Sharath Kuruganty is leading Growth at Willow, the #1 dictation app in the world. Previouly he worked at household startup brands like Product Hunt, On Deck where built world-class communities using community-led growth playbooks. He also co-founder and sold two SaaS startups and have built a portfolio of 15+ side projects. As a podcaster he hosted and shipped more than 120+ episodes interviewing Peter Yang, Yana Welinder, Derek Sivers, Hiten Shah and more.
Sharath Kuruganty is leading Growth at Willow, the #1 dictation app in the world. Previouly he worked at household startup brands like Product Hunt, On Deck where built world-class communities using community-led growth playbooks. He also co-founder and sold two SaaS startups and have built a portfolio of 15+ side projects. As a podcaster he hosted and shipped more than 120+ episodes interviewing Peter Yang, Yana Welinder, Derek Sivers, Hiten Shah and more.
Career
Sharath Kuruganty is from San Francisco.
Founding Growth Lead at Willow from 2026 to Present in San Francisco Bay AreaJoined Willow as its Founding Growth Lead, focused on growth, content, and community for its voice dictation product.
Community at ProductHunt from 2019 to 2023Worked on Product Hunt’s community and operations, becoming its top hunter with more than 140 launches and receiving a Maker Grant.
Special Projects at On Deck from 2019 to 2020Built and nurtured founder communities at On Deck.
Community Builder at Draftbit from 2018 to 2019Worked as a community builder at Draftbit and created podcast episodes featuring community leaders and startup operators.