creatineUva, Pepino Limón →
Help

Frequently asked questions.

How much sugar?+

1 gram of sugar or less, and 10 calories or less, per serving.

Is it vegan?+

Gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, soy-free, with no artificial colors.

What does shipping cost?+

Standard (4–7 business days) $5; expedited (2 business days) $15.

Where do you ship?+

United States, Canada and Mexico.

Can I return it?+

Email info@tastesalud.com within 30 days of delivery; tastesalud.com orders only.

Where else can I buy it?+

Walmart, Target and Amazon.

tastesalud.com, 28 Sept 2026.

Every ad is shown in the feed with its landing page. Switch the size:
SaludSaludSponsored · 02 · Water bottle

Always carrying a water bottle?

tastesalud.comHydration + ImmunityShop now
Lands on → /Remake of the 0:21 pain-point ad (started 27 Aug).
SaludSaludSponsored · 03 · Creatine

Your daily creatine just got a lot easier.

tastesalud.comMuscle + StrengthShop now
Lands on → /Their launch creative; roster remakes it on camera.
SaludSaludSponsored · 04 · Meme: Drake

Hydration, two ways.

Hydration mix that tastes like a sugar bomb
Horchata with 1g of sugar
tastesalud.comHydration + ImmunityShop now
Lands on → /Meme · Drake. Clear template rights before paid.
SaludSaludSponsored · 06 · Churro

The wait is over.

tastesalud.comChurro · limitedShop now
Lands on → /Their Churro launch (15 Sept).
SaludSaludSponsored · 07 · Meme: Surprised Pikachu

Every. Time.

Tía: “that’s not real horchata”
Also tía, finishing my second one:
tastesalud.comHydration + ImmunityShop now
Lands on → /Meme · Surprised Pikachu. Clear template rights before paid.
SaludSaludSponsored · 08 · Creator

Creatine just got a Salud upgrade.

tastesalud.comMuscle + Strength bundleShop now
Lands on → /Remake of the Modern Mexican Casita partnership ad.
SaludSaludSponsored · 09 · Focus

Bold sabor meets real focus.

Bold sabor. Real focus.350mg L-Theanine. No jitters, no crash.**These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.
tastesalud.comEnergy + FocusShop now
Lands on → /Their own line, Piña Mango ad (25 Aug).
SaludSaludSponsored · 10 · Meme: Starter pack

The carne asada starter pack.

The carne asada starter pack
The cooler
Paloma, 0 guilt
Jamaica for the kids
Tío on the grill
tastesalud.comBuild a bundleShop now
Lands on → /Meme · Starter pack on Salud photos.
SaludSaludSponsored · 11 · Reviews

4.8 from 19,533.

★★★★★4.8“Way less sugar, but tastes better.” Josh
tastesalud.comShop SaludShop now
Lands on → /Site schema and verbatim quote.
SaludSaludSponsored · 12 · Meme: Always has been

About aguas frescas.

“Wait, this horchata has 1 gram of sugar?”“Always has been.”
tastesalud.comHydration + ImmunityShop now
Lands on → /Meme · Always Has Been. Clear template rights before paid.
SaludSaludSponsored · 13 · Beauty

Beauty routines don’t have to be complicated.

tastesalud.comSkin + BeautyShop now
Lands on → /Remake of the rddanielaa partnership ad.
SaludSaludSponsored · 14 · Bundle

Mix lines. Save up to 30%.

30% offBuild a bundle across any lines.
tastesalud.comBuild a bundleShop now
Lands on → /pages/build-a-bundleReal standing offer. No urgency.

Concepts only, not live ads. Photography © Taste Salud. Four of fifteen are memes on third-party templates: clear rights before paid. Supplement claims carry the FDA disclaimer.

Growth plan · Salud · 28 Sept 2026

More creators. Same CAC.

Salud runs ~2,600 active Meta ads and already whitelists creators. The plan: a daily roster of small Latina and fitness creators feeding each launch wave, with gates agreed before money moves.

~2,600active Meta ads
$20M+run-rate (ShipBob)
6benefit lines
10creators by week 3 (proposed)

Photos: Salud, tastesalud.com. Every figure marked “proposed” is Danilo’s plan, not Salud data.

01 · The number

One number to protect. Seven ways it breaks. Three moves.

The number is blended CAC on Meta at the spend you want to reach. Salud’s isn’t public, so it’s the first thing we agree in week one.

ProtectTarget CAC at your chosen daily spend, set together in week one
Three moves1. Ten small creators posting daily across the six lines
2. Remake the launch-wave hooks as raw UGC
3. One claims sheet for branded ingredients, with the FDA disclaimer
02 · Variety

Only variety absorbs variety.

~2,600 active ads, with launch waves (Muscle + Strength on 27 Aug, Churro on 15 Sept) hitting static, video and creator-whitelisted formats at once. Bundle offers appear only on creator ads in the sample. The account ships volume; the gap is more creators in the rotation.

~2,600active ads
10captured
2creator partnership handles seen
6lines to feed
Ad 1
Ad 2
Ad 5
Ad 6
Ad 8
Ad 9

Meta Ad Library, page 100262042224067, US, 28 Sept 2026.

03 · Disturbances

Seven disturbances, scored, owned, gated by a number.

DisturbanceLikelihoodImpactOwnerGate (proposed)
Supplement claim driftMedHighSalud + DaniloSheet only; FDA disclaimer
Creatine claimsMedHighSaludNo muscle-gain promises
Winners tire outHighHighDaniloBest ad CPA +20% over 7 days → rotate
Retail haloHighMedSaludWalmart/Target lift tracked separately
Q4 auction costsHighMedDaniloCPM +30% vs Sept → scale only winners
Creator overlapMedMedSaludOne owner per creator
Cultural voiceMedHighSaludLatina creators lead, not costume

Scores are Danilo’s read from outside, to be re-scored in week one with your data.

04 · The ceiling

The ceiling. Five lines, with the assumed ones labelled.

LineValueStatus
First order$29.99One product
Gross margin55%ASSUMED
Refund rate3%ASSUMED
Subscribe reorder, 90 days50% at $23.99ASSUMED: 20% tier
90-day CAC ceiling$22.60= 29.99 × 55% × 97% + 0.5 × 23.99 × 55%

Bundles and subscription lift AOV, so the real ceiling is likely higher. Your numbers replace these in week one.

05 · Test ramp

The test ramp. The blanks are yours to fill on day one.

WeekNew ads liveTest budget / ad (proposed)Creators postingYour CAC target
15$5000Set with you, day one
26$5005Set with you, day one
38$50010Set with you, day one
48$75010Set with you, day one
58$75010Set with you, day one
68$75010Set with you, day one

Tests run against your launch-wave winners at equal spend. Total over six weeks: $25,500 (proposed).

06 · Volume

Whatever your CAC is, creative volume is what moves it.

At a fixed hit rate, more concepts tested means more winners. The hit rate is an assumption until your data replaces it.

Concepts tested / monthHit rate (assumed)Winners / monthSpend each winner can hold (assumed)
205%1$25,000 / mo
405%2$50,000 / mo
605%3$75,000 / mo
07 · Allocation

Where the next $100,000 goes.

$50,00050% · scale proven winners
$20,00020% · test new hooks
$20,00020% · creator partnership ads
$10,00010% · bundle landing pages

Proposed split.

08 · Channels

What has to be true before a channel opens.

ChannelOpen when (proposed)Why wait
TikTok organicDay 1The roster posts here
TikTok ShopA roster post beats 3× medianTest after organic proof
AmazonOut of scopeSeparate team
Walmart / TargetOut of scopeRetail
09 · Payback

Payback is the real constraint, not CAC.

At $29.99 a product, payback lives in the bundle and the subscription. Measure on 90-day cohorts.

Day 0first order
Day 30subscribe reorder
Day 60second line added
Day 90cohort read
10 · Scope

What this covers, and what it deliberately doesn’t.

CoversMeta creative and testing
The creator roster
Landing pages and offers
Weekly reporting
Doesn’tRetail and Amazon
Formulation
Pricing
Launch calendar
Gates

Gates, written before spend, so stopping isn’t a negotiation.

DayKeep going if (proposed)Stop or change if
141+ new ad holding spend at target CACNo new ad beats the control at equal spend
453+ winners; organic cost under $5 per 1,000Over $8 per 1,000
60Spend up 1.5× at target CACCAC over target for 14 days
9090-day cohort pays backFold winners into paid and stop
Order

What exists, what’s missing, and the order that’s forced.

PieceExists todayMissingForced order
ClaimsScience page, disclaimersOne creator sheet1st
Creative~2,600 ads, launch wavesDaily raw UGC2nd
CreatorsWhitelisted partnersA daily roster2nd
Landing pagesCollection pagesBundle pages per line3rd
Appendix

Every number, and where it came from.

FigureSourceType
~2,600 active adsMeta Ad Library, 28 Sept 2026Fact
$350K / $4M / $12M+ / $20M+ShipBob case studyReported
4.8 from 19,533tastesalud.com schemaFact
85M sticks soldtastesalud.comBrand claim
$29.99; up to 30% off bundlestastesalud.comFact
Margin, refund, repeatDaniloAssumed
Creators, budgets, gates, rampDaniloProposed
Start

Month one is where it starts.

Week one: your numbers, the claims sheet, and recruiting from existing partners. Five creators in week two, ten in week three.

Creator engine · Salud · 28 Sept 2026

Ten creators. Seven videos a week each. One new script every Monday.

Small Latina, family and fitness creators, each on a dedicated account, posting daily from scripts built on Salud’s own launch hooks, with breakouts whitelisted the way Salud already does.

10creators by week 3 (proposed)
~300videos a month (proposed)
<$15,000roster cap a month (proposed)
$1per 1,000 views, month-3 target

Photos: Salud, tastesalud.com. Figures marked “proposed” are Danilo’s plan.

01 · The program

The whole program on one table

PieceWhat it is (proposed)
Roster10 creators under 5,000 followers, at least 50% US
Output7 short videos a week each, on a dedicated account
PlatformsTikTok and Instagram Reels
ScriptsWritten by us every Monday. No two creators on the same script
ClaimsOne sheet, 24-hour review
PaidBreakouts whitelisted as partnership ads
MeasureCost per 1,000 organic views, then orders per creator link
02 · Track record

I have built this engine before

At Tabs I ran a creator program on the same model: small creators, dedicated accounts, scripts every week. It reached 100M+ organic views a month. Top posts: a 17.7M reel, an 8M TikTok and a 6.5M reel.

100M+organic views a month at Tabs (as stated by Danilo)
17.7Mtop reel
Weeklyscripts, reviews and scoring
03 · The content

What the content actually looked like

Talking to camera, stick into a bottle, filmed on a phone in a real kitchen. For Salud: the pour, the color, the first sip, the family table.

Tabs examples from Danilo’s own program.

04 · What performs

What makes a creator program perform

DriverWhat we do
Volume7 a week each, so there are enough shots at a breakout
VarietyA different angle per creator per week
SpeedDrafts reviewed within 24 hours
SelectionCreators scored monthly; the weakest slot is replaced
HooksThe stick and the pour in the first 2 seconds
05 · Output

What a roster actually ships

70videos a week at ten (proposed)
~300videos a month (proposed)
5–8new ads tested a week from that pool (proposed)
10accounts posting the same test video; 3 breakouts = it works

Two Tabs creator accounts, running as themselves (Danilo’s prior program).

06 · Remakes

Videos we’d remake

Ad 1
Ad 2
Ad 5
Ad 6
Ad 8
Ad 9
#SourceRunning / viewsReal hook (verbatim)Our version
1Pepino LimónSince 27 Aug“Your workout routine just got more refreshing.”Gym bag POV
2Uva creatineSince 27 Aug“Your daily creatine just got a lot easier.”Morning routine
3Flavor launch videoSince 27 Aug“…the flavored options actually taste good.”Blind taste of all four
4Founder-style videoSince 27 Aug“We wanted to make creatine easier…”Creator’s own why
5Mango hydrationSince 4 Sept“Stay hydrated and feel unstoppable”Checklist to camera
6Water bottleSince 27 Aug“Always carrying a water bottle but still looking for…”Relatable pain point
7Piña Mango focusSince 25 Aug“Bold sabor meets real focus.”3pm desk
8Modern Mexican CasitaSince 11 Sept“Creatine just got a Salud upgrade.”Kitchen creator format
9rddanielaaSince 4 Sept“Beauty routines don’t have to be complicated.”GRWM
10ChurroSince 15 Sept“The wait is over…”Unboxing the drop

Meta Ad Library, 28 Sept 2026.

08 · The hard part

The part that makes this hard, handled first

Salud names branded ingredients with clinical-sounding claims (Wellmune® “clinically shown to help improve general immune health”). Creators will round up.

RiskHow it’s handled
Ingredient claimsOnly Salud’s science-page wording, with the FDA disclaimer
CreatineNo muscle or weight promises
Sugar“1g or less”, “10 calories or less”, as printed
ComparisonsNever another brand’s numbers
DisclosurePaid label plus #ad
09 · Sourcing

How we find and test them

ChannelWhy
Existing partnersModern Mexican Casita, rddanielaa
Verified buyers19,533 reviews
TikTok Latina food and fitness tagsThe core audience
Collabstr food and wellnessPortfolio first
FilterTest
1 · PortfolioThree delivered assets
2 · Conflict checkNo deal with a direct competitor
3 · Claims testOne brief from the sheet
4 · Trial monthFull deliverables, real review
5 · RetainerWinners continue; the rest are cut by name
The kit every creator gets in week one (proposed)
10 · Shortlist

Creators we’d recruit first

No verified creator list in this package. Twenty slots by niche, filled from existing partners and TikTok search, under 5,000 followers.

11 · The model

The model in one screen

Band (proposed)Retainer / monthVideos / weekWho
US premium$800–1,5007US on-camera anchors
US standard$500–6007Steady US creators
International, on camera$5007Non-US, on camera
International, faceless$50010Product-only footage

At least 50% US. Fee plus bonus never passes $1,500 for US premium or $1,000 for other bands. Ten at ~$1,000 average is $10,000 a month before bonuses (proposed).

12 · Upside

Upside only where it earns it

$0under 100,000 views
+$50flat at 100,000 views (proposed)
To captop-up at 1,000,000 views (proposed)
1 / monthone bonus per creator, organic only

No bonus on a video that breached the claims sheet.

13 · Payback

Will it pay back?

$1 per 1,000 views on $10,000 a month needs ~10M views, or ~33,000 median per video. Realistic month 1–2 inputs land near $2.80–3.20. Plainly: $1 is the month-3 target, not month one.

Input (assumption)VideosViews
Median ~3,000~300900,000
Breakout tail at ~60,000~201,200,000
2–3 hits near 500,0002–31.0–1.5M
Total~300~3.1–3.6M → ~$2.80–3.20 per 1,000
14 · Ramp

We start with five, then ten

PeriodCreators (proposed)What happensCreator cap
Week 10Claims sheet, recruiting, account warm-ups—
Week 25First five live$5,000 / mo rate
Week 310All ten live$10,000 / mo rate
Day 4510Keep, cut or scale≤$12,500
Day 9010Decision gate≤$15,000
Ten slots, ten angles (proposed — creators still to be sourced)
SLOT 01 · HYDRATION
Gym bag
SLOT 02 · ENERGY
Desk at 3pm
SLOT 03 · CREATINE
Morning shake
SLOT 04 · IMMUNITY
Flight day
SLOT 05 · CALM + SLEEP
Night routine
SLOT 06 · HYDRATION
Hot-day pour
SLOT 07 · ENERGY
Commute
SLOT 08 · SKIN + BEAUTY
Shelfie
SLOT 09 · BUNDLE
Unboxing
SLOT 10 · MIXED
Abuela taste test
15 · Every Monday

What you get every Monday

CreatorBandPostsMedian viewsBest videoCost / 1,000BonusStatus
Creator 01US premium74,20062,000$3.40+$50Keep
Creator 02US standard72,1008,900$6.60$0Watch
Creator 03Intl on camera73,80041,000$3.15+$50Keep
Creator 04Intl faceless101,6005,200$7.80$0Replace
Creator 05US premium65,900118,000$2.30+$50Keep

Illustrative mockup, not real performance data.

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