Hi, I am Salik Shah. I’m a fractional CMO & ghostwriter for pre-seed, early to growth-stage startups and VCs.
I'm among the top 1% of Expert-Vetted Sales & Marketing talent on Upwork with 15+ years of experience working with global startups and Fortune 500 companies.
I work closely with founders and top management to launch, pivot and scale their business with ROI-driven, end-to-end, data-driven design, strategy and storytelling.
I am the author of Solve Scale: An Evolutionary Approach to Building, Marketing & Scaling AI & Web3 Startups. The book builds upon the lean startup methodology with in-depth case studies featuring Apple, Netflix, Coinbase, Bitcoin, OpenAI and Palantir Technologies. **
My recent successes include help raise $1 Million for a B2B AI company, helping revamp a Shopify store, part of a $21M brand, and developing the GTM for a pre-seed Web3 e-commerce platform in Australia and a global commerce platform in Japan.
Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
I power startups with design, strategy and storytelling.
As a brand consultant, growth hacker, copywriter, community leader and marketing director, I have built, led and grown digital marketing teams and campaigns from scratch for early-stage startups and multinational brands.
I have written and designed fundraising pitches and presentations for the biggest venture capital and IT/Consulting firms in the world.
My speaker deck on branding/copywriting has gone viral and trended on Linkedin/Slideshare with 50K+ views and hundreds of downloads.
If you’re looking for a proven fractional CMO to build, manage and grow your personal or portfolio brands, let’s speak: Calendly.
PS. Way Back Machine: Here’s an early draft of my content manifesto for startups and brands (2012).
Tldr: Focus on solving customer pain points. Search intent-driven content/product wins.
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