Cliff Bersani grew up in Hong Kong and speaks near-native Mandarin, then spent three years as an early member of Xiaomi's international expansion team where he helped drive hundreds of millions of dollars in sales as the company became the world's third-largest smartphone brand. He leads Mucker's presence in the Midwest and East Coast from New York City, focusing on pre-seed and seed companies while building educational programming and writing tactical content for founders on specific growth topics like Reddit scaling and early sales compensation. Cliff Bersani grew up in Hong Kong and speaks near-native Mandarin, then spent three years as an early member of Xiaomi's international expansion team where he helped drive hundreds of millions of dollars in sales as the company became the world's third-largest smartphone brand. He leads Mucker's presence in the Midwest and East Coast from New York City, focusing on pre-seed and seed companies while building educational programming and writing tactical content for founders on specific growth topics like Reddit scaling and early sales compensation.