Salman Saafi
Product & GTM Lead, Markopolo AI & DeepDive (HF0 F25) | Helping CMOs & Brand leaders listen to the market and act on it | Alum @Stanford SeedSpark
👉 Tech entrepreneur, Product and GTM operator with 6+ years of experience across B2B SaaS, Agentic AI, Marketing & Sales Technology, eCommerce, Productivity and Developer Tools.
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👉 Currently leading Product & GTM at Markopolo AI (backed by HF0, Joa Capital, Ignite Ventures). 👉 Spin-offed DeepDive com) as product head — an AI-native social listening for modern brands to track market narrative and customer pulse to take data-driven decisions; powered by multilingual, hybrid NLP models. Previously:→ com: My first venture, aimed to modernize apartment rental for bachelors. Ran it for over a year and embraced the lessons from a "successful "→ Bonik: Founded Bangladesh’s first mobile-first, no-code eCommerce builder for small → HarvyAI: Built an AI email assistant tool for professionals within a week of ChatGPT API release. Launched on Product Hunt and ranked in the Top 10 Products of the → EcoVation Bangladesh (formerly Liter of Light): Led 10+ humanitarian projects impacting 25,000+ lives in the Rohingya camp and Teknaf host 👉 Specialization: Product Strategy & User Experience Design, Growth Marketing & GTM Engineering, Enterprise Sales, Product Marketing, Partnerships & Channel 👉 Let’s connect if you're exploring:→ Building smarter GTM stacks & multi product strategy→ Collaborating on content, talks, or AI-led growth ideas→ Chat about product, growth, or startup life👉 I actively write about my learnings and experiences from professional and personal lives. Views are my own, and not affiliated with any organization I belong.
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- MARKOPOLO.AIJOB
- Lead, Product & GTM1Y 10M
Lead, Product & GTM
Markopolo.ai
Leading a team of 12+ talented individuals across Product, Data & Engineering, Growth, Sales & Partnerships. - Overseeing GTM efforts of two product lines across Bangladesh, US and Saudi Arabia - Managing full cycle enterprise sales funnel; advocating as the voice of the customers - Spin-offed DeepDive as enterprise solution from scratch as product head, 6-figure revenue in 12 months serving across fintech, retail, FMCG, telco, SaaS, education & healthcare - Moving upmarket and cross border expansion with strategic partnerships - Supporting the leadership team in pulling off strategic initiatives and key hirings
- Founding Product Mgr1Y 3M
Founding Product Manager
Markopolo.ai
First product hire. Led product management & go-to-market of Markopolo AI. Took proactive part in product discovery, roadmap & strategy, product marketing, and sales enablement.
- BONIK™JOB
- Co-founder & CEO2Y 3M
Co-founder & CEO
Bonik™
Founded Bonik in Nov 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched the first product which was an intuitive mobile ERP solution for retail MSMEs in Bangladesh. The thesis was, almost 90% of small businesses use physical diaries to keep track of their business, which takes up to ~2 hours per day to maintain the transaction records, and they couldn't get formal financial support because of a lack of collateral. So we tried to fundamentally transform that digitally. The app had features such as inventory management, sales, and order tracking, expenses and credit management, staff salaries as well as profit/loss, some basic analytics, and basic accounting in a single app. We onboarde…
- INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY CHITTAGONGSCHOOL
- Bachelor of Science (Engr.…4Y 11M
Bachelor of Science (Engr.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
International Islamic University Chittagong
- LITER OF LIGHT BANGLADESHJOB
- Project Lead1Y 8M
Project Lead
Liter of Light Bangladesh
• Coordinated in partnership scopes, project management & planning, maintaining documentation, facilitating post-project/milestone reviews & analysis, collaborated with stakeholders like United Nations, ICCO, GIZ • Assisted the Executive Director in initiating 10+ new projects; led projects that impacted nearly 25,000 lives in Rohingya Camp and Teknaf host community • Promoted within three months from engineering intern due to impressive performance & organizational impact. Led successful field-level & strategic programs, including training hundreds of host community youths on solar light production program at Teknaf • Trained 30+ volunteers & campus ambassadors, designed digital content…
- Eng Intern2M
Engineering Intern
Liter of Light Bangladesh
• Designed and presented a prototype for the LightGiver project, demonstrating strength in engineering design • Led a team of 4 interns to conduct a renewable energy needs assessment in the world's largest refugee camp, resulting in a solid needs assessment report and accelerating program implementation
- HOUSE-LET.COMJOB
- Co-Founder1Y 1M
Co-Founder
House-let.com
• Launched it during my freshman year at university, grew the platform from scratch to 1500+ completed rentals during the tenure. • Designed the UI/UX, and led an 8 member team in product, marketing and operations. • Planned & executed social media campaigns and outdoor activations, which resulted in 2,00,000+ prospects • Gained hands-on experience in product development, customer acquisition, and team management, laying the foundation for future entrepreneurial and product management roles.
- CHITTAGONG GOVT. MODEL SCHOOL & COLLEGESCHOOL
- Higher School Certificate,…2Y 11M
Higher School Certificate, Science
Chittagong Govt. Model School & College
- NASIRABAD GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL, CHATTOGRAMSCHOOL
- Secondary School Certifica…5Y 11M
Secondary School Certificate, Science
Nasirabad Govt. High School, Chattogram
- Job: Liter of Light Bangladesh — Engineering Intern · 2019-11 – 2020-01 · 2 mo — • Designed and presented a prototype for the LightGiver project, demonstrating strength in engineering design • Led a team of 4 interns to conduct a renewable energy needs assessment in the world's largest refugee camp, resulting in a solid needs assessment report and accelerating program implementation
- Job: Markopolo.ai — Founding Product Manager · 2023-06 – 2024-09 · 1y 3mo — First product hire. Led product management & go-to-market of Markopolo AI. Took proactive part in product discovery, roadmap & strategy, product marketing, and sales enablement.
- Job: Bonik™ — Co-founder & CEO · 2020-11 – 2023-02 · 2y 3mo — Founded Bonik in Nov 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched the first product which was an intuitive mobile ERP solution for retail MSMEs in Bangladesh. The thesis was, almost 90% of small businesses use physical diaries to keep track of their business, which takes up to ~2 hours per day to maintain the transaction records, and they couldn't get formal financial support because of a lack of collateral. So we tried to fundamentally transform that digitally. The app had features such as inventory management, sales, and order tracking, expenses and credit management, staff salaries as well as profit/loss, some basic analytics, and basic accounting in a single app. We onboarde…
- Job: Liter of Light Bangladesh — Project Lead · 2020-02 – 2021-10 · 1y 8mo — • Coordinated in partnership scopes, project management & planning, maintaining documentation, facilitating post-project/milestone reviews & analysis, collaborated with stakeholders like United Nations, ICCO, GIZ • Assisted the Executive Director in initiating 10+ new projects; led projects that impacted nearly 25,000 lives in Rohingya Camp and Teknaf host community • Promoted within three months from engineering intern due to impressive performance & organizational impact. Led successful field-level & strategic programs, including training hundreds of host community youths on solar light production program at Teknaf • Trained 30+ volunteers & campus ambassadors, designed digital content…
- Job: Markopolo.ai — Lead, Product & GTM · 2024-10 – present · 1y 10mo — Leading a team of 12+ talented individuals across Product, Data & Engineering, Growth, Sales & Partnerships. - Overseeing GTM efforts of two product lines across Bangladesh, US and Saudi Arabia - Managing full cycle enterprise sales funnel; advocating as the voice of the customers - Spin-offed DeepDive as enterprise solution from scratch as product head, 6-figure revenue in 12 months serving across fintech, retail, FMCG, telco, SaaS, education & healthcare - Moving upmarket and cross border expansion with strategic partnerships - Supporting the leadership team in pulling off strategic initiatives and key hirings
- Job: House-let.com — Co-Founder · 2018-12 – 2020-01 · 1y 1mo — • Launched it during my freshman year at university, grew the platform from scratch to 1500+ completed rentals during the tenure. • Designed the UI/UX, and led an 8 member team in product, marketing and operations. • Planned & executed social media campaigns and outdoor activations, which resulted in 2,00,000+ prospects • Gained hands-on experience in product development, customer acquisition, and team management, laying the foundation for future entrepreneurial and product management roles.
- School: International Islamic University Chittagong — Bachelor of Science (Engr.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering · 2018 – 2022
- School: Chittagong Govt. Model School & College — Higher School Certificate, Science · 2015 – 2017
- School: Nasirabad Govt. High School, Chattogram — Secondary School Certificate, Science · 2010 – 2015
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