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I am Santosh Panda - an entrepreneur and avid knowledge seeker. Have a look around š I write blogs, share excellent curated content under knowledgebase, mentor startup founders, consult startups for product-led-marketing growth and run a newsletter.
Product-led-marketing Growth
I grew my startups from bootstrapping to $11m gross revenue, I had a series of challenges to overcome to become profitable.
We could get grow the business in a very frugal way by following the Product-led-marketing growth methodologies:
- Excellent Product development & management process
- Fastest Product Iterations (We iterated the product for 7 years)
- Excellent Customer success process (Having 50+ score in NPS survey)
- Inbound Marketing
- Social WOM (We built a brand with WOM)
- Customer Retentions (>65% customer retention over 7 years)
- Referrals
I consult startups to help them in refining their process and setup Product-led-marketing methodologies.
My Newsletter
My Blog Posts
Blog Posts
| Name | Published Date | Tags |
|---|---|---|
10 emails that made my journey from Bootstrap to 100% Dead to Profit | May 6, 2020 | StartupIntroEmpathy |
Finland, the Year 2000 and love for startups | Feb 4, 2020 | StartupFinland |
How I transformed my business from a low-ticket model to enterprise SaaS in the South East Asia market | Nov 8, 2019 | StartupSaaSSellingSouth East Asia |
Meetupās Network Effect will diminish | Oct 18, 2019 | StartupPricingNetwork Effect |
Musings on Founder Mentality | Oct 8, 2018 | FounderStartup |
Startup Mentoring
I initiated a "probono" mentoring network to supportĀ startup founders from India's 2nd/3rd tier city and also South East Asia. I could hear and guide 175+ startup founders during May, June and July 2020. We created a vibrant community called "Grittiest" (a WhatsApp group) to support each other.
I also support various VCs, Angels and Startup folks as part of their mentoring initiatives.
Here are some of the appreciations for my work: