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Dimitri Visnadi
5.0 · +11 more
Blaine
Founder · Permit Hound
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Hamel Shah
Co-Founder · CarrotsAndCake
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Lena Sesardic
Product Manager
"Knowing I can always book a call to help me clarify what I'm doing is the best feeling in the world."
Minh
Solo Founder · SEOmatic
"I like to set my own strategies and then get help from experts to improve on them and check if I'm on the…"
Nicola Rubino
Growth Marketing Consultant · nicorubino
"It gave me fast access to expert-level insights that I couldn't get from academic research or user surveys…"
Annie Chen
Head of Marketing · DOWN Dating App
"Sometimes I'm stuck at one step and all I need is someone who can share experiences of what they did when…"
Carlos Terol
Co-Founder · Bagmaya
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Luka Karsten Breitig
Co-Founder · The Happy Beavers
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Co-Founder · Acie
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Maria Ledentsova
Digital Marketing Manager · magier
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Kate Bojkov
Head of Growth · EmbedSocial
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Co-founder · BiosectRx
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Anastasia Rubleva
Head of Growth · Rapid Dev
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Andrew McBurney
CEO & Co-founder · Review Robin
"You should cut out 99% of the things that you're thinking about."
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12 featured mentors
Why this mentor
Dimitri helps established ecommerce founders align agencies, channels and customer data, making him a strong fit for reviewing fragmented marketing plans.
Matthias Stepancich
Growth & Performance Marketing Leader | Ex-Tesla | I help you scale acquisition and know what's actually working
Why this mentor
Matthias brings acquisition leadership at Tesla and lastminute.com to questions about channel investment, measurement quality and whether reported returns justify more spending.
Guy Fitzpatrick
Fractional CMO for B2B & Consumer Tech (Seed to Series C) | Prev. Mozilla, heycater! & Kitchen Stories
Why this mentor
Guy has built marketing strategies across B2B and consumer technology, giving you an experienced sounding board for channel priorities and growth assumptions.
Why this mentor
Miranda combines global CMO experience with time at Google and Facebook to review marketing direction, agency choices and the balance between brand and performance.
Pablo Asensio
Fractional CGO/CMO | Growth and Marketing leader | GTM | PLG | Fintech
Why this mentor
Pablo has led growth at head and executive level across four companies, with particular experience diagnosing stalled growth and improving marketing returns.
Ilia Markov
Growth advisor for Seed-to-Series B B2B SaaS – PLG strategy, content, AI Optimization (AIO), and attribution
Why this mentor
Ilia has built growth systems inside B2B SaaS companies, making him useful for reviewing go-to-market choices when a self-serve business stalls.
Erika Hakala
Demand engine builder for scaling B2B SaaS | Founder & board advisor | ex-Onfido, Speechmatics, Tinybird
Why this mentor
Erika has built demand generation at scaling B2B SaaS companies, helping you assess whether channel choices and funnel targets support your revenue plan.
Serhat Hocazade
3x founding marketing hire | Positioning, pipeline, paid ads, AI for marketing teams | ex Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn
Why this mentor
Serhat has built marketing and revenue teams from scratch, making him useful for reviewing whether positioning, channel investment and team responsibilities fit together.
Craig Zingerline
Six-time founder helping companies grow with strategies that advance product adoption & revenue.
Why this mentor
Craig brings experience building companies and leading growth teams to diagnosing whether your next priority sits in acquisition, activation or retention.
Why this mentor
Tom has led growth teams as a founder, agency partner and in-house CMO, offering useful perspective when evaluating marketing plans and agency scope.
Eugen Ilie
Growth Marketing | Digital Marketing | Revenue Growth | 20+ Years of Experience
Why this mentor
Eugen combines growth marketing, product and analytics experience to examine whether your acquisition and retention decisions support sustainable revenue and sound unit economics.
Why this mentor
Gennady brings fractional CMO experience across startup, scaleup and enterprise marketing, helping you assess strategy alongside the team’s ability to execute it.
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When a marketing strategy review is useful
A review is useful when there is a specific decision on the table: renew an agency, increase a channel budget, bring work in-house or change direction after growth has slowed. You need someone who can challenge the assumptions behind that decision and understand the consequences for the business.
Start with the question you need to answer. A focused discussion about a proposal or performance report is easier to act on than a general request for more growth ideas.
What to bring to a marketing review
Bring your business goal, current channel mix, budget and the results you trust. Add the proposal or plan you want reviewed, along with the team capacity behind it. A short summary of recent changes helps explain what the numbers alone cannot.
Point out anything uncertain: inconsistent attribution, a long sales cycle or a gap between leads and revenue. Agree with the mentor on what can realistically be reviewed in the session.
Turn the review into a decision
Work through where the constraint sits: who you target, what you offer, how you reach buyers or what happens after they respond. Then examine whether the proposed investment addresses that constraint.
Aim to leave with a clearer priority, the assumptions that still need checking and the evidence you would use to continue, change or stop the plan. Your team remains responsible for execution and results.
Choose relevant operating experience
Look for experience with your business model, sales cycle and stage. An ecommerce acquisition question and a B2B pipeline question can require different perspectives, even when both start with the same concern about marketing returns.
The short explanations above describe why each mentor fits this page. Read their profile and use your request to explain the decision. If they also provide agency or consulting services, ask about any commercial interest before treating the advice as independent.
People who were exactly where you are.
GrowthMentor enables us to swiftly get a world-class expert to give us guidance on any marketing issue or question in a matter of days.
Hamel Shah · Co-Founder
Read Hamel's storyKnowing I can always book a call to help me clarify what I'm doing is the best feeling in the world.
Lena Sesardic · Product Manager
Read Lena's storyI like to set my own strategies and then get help from experts to improve on them and check if I'm on the right track.
Minh · Solo Founder
Read Minh's storyIt gave me fast access to expert-level insights that I couldn't get from academic research or user surveys alone.
Nicola Rubino · Growth Marketing Consultant
Read Nicola's storySometimes I'm stuck at one step and all I need is someone who can share experiences of what they did when they were in my situation.
Annie Chen · Head of Marketing
Read Annie's storyI enjoy having pretty much instant access to a pool of worldwide, expert mentors who are keen to share their expertise and help others.
Carlos Terol · Co-Founder
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What people ask before their first call.
Yes, you can ask a mentor with relevant experience to discuss the objectives, scope, assumptions and measures of success. Share a concise brief first and agree on the review scope. A mentoring call does not replace a detailed audit or legal review of the contract.
A review can help you prepare better questions for your agency and clarify what you want it to own. Bring the agreed goals and recent reporting. The useful outcome may be a tighter brief or better measurement, rather than a change of provider.
Bring the link between reported conversions and actual customers, including your sales cycle and attribution assumptions. A mentor can help identify what needs investigating before you increase spending. A headline return figure alone is rarely enough to judge the whole plan.
An experienced marketing leader can use a session to challenge a plan, explore a trade-off or prepare for a budget discussion. Make the question specific and choose someone with relevant operating experience, so the discussion adds to the team’s existing expertise.
These sessions are for advice and review. Agree on the question and any preparation with the mentor. If you need an audit deliverable, ongoing leadership or campaign execution, clarify that separately rather than assuming it is part of a mentoring call.
Choose relevant experience first, then ask whether the mentor has a commercial interest in any provider or service being discussed. Explain that you want a second opinion on a decision. Compare their reasoning with your own evidence before acting on the advice.
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