46 min

Abhishek Patil - Growth Marketer Centre Sage

    • Self-Improvement

"We have reached a point where we are unable to solve a problem if it isn't defined as a term." 



In the span of a few short years, Abhishek Patil has quickly become an authority on growth marketing in India's Silicone Valley - Bangalore.  On this episode of Centre Sage, I catch up with Abhishek - who now works on everything Product and Growth at CRED to cover a diverse range of topics around Entrepreneurship, Growth Marketing and Product Management. Abhishek takes us through the career he has built thus far from choosing to start out as an entrepreneur in the advertisement space instead of choosing to do an MBA 🎓 and shares his technique of accelerated learning from his workplaces. Moving to Bangalore, Abhishek spent a year and a half at Dunzo where he applied his marketing skills to building Dunzo into the company it is today before starting GrowthX along with other ambitious growth experts from the city. 

Startup over MBA?: 06:50

When do you know that its time to shut down your business?: 11:40

How to accelerate learning at your workplace: 14:00 🤷

Why we should stop using the term "Growth Hacking": 24:15

Dunzo's secret loyalty program: 32:55

How should startups look at investment: 35:15

What is GrowthX about?: 40:00

"We have reached a point where we are unable to solve a problem if it isn't defined as a term." 



In the span of a few short years, Abhishek Patil has quickly become an authority on growth marketing in India's Silicone Valley - Bangalore.  On this episode of Centre Sage, I catch up with Abhishek - who now works on everything Product and Growth at CRED to cover a diverse range of topics around Entrepreneurship, Growth Marketing and Product Management. Abhishek takes us through the career he has built thus far from choosing to start out as an entrepreneur in the advertisement space instead of choosing to do an MBA 🎓 and shares his technique of accelerated learning from his workplaces. Moving to Bangalore, Abhishek spent a year and a half at Dunzo where he applied his marketing skills to building Dunzo into the company it is today before starting GrowthX along with other ambitious growth experts from the city. 

Startup over MBA?: 06:50

When do you know that its time to shut down your business?: 11:40

How to accelerate learning at your workplace: 14:00 🤷

Why we should stop using the term "Growth Hacking": 24:15

Dunzo's secret loyalty program: 32:55

How should startups look at investment: 35:15

What is GrowthX about?: 40:00

46 min