Paul Ghio I build 0→1 products and the growth engines that scale them across YC startups and top-50 consumer apps. Few product leaders have built and scaled across both ends of that spectrum. I've done both, pairing founder instinct with the operating muscle of a public-tech company exec. That includes leading product orgs of up to 16 PMs and directors with extended teams of 100+, and building hands-on as an IC when the team is small, with deep expertise in marketplaces, growth, and CX across distribution (product-led SEO, viral, referral, affiliate, paid), activation (onboarding, aha moment, time to value, habit formation), monetization (pricing and packaging, subscription, marketplace take rate), and retention (engagement loops, churn). » HIGHLIGHTS → Creative Market (Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian, Initialized Capital, Gary Tan, SV Angel) Scaled the business 21x to acquisition by Dribbble. Co-led the spinout from Autodesk and the $7M Series A led by Accomplice, → Yelp Launched the company's first pay-per-lead product to a $16M annual run rate in under 6 months, opening a more direct front against Thumbtack and laying the foundation for the fastest-growing area of the business. Also drove a
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Fractional Product Exec
CEO/Co-Founder
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VP Product, Marketplaces
Director of Product, Emerging Products + Engagement
Bachelors, Business
