GOKULRAJARAM
I invest in early-stage founders and help them build enduring companies.
ADSENSE REVENUE BUILT
Google, from zero · 2003–2007
META ADS SCALED TO
from $750M · 2010–2013
ANGEL INVESTMENTS
Figma, Deel, Groq, Vercel…
GENERATIONAL COMPANIES
as operator & board member
[01] TRACK RECORD
SEVEN GENERATIONAL COMPANIES
I invest in early-stage technology startups and partner with founders to help them build enduring companies. As a product leader, operator and board member, I’ve helped build seven generational technology companies (Alphabet, Block, Coinbase, DoorDash, Meta, Pinterest, and The Trade Desk).
GOOGLE — ALPHABET
FACEBOOK — META
SQUARE — BLOCK
DOORDASH
COINBASE
THE TRADE DESK
PREVIOUSLY: CO-FOUNDER & CEO, CHAI LABS — ACQUIRED BY FACEBOOK, 2010.
IIT KANPUR, B.TECH · UT AUSTIN, M.S. · MIT SLOAN, MBA.
[02] PORTFOLIO
THE PORTFOLIO
Early investor in more than 300 technology companies, including:
[03] METHOD
HOW I WORK
I aim to be a founder’s most helpful and trusted partner on the things that matter: product, growth, people, culture, and capital. I do this in three interlocking ways, which together ensure that I’m here for you through the highs and lows, from the start.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Through 1:1 meetings every few weeks, we jointly dissect and tackle your toughest challenges, from product trade-offs to pricing strategy to performance reviews, and figure out solutions that work for your company, your context.
ON-DEMAND COUNSEL
We stay in constant touch via WhatsApp / SMS. I’m always ready to jump on a call and tackle emergent situations such as a critical partner negotiation stalling or a top engineer giving notice.
OPERATOR ACCESS
I help you tap into my network of world-class executives, from Product, Engineering, and Marketing to Sales, Finance, and Operations, to enlist them as customers or partners, or for informal advice, consulting, or full-time roles.
[04] HOTLINE
THE FOUNDER HOTLINE
Real problems founders have brought me — live from the field.
INCOMING · SECTOR: AI
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[05] LIBRARY
THE WRITING LIBRARY
Essays and threads for founders — on product, hiring, pricing, strategy, and everything in between. Search it, filter it, or hit RANDOM.
FULL ARCHIVE ON MEDIUM ↗ AND X ↗. CANONICAL LINKS PENDING — TITLES DEEP-SEARCH HIS X ARCHIVE.
[06] VOICES
WHAT FOUNDERS SAY
“I’ve learned a ton from Gokul, both when I was working for him at Square and as an advisor to me at Faire. He’s an expert in the craft of building products and product strategy. A lot of what we’ve done at Faire was based on what I learnt from Gokul, from how to use OKRs to set goals to how to organize our teams as we’ve scaled.”
[07] CONTACT
SAY HELLO
If you’re building something enduring,
EMAIL IS THE BEST WAY TO REACH ME.
Founding Partner at Marathon Management Partners ↗. Also building usecoach.ai ↗ and usetranscribe.io ↗.