MIA Marketing Thought Leaders Database

Marketing thought leaders worth following in growth, product marketing and GTM

Learn from the operators, founders and writers who share what is working in growth, product marketing, GTM engineering and AI. Filter by topic, then follow them where they publish.

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Marketing thought leaders

Anthony Pierri

Co-founder at Fletch PMM

Teaches B2B SaaS positioning, messaging and homepage copy.

April Dunford

Positioning consultant and author

Writes and teaches B2B product positioning; author of Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch.

Arun Sivashankaran

Founder and CEO at FunnelEnvy

Runs a conversion and revenue optimization agency for B2B companies.

Corbin Brown

Founder and YouTube creator

Builds software products and shares the process on YouTube.

Eric Nowoslawski

Founder at Growth Engine X

Teaches cold email and outbound lead generation systems.

Eric Siu

Chairman at Single Grain

Hosts Leveling Up and Marketing School; writes about growth and entrepreneurship.

Essam Sleiman

Founder and CEO at Canvas

Builds AI agents for go-to-market engineering; writes about GTM automation.

Feranmi Ajetomobi

Shares ideas on growth marketing, product marketing and demand generation.

Franklin Ozekhome

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Innovation at Chain Reactions Africa

Works on advertising strategy, African pop culture and consumer trends.

James Doman-Pipe

Product marketing consultant at Inflection Studio

Writes about B2B SaaS positioning, messaging and product launches.

Latest: The stale story problemApril 2026

Jan Meinecke

9x

Trains business teams to use AI at work, from prompts to agents.

Jen Allen-Knuth

Founder at DemandJen

Teaches enterprise sales: C-suite prospecting, discovery and buying group consensus.

John Rush

Founder at MarsX

Builds and sells small AI software products; shares indie startup lessons.

Julian Shapiro

Founder at Julian Capital

Writes guides on growth marketing and starting a startup; invests in deeptech.

Kevin DePopas

Founder at DEPOPAS

Runs a branding studio that builds brands for startups and small businesses in ten days.

Kyle Poyar

Newsletter writer at Growth Unhinged

Writes about pricing, packaging, product-led growth and go-to-market for SaaS.

Leah Tharin

Growth executive and board member at Leah's ProducTea

Writes about product-led growth, go-to-market and connecting product to revenue.

Latest: You're doing "Activation" wrongJuly 2026

Lenny Rachitsky

Author and podcast host at Lenny's Newsletter

Writes about product, growth and careers; hosts Lenny's Podcast.

Nate Herk

Founder at AI Automation Society

Teaches AI agents and n8n automation workflows through YouTube tutorials.

Nick Saraev

AI automation writer and entrepreneur

Teaches AI automation with Make and n8n and how to scale an automation agency.

Latest: The next legMarch 2026

Olabinjo Adeniran

Newsletter writer at Growth Case Studies

Writes growth case studies on tech companies, product-led growth and retention.

Peace Itimi

Founder at Episode

Writes about growth, go-to-market and the African startup ecosystem.

Latest: StartingJanuary 2026

Richard Purcell

Newsletter writer at MoxieGTM

Writes about unconventional go-to-market experiments with step-by-step implementation.

Latest: How to scale referralsOctober 2026

Riley Brown

Co-founder at Vibecode

Teaches AI and vibe coding through videos; hosts the A New Vibe podcast.

Robert Kaminski

Co-founder at Fletch PMM

Teaches B2B SaaS positioning and go-to-market for early-stage startups.

Ryan DeForest

Shares ideas on growth marketing, GTM Engineering and automation.

Seth Godin

Author and blogger at Seth's Blog

Writes a daily blog and books on marketing, work and ideas.

Latest: Thieves’ cant slangOctober 2026

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Brian Balfour

Founder and CEO at Reforge

Writes about product, growth and AI strategy; co-hosts Unsolicited Feedback.

Latest: AI Growth 📈October 2025