Enabling growthwherever it matters.

Join the journey of a college dropout turned entrepreneur, a Y Combinator backed founder, a 0 to 1 growth operator, a full-time marketer and, most importantly, a learner.

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Marketer. Founder. Writer.

I'm from Chennai. I left college in 2015 to learn by doing. I served burgers, led a youth organisation across Nepal, and in 2019 co-founded my first startup. Two years later, Y Combinator backed it.

Today I help startups grow. Through The Growth Mastermind I advise founders on marketing and growth, from positioning to their first go-to-market motion. I write the Whatever Matters newsletter, host a podcast with people building things that matter, and run workshops and talks for founders, marketers and students. I work from Stuttgart.

Growth is not a department. It is the whole point.

  1. 2015

    Dropped out of college

  2. 2019

    Co-founded my first startup

  3. 2021

    Backed by Y Combinator (W21)

  4. Today

    Marketing and growth advisor to startups

Conversations, stages and studios.

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Narayanan on stage speaking to an audience
Narayanan with a team in a studio
Narayanan at an AIESEC event in Kathmandu
Narayanan recording a podcast conversation with Monyputhy Ly
Narayanan speaking on a panel
Narayanan on stage speaking to an audience
Narayanan with a team in a studio
Narayanan at an AIESEC event in Kathmandu
Narayanan recording a podcast conversation with Monyputhy Ly
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Long conversations with people building things that matter.

Builders, operators and writers on the decisions, detours and craft behind their work.

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