Hey, I’m Sam
I’ve spent the past decade helping startups scale from 0 to 8-figures, leading marketing for products that reached 8M+ users. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this:

Most startups don’t have a marketing problem. They have a customer understanding problem.

I’ve seen it happen over and over:

- A startup hits $2M ARR and suddenly, what used to work: founder-led sales, scrappy paid acquisition- stops scaling.
- They try the usual fixes: more ad spend, new channels, hiring an agency - but nothing moves the needle.
- They burn cash testing random tactics without actually knowing what makes customers buy, stay, and refer.

That’s where I come in.

I don’t believe in blind optimizations or playbook strategies.
 
I believe in getting inside your customers’ heads, so we can build a growth system that’s actually designed to work for your unique audience and business.

What Makes Growth Studio different?
Most agencies move too slow.
They hand you off to junior teams who’ve never actually scaled a business.
They build “strategies” in a vacuum - without ever talking to your customers.

That’s not how we operate.

We work directly with founders to get to the root of why their growth has stalled - and move fast to fix it.

✔️ We start by deeply understanding your customers - what they need, what makes them convert, and why they stick around.
✔️ We take full ownership of your paid acquisition & growth strategy - no outsourcing to a junior team.
✔️ We act as an embedded growth partner - not a consultant handing over a deck.

This isn’t about quick wins. It’s about building a scalable acquisition system that compounds over time - so you can grow without the guesswork.

Learn more: https://joingrowthstudio.com

Samantha Leal

Aazar Ali Shad

Grown several tech companies from 0 to 8 figures I Paid Social Growth Marketer I I deconstruct paid marketing so you can level up.

After 5 years in sales, I moved to marketing.

Frankly, I love it. I learned marketing by starting 2 startups and side hustles. 

Then, I found my Ikagai: Growth Marketing. I became Head of Growth at Userpilot (Grew it to 7-figures and beyond). And then, I moved to become an advisor.

Now, I have grown several tech/SaaS companies from 0 to 8 figures. Currently, I lead paid social and growth initiatives at 3 different D2C tech companies. 


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❇️ Podcast: Growth Marketing Stories
I deconstruct how companies grow with marketing and share learnings along the way. Folks from Wistia, Postscript, Buffer, Truebill, Airtable, Oribi, Attentive, PandaDoc, Baremetrics, CXL, and many others have joined. Give it a listen here: https://pod.co/growth-marketing-stories/

Thank you for visiting my profile. Feel free to reach out at aazar@aazarshad.com.

Growth Marketing Consultant

Providing growth marketing consultancy and advisory services with:

- Paid Social
- Paid Search
- Content Marketing & SEO
- Conversion Rate Optimization

Invested in: Maven, Gumroad, Vuvei Ventures, Synthesis, Userpilot, Breshna and more.

Current clients: MakerKids and Prequel.

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