Growth Studio

Growth Studio helps early stage and high-growth founders scale from $3m to $25m ARR through strategic growth direction and execution. 

We start with deep customer research to build your growth roadmap, then take ownership of implementation—managing your paid acquisition, optimizing conversion funnels, designing growth experiments, and orchestrating your retention strategy. 

Built by operators who've scaled companies to $XXM+ ARR, we provide the strategic leadership of a CMO plus hands-on campaign management, all without the overhead of building an in-house team.

Founder

Samantha Leal • Growth & Marketing Advisor

I help early-stage startups with acquisition, retention, and monetization strategies to scale to 8-figures.

If you're a founder, here are some of the areas that I can help you with:
• Growth Loops
• Acquisition Strategy
• Paid Social
• Lifecycle / Email Marketing
• Customer Research / JTBD development
• Content Marketing
• Conversion Rate Optimization
• Engagement & Retention
• Monetization
• Team building / Hiring


Companies I've worked with:
- Kinedu (500 Startups, StartX): Leading early childhood development app that empowers parents with personalized, science-based activities and tracking tools to optimize their baby's cognitive growth.
- Leadsales (StartX, Latitud): B2B sales automation platform that transforms cold leads into warm conversations through intelligent outreach and engagement.
- Terapify (YC, 500 Startups) - The leading spanish-speaking mental health platform connecting Latin American users with licensed therapists through online therapy sessions.
- Prequel - Education company building the common core of life skills that schools aren't teaching, empowering kids aged 9-18 to launch businesses, build products, and achieve real-world success.
- Curious Cardinals - Online platform connecting high-achieving college students from top universities with K-12 students for personalized mentorship and academic enrichment.
- Huex Labs - Enterprise AI solutions provider specializing in automating complex business processes through custom machine learning models.
-Mely AI - Cutting-edge AI platform that streamlines customer service operations through intelligent automation and natural language processing.

Growth & Marketing Advisor

Prequel

Leading all marketing and growth efforts for Prequel.

We often underestimate what kids can do, but at Prequel, we not only empower them – we are setting a new standard.

At Prequel, we help 9-18 year olds accomplish what their parents think is impossible.

Head of Growth & Marketing

Prequel is a group of EdTech brands that aims to help the world's most ambitious kids learn 21st century skills that prepares them for the new global economy. Our brands include: AlphaX, Beta Camp, and Apollo School.

Head of Marketing

Synthesis

Scaling the best ideas from Ad Astra, the school our cofounder started with Elon Musk at SpaceX. Synthesis teaches kids 8 to 14 collaboration, critical thinking, and decision-making skills by challenging them to wrestle with complex simulations of real-world problems.

As the Director of Marketing I was responsible for setting the strategy and overseeing marketing functions including user acquisition, customer LTV through communication strategies, lifecycle engagement campaigns, conversion efforts, and product marketing.

Within 8 months, as a team of 3 in the marketing team, managed to spearhead their growth efforts and scale the number of paying subscribers by 340%

Director of Marketing

YSpace, York University

YSpace is York University’s entrepreneurship hub creating positive change by fostering a community of innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. 

As a Growth Consultant, I provided strategic and tactical guidance to specifically assigned ventures on their user and revenue development goals.

Two of the companies I mentored, ended as the top 5 finalists on YSpace Tech Accelerator Demo Day.

• Huex Labs - developed AIDA, a voice-enabled conversational AI to enable food chains and brands to better serve their customers in live business environments.

• Mely AI - an enterprise AI-powered solution, with a proprietary technology to extract key information from complex documents and specialized in Supply Chain and Logistics.

Growth Consultant

Kinedu

Kinedu's mission is to unleash early childhood development at scale by fostering quality learning experiences at home, school, and everywhere in between. 

Trusted by more than 8MM parents worldwide, Kinedu's iOS and Android app is available in 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) and provides personalized, engaging video-based developmental activities for children under the age of 4.

Joined Kinedu in early 2014 as the 1st marketing hire and employee #4.

Responsible for all consumer growth-related functions including user acquisition, customer LTV through communication strategies, lifecycle engagement campaigns, conversion efforts, product marketing, partnerships, and pricing.

VP of Growth Marketing

Joined Kinedu in early 2014 as the 1st marketing hire and employee #4.

- Define marketing objectives and strategies to support the company’s goals.
- Plan and execute marketing, email, and social media, and user acquisition campaigns
- Design, build and maintain social media presence and community management
- Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
- Analyze user behavior, conversion data and customer journeys, funnel analysis and multi-channel attribution
- Identify trends to optimize spend and performance
- Design and implement new growth strategies
- Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests
- Collaborate with Product and Design teams to optimize user experience and increase conversion rates
- Customer insights, and feedback loops

Content

Hey, I'm Sam 👋
When I discovered growth marketing, something clicked. It perfectly blends what fascinates me: understanding people and building systems that make businesses grow.

Over the past decade, I've helped startups scale from 0 to 8-figures by looking at growth holistically. For me, it's never just about finding one magic lever - it's about building a complete system that works. From scaling products to 8M+ users to helping founders navigate their path to $XXM in revenue, I've learned that sustainable growth comes from understanding the full picture.

What sets my approach apart? I look at your entire customer journey - from acquisition to activation, conversion to monetization. It starts with deeply understanding your customers and product, then building a growth system that connects all these pieces. No generic playbooks, no isolated tactics - just strategic moves that compound over time.

I'm known for moving fast and diving deep. Instead of following generic playbooks, I help startups find their unique path to scale by deeply understanding their customers. The result? Growth strategies that actually work for their specific business.

If you're at $3M+ ARR and want to scale efficiently while maintaining strong unit economics, would love to chat.

Want to know more? Check out samanthaleal.io

Samantha Leal

BrainStorm Creative Agency

Design and implement remote solutions to help startups and tech companies simplify operations.

Support business growth by streamlining project management and delivering tailored services.

Optimize workflows and processes to enhance efficiency and achieve business goals.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with client objectives.

Use advanced digital tools and data-driven insights to offer smart, effective solutions.

Empower businesses to succeed by improving scalability, productivity, and client satisfaction.

Hello Infantry

Improved the "cancellation due to 'condition/quality' rate" from 13% to 5.5% in less than a year.

Led a team of 13 staff members to increase workplace engagement and enhance customer service metrics and productivity.

Managed a team of 10 employees to achieve weekly sales goals of $35,000 to $40,000. Assisted with sales, inventory, training, and scheduling for a staff of 20 employees.

Assisted with sales, inventory, training, and scheduling of 13 employees; created weekly/quarterly staffing forecasts, resulting in on-budget success.

Conducted system integration, user acceptance, and quality assurance testing for enterprise implementations with up to 12,000 global users.

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Accelerant Sales Group

Achieved sales targets exceeding 10-20% through excellent customer service, salesmanship, and dynamic presentation skills.

Achieved 70% of the resolution time goal by ensuring timely and professional responses to all complaints, requests, and queries received.

Facilitated daily professional development classes for clients after completing extensive training hours.

Assisted with onboarding and professional development for a marketing team. Conducted employee reviews for a team.

Executed numerous short-term projects for professional development and community service.

Sales Professional

ibex.digital

Consistently met and exceeded sales quotas set by management, achieving strong sales each quarter.

Gained valuable knowledge in sales, marketing, service, and business development through intensive training.

Ranked as the top performer among competitors in terms of overall sales.

Contributed to a significant increase in brand loyalty by focusing on relationship management practices.

Played a key role in increasing monthly sales revenue through strategic efforts.

Helped the team achieve sales goals using my extensive knowledge of retail products and services.

Exceeded individual sales targets by a significant margin.

Sales Management Specialist

ePlanet Communications Inc

Completed a customer service representative program for several weeks.

Successfully resolved a high volume of customer issues daily, resulting in significant improvements.

Improved customer service reviews and maintained an excellent customer service fill rate.

Provided outstanding customer service and successfully sold multiple products.

Created a database to resolve customer and product queries efficiently, ensuring consistent and reliable service while increasing efficiency.

Cultivated strong customer relationships and resolved service requests in a timely manner, leading to a notable increase in yearly sales.

Coached and developed a team of sales and customer service representatives, fostering their growth and success.

Customer Service Executive

Sainsbury's

Managed and accounted for a large number of transactions while providing customer service support.

Supported a team by keeping their workflow organized, which helped maintain effective customer service.

Led a team and oversaw site operations and customer service for an extended period.

Collaborated with a team to enhance machine efficiency and improve the customer experience regarding parts and service ownership.

Trained a team in customer service, sales, and product quality.

Nominated for the 'Service Champion' award and achieved the highest customer service ranking among multiple branches during my employment.

Customer Service Team Lead

I help startups, B2B, and tech companies grow with remote services and digital strategies | 🔔 for growth tips and tech insights

I help startups and software companies simplify their projects and reduce stress with smart remote solutions.

My mission is to make work easier, faster, and more organized so businesses can focus on growth and success.

As the founder of Brainstorm Creative, I have extensive experience collaborating with tech companies and startups to solve challenges and deliver results.

I take the time to understand each business's unique needs and tailor solutions that work best for them.

If you're looking for support to manage projects more effectively or streamline your processes, let's connect. I’m here to help your business thrive with efficient and innovative remote solutions.

Thank you,
Ehsan Vohra

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