OpusClip

OpusClip is the world's leading AI video editing agent that turns any type of long-form video into short, shareable clips and compilations.

As the head of strategic partnerships I'm responsible for strategic initiatives including technology alliances, the OpusClip API Partner Program, and our enterprise offering.

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Partnership Leaders

Chapter Host - San Francisco 

(various)

Presenting and hosting workshops on partnerships, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
My TEDx talk "There is No Luck. Only Good Marketing." gained +500k views.

Public Speaker

Hopin

Responsible for key strategic partners (Youtube, Meta, Linkedin etc.) of our live streaming business, StreamYard, on which most of the company's revenue depends.

Director, Strategic Partnerships: StreamYard & Streamable

Responsible for Hopin's app store and product partnerships for emerging products in the Hopin suite.

Past milestones include: 
- Grew from 0 to +50 high-quality, vetted Hopin partner integrations in one year.
- Launched key partnerships with Linkedin, HubSpot, Salesforce, and more.
- Developed partner program (internal / external enablement, co-selling playbooks etc) from scratch.
- Improved key product metrics to increase retention among our most important customer segments

Senior Partnerships Manager, Product Partnerships 

Hire #16 and #3 on the go-to-market team. My favourite achievements:

- Helped to move hundreds of thousands of events online during the onset of the covid pandemic
- Invented the job of "virtual events manager" and helped clients stay employed
- Created hundreds of jobs at our partner agencies who ran thousands of events per month.

Other milestones include: 

- Closed +$2M in sales deal in six months while developing our agency partner program
- Developed and sold Hopin's first ever annual (+$50k) and enterprise deals (+$120k).
- Closed +90 deals in 2020, largest deal size +$400k
- Identified the opportunity and built the Hopin Events Agency Program from scratch.
- The agency program ultimately grew to +300 agencies which generated +$13M in revenue. 
- Managed a team of partner managers to oversee our agency co-selling motion. 
- Interviewed hundreds of team members and key execs, growing Hopin to +1,200 employees
- Helped Hopin achieve global coverage through event agencies within four month.
- The agency program ultimately would replace our entire event services function.

Head of Agency Partnerships

StreamYard

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Tick. Done.

Tick. Done. is the micro-video platform for instant knowledge sharing. Together with our team and my co-founders, Cedric (CTO, INSEAD) and Jess (CMO, former co-founder of UK unicorn Blippar), we are on a mission to empower a billion people with a million new skills. 

- To date, raised funding of +£550k from top VCs like Seedcamp and Ascension Ventures
- Featured by Forbes, Product Hunt #1 of the Day, Apple App Store, Slush, and more
- Overseeing strategy, marketing, and product management
- Recruiting, managing, and grateful to our team of 12 legends
- Establishing partnerships, e.g. Google AMP Project (featured at AMP Tokyo and Google I/O)

Co-Founder & CEO

Zinc VC

Entrepreneur in the first cohort of Zinc VC, a mission-driven startup incubator backed by LocalGlobe. Together with 50 bright minds, I embarked on a nine-month journey to find co-founders and a startup idea that will address some of the world's most pressing issues.

- Selected for the inaugural cohort (<5% acceptance rate)
- Built a network of mentors and advisors among London's top founders and investors
- Assembled an all-star team: thanks Jess (former Unicorn founder) and Cedric (tech genius)
- Conducted user research and rapidly tested and iterated towards our idea for Tick. Done.
- Raised +£550k after pitching to a variety of partners and investors

Entrepreneur 

Rolling Promotion

At Rolling Promotion, we offered an environmentally friendly and innovative approach to advertising. Selected for the Startup Bootcamp Accelerator "Smart City and Living '17" Cohort.

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

RockBoost - The Dutch Growth Hacking Agency

Rockboost Growth Hacking Agency is one of the leading Dutch agencies for growth consulting and education. A Growth Hacker is a creative marketer, product manager, and data analyst all together, whos true north is growth.

- Educated SME customers on growth methodologies and implementing growth processes 
- Conducted qual/quant research and experiments with clients in Europe and Latin America 
- Leveraged a diverse range of strategies (data analysis & machine learning in R & Python, smoke screens, A/B testing, etc.) to run iterative experiments for clients and discover untapped marketing opportunities

Growth Hacker

ECE Students

Founding member, external relations manager, and talk show host of the Erasmus Center For Entrepreneurship Students' "Minimum Viable Talkshow", an event with high-profile guests aimed at delivering hands-on advice to student entrepreneurs.

- Responsible for acquiring and interviewing high-profile guests such as Christian Stadil (Investor at Danish "Shark Tank"), Jan-Peter Balkenende (Former Dutch Prime Minister), and Marian Van Loon (President of Royal Dutch Shell NL).
- Developed the talk show and event format, growing to an audience size of +150 students
- Managed and maintained existing relationships with speakers and sponsors

External Relations Manager & Talk Show Host

Strategic Partnerships @ StreamYard | Captain @ The Partner Ship 🚢

Franz Schrepf is the Head of Strategic Partnerships at OpusClip, the #1 AI video editing tool used by 6M+ creators and businesses around the world. 

Before Opus he was the #16 employee at Hopin and StreamYard, a virtual events and live streaming company which Sifted called "Europe's fastest growing startup of all time." 
 
His new book, "The Book on Partnerships: How Startups Work With Partners To Sell More, Add Features, And Get Acquired.", is a foundational guide full of stories and insights from 50+ industry experts that explain the power of partnerships in the most basic terms.  

Franz is also a frequent contributor and speaker on the topic of partnerships on podcasts, blogs, events, and conferences as well as the host of one of the most popular partnership podcasts, The Partner Ship 🚢.

Originally from Germany, Franz lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco, where he organizes monthly partnerships meetups together with the Partnerships Leaders community.

Franz-Josef Schrepf (FJS)

Aydan Al-Saad

Skillstore

Building the new way to share, learn and make a living from your skills.

Creator Leaders

The UK’s leading network of Creators, Leaders and Entrepreneurs

Co-Founder & Connector

AYDAN A LTD

Reaching over 20M+ people a month for over 2 years.

I’ve worked with brands like Indeed, Natwest, UK Gov, TikTok, Amazon, Kit, Circle, Vodafone, Fairmont Hotels, and Creators HQ backed by the UAE Government.

In 2024 alone, we turned down over 100 companies — I only collaborate with brands that align with my values and help people in their careers and lives.

Want to work together? Get in touch at team@aydanalsaad.com

Founder

Career Stack

Week-ish newsletter sharing career insights & advice by Aydan Al-Saad

Founder & Creator

Virgin StartUp

Helps the next generation of founders in the UK start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about.

Mentor & StartUp Advisor

Indeed

Creating valuable career insights around the world for Indeed's social media channels!

Brand Ambassador

Raleigh International

I want to use my role as Ambassador for Raleigh and my platform to help more people see the power of volunteering and how focusing on impact and purpose can drive more fulfilling career decisions.

Startups

Aydan is a Startup Advisor, Fractional CRO and Angel Investor at a number of promising startups & organisations including Piper, Prehendo, Cafe, Betmate, Cord, Loyal, HouseScanner and more in stealth!
 
Please feel free to reach out to me, I can be particularly helpful to:
* Seed/Series A Founders looking to build GTM motion / team
* Early stage founders looking to raise investment 
* Anyone interested in exciting early stage opportunities

To learn more please go to aydanalsaad.com

Startup Advisor & Angel Investor

Betmate

• GTM positioning
• Investor fundraising

GTM Advisor & Angel Investor

Interlock Capital

A community driven angel syndicate and VC fund.

Venture Partner

GTM Leader | Startup Advisor | Content Creator | Presenter | Community Builder | Angel Investor | Founder of London Startup Club

Aydan is an entrepreneur, content creator, GTM startup advisor, angel investor, presenter and community builder with over 350,000 followers and 200M views across social media.

Experience Overview:
💰15 years Sales & Marketing experience 
❤️ 7 years Leadership of global teams
👊🏽 3 years of GTM advisory & coaching founders
🙏🏽 2 years Angel investing in Startups
👋🏽 Founder of 2 communities - Creator Leaders & London Startup Club (inactive)
📱 18 months experience as Content Creator - 0 to 350k Followers & 200M+ views across social channels.

Notable startup journeys...
🦄 Hopin: Joined at $3M ARR -> $100M ARR (2020-2022) 
🚀 Hired: Joined at $500k -> $10M ARR (2015-2020)
🥷 Stealth: Founder $0 -> 🐪 (2025-)

Aydan can help support you in the following areas:

> Content Led Sales
> Revenue Growth
> Founder Sales Coaching
> Building a Personal Brand
> Content Strategy 

To find out more about me, visit here: https://www.aydanalsaad.com/

Brand Partner & Content Creator

Aydan Al-Saad 👊🏽

My greatest partnership began 11 years ago today…

…the day I met my wife-to-be.

We met at a wedding in random city....

Cincinnati.

We lived in different countries.

We had very different careers.

And came from different worlds.

But somehow, we built a life together anyway.

Today we have a family, a home, a son…
 and a partnership stronger than anything I could’ve imagined.

In business I talk a lot about founders, teammates, investors…

But none of them compare to the partner who believed in me before anyone else did.

Here’s to the person who changed everything. ❤️

Creator Entrepreneur + Interviewer. Building Skillstore and Creator Leaders. Sharing the journey along the way 👇

Today is the BIG DAY.

Skillstore launches at 12pm today.

What started as a problem.

Became an idea, then a “dream”.

Months of hard work, failure and learnings led to where we get to today.

An MVP with some of the UK leading creators & entrepreneurs sharing their skills that made it happen for them.

For creators & educators, Skillstore allows you:
• Add a revenue stream
• Build an email list
• Grow a personal brand

For people learning on Skillstore, this is the fastest and curated way to get skills to own your career. 

I wish I had this when I want younger, but I’m happy to have this now to learn more.

12pm I’ll drop a link in the comments here ⬇️

I can’t wait to share it all with you.

(All feedback is welcome at this early stage!)

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Welcome to Skillstore. The platform built to teach the skills school never did.

Today, we officially launch with some of the UK’s leading creators, entrepreneurs and leaders 

All sharing the real, practical skills that actually move your life and career forward.

The skills you wish you learned years ago:

• How to sell
• How to build
• How to start a business
• How to grow on social media
• How to take control of your career

We’ve been partnering with some of the most respected and trusted voices in the UK people who have actually done it, so you can learn in minutes, not months.

And if you’re a creator who wants to:

• Grow your audience
• Build your personal brand
• Create more revenue streams
• Package and sell your skills

Then Skillstore was built for you too.

Creators are the new educators.

And today, we start proving it.

Join us via the link in the comments

I’m 37! Here are 20 things my 20-year old self I can’t believe I’ve done…
(Save this if you’re on your own journey.)

1. Be called a "Creator".
2. Get paid to attend the F1.
3. Launched my own startup.
4. Do an advert for NatWest.
5. Be invited to film premieres.
6. Interview for LADbible Group.
7. Earn a living by making videos.
8. Get offered the UAE Golden Visa.
9. Hit over 500M views across platforms.
10. Been invited to 10 Downing Street 4 times.
11. Built a community of 400,000+ people online.
12. Have a 2+ year Brand Partnership with Indeed.
13. Helped thousands of people with their careers.
14. Interview my childhood hero, Sir Alex Ferguson.
15. Get investment into my dream from Simon Squibb.
16. Filmed with Gary Vee, the OG Creator Entrepreneur.
17. Selected into a global accelerator out of 1,131 applicants.
18. Host the live stream at Dell Technologies World in Vegas.
19. Speak at the biggest Tech and Creator Events in the World.
20. Interview some of the UK's biggest entrepreneurs like Steven Bartlett and Chris Donnelly.

And I still feel like I’m just getting started...

Everything I’ve done came from one thing:
Keep on putting myself our there.

Skillstore launches on Monday.
Another step into the unknown. 

For everyone who wants to build a life they can’t believe they achieved.

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👉 Follow me if you’re on your own unconventional path.
♻️ Share this if it might inspire someone.

The idea of Skillstore comes from building up all these skills through my whole career… (launch, T- 3 days).

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