Hey, I'm leela shankar.
I found my interest in technology when I started using a computer at the age of 6 and have been exploring since. Participated in dramatics, arts, sports, standup comedy competitions, and robotic programming, and secured many gold medals during school years.
School life gave me great exposure to extracurricular activities which helped me improve my observation, communication, and public speaking skills. My passion for technology and ‘how things work’ attitude enhanced my analytical skills. Got bit by the ‘start-up bug’ during 3rd year of college and started exploring start-ups and their growth. Looking at startups through the lens of technology and human behaviour got me ahead of most.
Unlike most, I skipped college placements with a plan to start a cloud gaming startup but was waiting for the Indian market to mature. Meanwhile, walked into a Norwegian company that handles the world’s biggest video game database to get hands-on experience and deepen my knowledge. When I saw an opportunity to implement my ideas, I resigned from my position as a Video Game Specialist and founded Krypton Cloud Gaming.
Sincere thanks to my parents and younger brother for their support throughout!
Within a year of founding my startup, we got recognized as one of the Top 100 startups in India and got incubated into IIIT Hyderabad. But COVID lockdown made it harder to sustain due to the sudden shifts in user behavior and money-spending habits.
So hit a hiatus on that and started to help my friends and fellow founders to help them grow. My contributions started to work wonders for many companies, and that's when I decided to completely pivot to helping other companies grow with all the practical and actionable knowledge that I acquired during my startup journey.
Looking only forward since, I built a client base across the US, UK, EU, UAE, Australia, and India within 15 months of starting my journey as a Growth Hacker!
Love for tech and hardware made me pursue Electronics and Computer Engineering - a one-of-a-kind course which was only available in 2 universities in India at the time, which provided the core insights of both the hardware and software perspectives which leads to the creation of the modern-day gadgets
Founded 1st start-up in 2019 which got incubated at DeepTech Labs at India’s largest academic incubator CIE-IIITH
Recognized by Headstart in the pre-Shark Tank India era when I won a National-level pitching competition, Kickstart by HeadStart org and got recognized as Top 100 startups in India in 2019
It was an immense pleasure for me to speak at the very college that I graduated in 2017!
Headed Marketing of $30 million startup of 3rd-time Start Up owner based in US
Growth Hacking, Email Marketing and Web3 Marketing services to startups and corporates based in US, Dubai and Australia
Email marketing for Edtech company based in US in association with John Hopkins University, Increased email open rate from 10 to 55%, CTR from 2% to 27%
Mentoring on Email Infrastructure and ideal prospect building to a legal tech company based in Australia
Featured in "The Zero Hiccup Way" for providing valuable inputs during the author’s writing and book marketing journey
Mentoring on email marketing to one of the biggest personal care B2C company in India
Working on web3 and NFT project with a video gaming company in Dubai
Panelist at GATO 2021 by Internet and Mobile Association of India and Adoption of Cloud Communication by The Brainalytics
Panelist at Adoption of Cloud Communication for Constant Consumer Engagement in the Gaming Industry by The Brainalytics
Council Member of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Siddharth Institute Of Engineering & Technology. Established by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to foster culture the culture of innovation amongst Higher Education Institutions
Guest mentor at Growth School, taking sessions and webinars on marketing and growth hacking since May 2022. 10+ sessions and growing…
I got acknowledged in The Zero Hiccup Way To Building A Technology Company book written by Ayush Jain, Founder & CEO of Mindbowser Inc.
Training and coaching multiple batches passionate Women entrepreneurs on marketing and growth to skyrocket their startups
Got awarded in Delhi as following: Most prominent entrepreneur award of the year in the Growth Hacking category - Nationwide awards 2022.
Speaking on 2 days of the 3 day event regarding AI in marketing and email marketing.
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What People have
been Saying?
In an online world where we have self proclaimed gurus for every possible service, Leela Shankar is one in a million! As a growth hacker, he has been there - done that, not only for his own enterprises but also for the clients he advises. I am excited to be leveraging his competency and guidance, walking the talk - to tweak the way I can be a better version of myself on LinkedIn!
Leela helped me with email outreach automation campaign. He established the automation from prospecting to email sequence to discovery call booking. His tech knowledge is extremely impressive and meticulous.
Session on Linkedin was indeed worth exploring and Leela showed confidence of his skills over the webinar which made the difference
If you're looking for help with any growth hacking related needs, be sure to reach out to Leela. He has been helping with growth hacking for a few years now . He's known for his ability to break down complicated information and make it simple. He's also eager to share what he knows.
I've been connected with Leela for the past 6 months. He has a deep sense of knowledge about landing pages, online SEO and specially email marketing. Really curious and well informed guy. I would highly recommend his work :)
I have worked with Leela and I must say that his growth hacking skills are amazing. He has a lot of knowledge on how to take a brand from the start to a stage where it gets profitable as quickly as possible. His data scraping skills have helped me a lot in my growth.
Leela Shankar’s session went on so well, he dumbs down complex subjects so that everyone can understand and is very approachable. Looking forward to more sessions.
As amateurs in marketing, startup founders get intimidated with marketing jargons. Sessions by Leela Shankar make it very simple. It is very clear that Leela Shankar can strategise marketing efforts in an awesome way. Looking forward to more such sessions to lose the fear of marketing.
Leela Shankar’s session is easy to understand and got an overall idea to develop a business. Explanations and conveying the information with examples were very good.
I was struggling with technology issues like automation, tools, data mining, setting up all tools. I found Leela having absolute mastery over all of marketing technologies. He made my work life so much easier by automating and setting up tools for all processes for my business as well my clients' businesses. He is a terrific asset to any business.
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