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Ben Acott

Ben Acott: fractional CMO and growth advisor for consumer brands. Founding CMO at Feastables (MrBeast), early growth at Manscaped, CEO & CMO at Onnit, founder of Magnetic Labs.

building $B brands since Dreamweaver

Website under construction since 1999
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Ben Acott at a beige Pentium II desktop PC in 1999
🖥 Ben's 1999 Setup 🖥
CPU: Pentium II, 333 MHz
RAM: 64 MB
Hard Drive: 3.2 GB
Internet: 33.6k dial-up
OS: Windows 98
Browser: Netscape Navigator 4.0
Tools: Dreamweaver, Paint Shop Pro
Community: mIRC, AOL

Hi, I'm Ben. I've been on the internet since 1999, back when we laid pages out in tables and prayed to the Flash gods. Since then I've been founding CMO at Feastables with MrBeast, early growth at Manscaped through a billion-dollar valuation, and launched Willie Nelson's cannabis beverage line to $80M in year one. Along the way I've broken Shopify, crashed a few thousand storefronts, and built brands your group chat already knows.

Today I run Magnetic Labs, my venture and growth studio, building brands with the biggest celebrity talent on earth. That's where the big builds go. This page is for the smaller stuff: an hour, a roast, a fractional seat, a phone that gets answered.

I don't do "best practices." I build brands that hit like a movement. Sign the guestbook on your way out.

⏱ Book an hour on Intro
Every request goes through four questions first, so I can send you to the right door. Calendly is dead. Long live the form.
YOU ARE VISITOR 006821 since 04/12/1999
★ Feastables★ Manscaped★ Onnit★ Magnetic Labs★ Superpower★ Willie's Remedy★ $1.5B+ revenue across brands built or scaled★ 44 brands invested in★ 4 acquired★ Advisor to VC & PE★ Broke Shopify. Twice. ★ Feastables★ Manscaped★ Onnit★ Magnetic Labs★ Superpower★ Willie's Remedy★ $1.5B+ revenue across brands built or scaled★ 44 brands invested in★ 4 acquired★ Advisor to VC & PE★ Broke Shopify. Twice.

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Ben Acott, fractional CMO and founder of Magnetic Labs, 2026 ACTUAL PHOTO · 2026
same guy · better chair · 27 years later
Name
BEN ACOTT
Class: Outlaw / Operator · Guild: CPG
Level
26 years online · first site shipped 1999 (Dreamweaver, tables, Paint Shop Pro)
HP
$1.5B+ revenue across brands I started or scaled
MP
44 consumer brands invested in · 4 acquired
Current quest
MAGNETIC LABS · my venture & growth studio. Full builds with the biggest celebrity talent on earth. Big builds → magnetic.co. Small stuff → this page.
Special moves
Viral content · Celebrity deals & negotiations · Full-stack growth · Paid performance · Positioning · PMF validation · Building teams that outlast me · Four kids (product management, hard mode)
Weakness
"Best practices." Decks over 12 slides. Influencers who've never used the product.
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Brands I've built

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📁 C:\BEN\BRANDS\×
AddressC:\BEN\BRANDS\ (view: large icons · sorted by: year built)
0 object(s)Roles: founder · CMO · growth · advisor · investorDouble-click to open
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Guestbook

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★★★★★ 5.0 average across 51 reviews on Intro · guestbook entries marked "Intro review" are pasted verbatim
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Entries appear instantly. Ben's mum moderates.
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Ben's rants

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mIRC32 — [#culture-crushes-capital] · irc.benacott.com×
Topic: You can't buy culture. You create it. When you get it right, culture crushes capital.1,337 users · +nt
[23:41] *** Now talking in #culture-crushes-capital
[23:41] *** Topic set by benacott on 04/12/1999
[23:42] *** sf_techbro (founder@dtc.brand.us) has joined #culture-crushes-capital
[23:43] <sf_techbro> gm gm. we're a cracked, taste-driven team. product is insane. we just need a few creators and a bigger budget
[23:43] <benacott> Nobody is "cracked." The real ones never say it, and neither do their investors. I've hired a lot of people who ship. None of them introduced themselves with an adjective.
[23:44] <benacott> Taste was doing fine before it got a Series A. I used to say I had it. Then SF annexed the word. Now I just say I know what people actually buy, which was always the point.
[23:45] <sf_techbro> ok but do you talk to customers or do you have a data team for that
[23:45] <benacott> Customer obsession didn't die. People traded it for eyeballs. My most controversial growth tactic is talking to customers, in person, with my mouth. I'm told this is no longer standard practice. It pays better than the alternative.
[23:46] *** growth_hacker_9000 (hacks@ads.io) has joined #culture-crushes-capital
[23:47] <sf_techbro> we have PMF, retention's fine, just need distribution
[23:48] <benacott> Everyone has a product now. Almost nobody has a way to get it in front of people that costs less than the margin. That gap is the whole job. It's why the best operators I know work in growth, not product.
[23:48] <benacott> Creators, not influencers. Influencers rent you an audience for a post. Creators build with you and bring theirs for good. Pick partners who'd wear the brand if you never paid them.
[23:49] <benacott> Paid media amplifies. It doesn't originate. I'll build the performance engine and run it hard. But dollars only multiply what culture already started. Zero times a big budget is still zero.
[23:50] <sf_techbro> we're talking to a celeb. once that's signed it's basically done
[23:50] <benacott> The celebrity isn't the strategy. The product is. Talent amplifies what's already working and exposes what isn't, at scale, on day one. I've launched enough of these to know which way it's going by the end of week two.
[23:51] *** growth_hacker_9000 has quit (Ping timeout: ROAS)
[23:52] <sf_techbro> our team is ex-everything so we're good on hires
[23:52] <benacott> Résumés tell me where you've been. Receipts tell me what happens when you're in charge. I've watched a first-time founder outsell a team of ex-everything MBAs with a better product and a group chat. Give me the spiky one with a chip on their shoulder.
[23:53] <sf_techbro> AI writes most of our creative now, we ship 996
[23:54] <benacott> AI is a tool in my stack, not a religion in my bio. I burn a lot of tokens a day. It is not my co-founder, my edge, or my personality.
[23:55] <benacott> 996 is a cry for help. I have four kids and a company. That's its own operating system. Output is what I'm graded on, not the hours I post about.
[23:55] <ben_mum> Benjamin are you still on the computer
[23:56] <benacott> Most brands don't have a marketing problem. They have a "who is this for and why should they care" problem, and they're spending a million dollars a month on media to avoid answering it.
[23:57] *** sf_techbro was kicked by benacott (who is this for and why should they care)
[23:57] <ben_mum> dinner's ready
[23:58] *** you are now known as future_client
benacott:
@benacott · +ben_mum · sf_techbro · growth_hacker_9000 · your_competitor · you
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Rates & ordering

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Door #1 — an hour · on IntroWhat you getPrice
The RoastSend your site, ads and product page. I tell you what's wrong and what to do Monday. Popular with founders who are sick of nice feedback.Introbook direct
Strategy 1:1One problem, one hour, one plan. Launches, creator deals, positioning, hiring your first growth lead.Introbook direct
CMO mentoringFor marketing leaders who want a sparring partner who's sat in the seat and been fired from it.Introbook direct
Door #2 — a quarter or more · by applicationWhat you getPrice
Fractional CMOI join your exec team. Brand, creative, growth architecture, hiring, the Shopify stack. Executive leadership without the exec comp. 3–6 months.from $12kper month
90-day growth sprintFor CPG brands with traction. Strategy workshops, creative direction, performance setup, and a team trained to keep it running when I leave.from $12kper month
Advisory retainerMonthly strategy sessions, creative reviews, and a phone that gets answered. For CMOs and teams who want the reps without the seat.Aska few at a time
Best fit: consumer brands between $5M and $500M that want to be a movement, not a media plan. Founders, CMOs, and PE/VC portfolios. If you sell software, I know people. If you sell something someone unboxes, talk to me.
⏱ Book on Intro

FAQ

Who is Ben Acott?

A consumer brand operator and fractional CMO. Founding CMO at Feastables with MrBeast, early growth at Manscaped, launched Willie Nelson's cannabis beverage brand, CEO & CMO at Onnit, and founder of Magnetic Labs, a venture and growth studio building brands with celebrity talent. Building on the internet since 1999.

What does Ben actually do?

Smaller engagements (a one-hour strategy session, a brand roast, CMO mentoring) are booked on Intro. Larger engagements (fractional CMO from $12k/month, 90-day growth sprints, advisory retainers) are by application through the form on this page. Full brand builds run through Magnetic Labs.

How do I book?

For an hour: intro.co/benacott. For anything bigger: hit "Work with me," answer four questions, and Ben replies personally within 48 hours.

What kinds of brands is this for?

Consumer and CPG brands between roughly $5M and $500M that want to grow through culture, creators and product, not paid media alone. Founders, CMOs, and PE/VC portfolios.

WINAMP · BEN'S PLAYLIST
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1. Ben Acott — culture_crushes_capital.mp3 (3:47) *** 2. Feastables — Zero To Fastest Snack (2:21) *** 3. Willie's Remedy — 80M In Year One (feat. Willie) (4:20) *** 4. Manscaped — Below The Belt Billion (3:03) *** 5. Onnit — Total Human (2:59) ***
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