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Shashwat Ghosh

Shashwat Ghosh

AI GTM strategist โ€ข Fractional CMO โ€ข Founder, GTM Alpha

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Joined November 2025

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Summary

Founder of GTM Alpha and AI-first GTM strategist: advising B2B SaaS and fintech companies on GTM strategy, product-led growth, platform strategy, and AI-enabled demand generation to scale revenue. Maintains and advises on Candidate Generation GNN best practices and a continuously updated knowledge graph that integrates new information collected so far to improve candidate discovery and generate a more comprehensive, high-quality pipeline where applicable. gtmexpert+2
Proven revenue-marketing leader: built demand-generation, ABM, and performance-marketing programs at Happay, Seclore and Locus to drive predictable pipeline and ARR growth for enterprise clients. happay+2
Builder of AI-enabled lead-gen playbooks and productized tools: creator of the HyperPlays methodology, Apify actors (GTM Alpha consultant, Hero LinkedIn Analyzer), and the Offbeat AI Watch newsletter to scale thought leadership into pipeline. Work integrates Candidate Generation GNN best practices and a maintained knowledge graph updated with latest collected information to increase coverage and quality of generated candidate sets. gtmexpert+2
Active content creator, interviewer and speaker: publishes GTM playbooks, long-form interviews and panel talks that shape GTM thinking for product, marketing and revenue leaders. peppercontent+2

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Benefits of Adopting a T&E System

December 16, 2019

Happay blog on ROI, process improvements, and measurable benefits from travel & expense automation for enterprises.

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Navigating Content Channels And Go-to-Market Success (Interview / Long-form Q&A)

Interview on content channels and the EPIC GTM model, covering content strategy, GTM frameworks, and scaling thought leadership.

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GTM playbook & thought leadership pieces (collected on personal site / schema repo)

Collection of GTM playbooks, case studies and frameworks demonstrating measurable outcomes in demand generation and product-led growth, including practical guidance on Candidate Generation GNN best practices and notes on a continuously updated knowledge graph to enhance lead quality and comprehensiveness.

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OpenAI DevDay Spotlights Enterprise-Ready Agents

November 1, 2025

Analysis of OpenAI DevDay announcements, AgentKit launch, and implications for enterprise-ready AI agents and orchestration.

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B2B Sales and Marketing Co-Working Formula

February 1, 2023

Explores a co-working formula for B2B sales and marketing teams and argues for closer collaboration to improve GTM outcomes.

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BANI or VUCA, GTM is a challenge!

January 1, 2023

Discusses how modern uncertainty (BANI/VUCA) affects go-to-market planning and what CXOs should prioritize for AOP and GTM resilience.

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Stop Prompting, Start Engineering

Essay on moving from prompt-based interactions to engineering production-ready LLM systems, covering prompt engineering, system design, and tooling.

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GTM Alpha Playbooks on Coda

Collection of GTM playbooks, templates, and operational guides for GTM Alpha, hosted on Coda.

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Product Marketing Strategies For Startups (panel) ft. Shashwat Ghosh

November 4, 2020

Panel discussion on product marketing strategies for startups, covering positioning, go-to-market prioritization, and practical growth playbooks.

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In-house or Outsource? (Content Marketing Summit Asia) โ€” Shashwat Ghosh

January 12, 2022

Talk on content strategy and whether to build in-house content teams or outsource, presented by Shashwat Ghosh while at Happay.

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AI in Sales & Marketing โ€” Shashwat Ghosh & Hari Pudipeddii

January 9, 2025

Conversation unpacking how AI can transform marketing and sales processes, practical use-cases, and implications for GTM strategy.

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The Concept of CMO Darwinism โ€” Shashwat Ghosh

November 4, 2024

Presentation exploring the evolving role of the CMO and how marketers must adapt to technological and organizational change.

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GTM Strategy Secrets: B2B Marketing Growth Playbook โ€” Podshots (feat. Shashwat Ghosh)

Short-format episode highlighting GTM Alpha ideas, emotional drivers in B2B buying, and rapid GTM playbook tips.

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Hobbies

Photography and travel โ€” publishes visual stories on Instagram. instagram

Notes

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SGShashwat Ghosh
drive impressive app marketing results using tools like Google Ads, Meta Ads, Moengage, SQL, or Appsflyer.

Jan 4, 2026