Samantha Leal

Co-Founder

Mexico10 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in scaling startups to 8-figures.
  • Deep understanding of customer insights for growth.
  • Proven track record in building growth systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth Marketing Expert specializing in scaling startups and optimizing customer acquisition strategies.

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Core Skills

Growth MarketingCustomer InsightMarketing StrategyBusiness Growth StrategiesConsulting

Other Skills

A/B TestingAcquisition StrategyAdvertisingB2C MarketingBrand StrategyBusiness StrategyCampaign ExecutionConsumer InsightContent MarketingConversion EffortsConversion Funnel OptimizationConversion OptimizationConversion Rate OptimizationCopywritingCustomer Acquisition

About

Hey, I’m Sam I’ve spent the past decade helping startups scale from 0 to 8-figures, leading marketing for products that reached 8M+ users. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: Most startups don’t have a marketing problem. They have a customer understanding problem. I’ve seen it happen over and over: - A startup hits $2M ARR and suddenly, what used to work: founder-led sales, scrappy paid acquisition- stops scaling. - They try the usual fixes: more ad spend, new channels, hiring an agency - but nothing moves the needle. - They burn cash testing random tactics without actually knowing what makes customers buy, stay, and refer. That’s where I come in. I don’t believe in blind optimizations or playbook strategies. I believe in getting inside your customers’ heads, so we can build a growth system that’s actually designed to work for your unique audience and business. What Makes Growth Studio different? Most agencies move too slow. They hand you off to junior teams who’ve never actually scaled a business. They build “strategies” in a vacuum - without ever talking to your customers. That’s not how we operate. We work directly with founders to get to the root of why their growth has stalled - and move fast to fix it. ✔️ We start by deeply understanding your customers - what they need, what makes them convert, and why they stick around. ✔️ We take full ownership of your paid acquisition & growth strategy - no outsourcing to a junior team. ✔️ We act as an embedded growth partner - not a consultant handing over a deck. This isn’t about quick wins. It’s about building a scalable acquisition system that compounds over time - so you can grow without the guesswork. Learn more: https://joingrowthstudio.com

Experience

10 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Aliwell

Chief Marketing Officer

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos · San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico

  • Leading Aliwell’s growth and brand strategy across Mexico: a next-generation aligner company built by orthodontists for orthodontists.
  • Responsible for driving awareness, acquisition, adoption, loyalty, and market expansion through a more predictable, clinically grounded, and data-driven marketing engine.
  • Build and scale a full-funnel growth system from awareness to case approval (acquisition, adoption, acceleration).
  • Shape Aliwell’s brand narrative
  • Lead national and regional go-to-market plans with weekly initiatives and quarterly targets.
  • Oversee product launches and creative direction across channels and formats.
  • Translate doctor insights and field data into strategic actions across marketing, sales, and education.
  • Strengthen alignment between marketing, sales, and operations to accelerate doctor performance.
  • Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary in-house team and external agencies with full ownership from concept to delivery.
  • Create reporting systems linking marketing performance, sales outcomes, and regional growth.
Growth StrategyBrand StrategyMarket ExpansionProduct LaunchesData-Driven MarketingMarketing Strategy+1

Growth studio

Founder

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Growth Studio helps early stage and high-growth founders scale from $2m to $20m ARR through strategic growth direction and execution.
  • We start with deep customer research to build your growth roadmap, then take ownership of implementation—managing your paid acquisition, optimizing conversion funnels, designing growth experiments, and orchestrating your retention strategy.
  • Built by operators who've scaled companies to $XXM+ ARR, we provide the strategic leadership of a CMO plus hands-on campaign management, all without the overhead of building an in-house team.
Customer ResearchPaid AcquisitionConversion Funnel OptimizationRetention StrategyGrowth MarketingBusiness Growth Strategies

Prequel

2 roles

Head of Growth & Marketing

Jan 2024Sep 2024 · 8 mos

  • Leading all marketing and growth efforts for Prequel.
  • We often underestimate what kids can do, but at Prequel, we not only empower them – we are setting a new standard.
  • At Prequel, we help 9-18 year olds accomplish what their parents think is impossible.

Head of Marketing

Apr 2023Jan 2024 · 9 mos

  • Prequel is a group of EdTech brands that aims to help the world's most ambitious kids learn 21st century skills that prepares them for the new global economy. Our brands include: AlphaX, Beta Camp, and Apollo School.

Samantha leal • growth & marketing advisor

Growth & Marketing Advisor

May 2022Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • I help early-stage startups with acquisition, retention, and monetization strategies to scale to 8-figures.
  • If you're a founder, here are some of the areas that I can help your team with:
  • Growth Loops
  • Acquisition Strategy
  • Paid Social
  • Lifecycle / Email Marketing
  • Customer Research / JTBD development
  • Content Marketing
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Engagement & Retention
  • Monetization
  • Team building / Hiring
  • Some brands I've worked with:
  • Kinedu (500 Startups, StartX): Leading early childhood development app that empowers parents with personalized, science-based activities and tracking tools to optimize their baby's cognitive growth.
  • Leadsales (StartX, Latitud): B2B sales automation platform that transforms cold leads into warm conversations through intelligent outreach and engagement.
  • Terapify (YC, 500 Startups): The leading spanish-speaking mental health platform connecting Latin American users with licensed therapists through online therapy sessions.
  • Prequel: Education company building the common core of life skills that schools aren't teaching.
  • Curious Cardinals: Online platform connecting high-achieving college students from top universities with K-12 students for personalized mentorship and academic enrichment.
  • Huex Labs: Enterprise AI solutions provider automating complex business processes through custom machine learning models.
  • Mely AI: AI platform that streamlines customer service operations through intelligent automation.
  • Project Life: Women's fertility brand bridging Traditional Chinese Medicine with personalized wellness support.
  • Moneypool (500 Startups): Social payments platform making it easy to split bills, gifts, and group expenses in LATAM.
  • Bebida Viva: Functional Kombucha beverage brand —think the Poppi of LATAM, blending gut health with lifestyle appeal.
  • Aliwell: Tech-forward orthodontic brand making aligners accessible through premium partnerships with dental professionals.
Acquisition StrategyCustomer ResearchContent MarketingConversion Rate OptimizationEngagement & RetentionMonetization+2

Synthesis

Director of Marketing

Aug 2021Jul 2022 · 11 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Scaling the best ideas from Ad Astra, the school our cofounder started with Elon Musk at SpaceX. Synthesis teaches kids 8 to 14 collaboration, critical thinking, and decision-making skills by challenging them to wrestle with complex simulations of real-world problems.
  • As the Director of Marketing I was responsible for setting the strategy and overseeing marketing functions including user acquisition, customer LTV through communication strategies, lifecycle engagement campaigns, conversion efforts, and product marketing.
  • Within 8 months, as a team of 3 in the marketing team, managed to spearhead their growth efforts and scale the number of paying subscribers by 340%
User AcquisitionCustomer LTVLifecycle EngagementConversion EffortsMarketing StrategyGrowth Marketing

Yspace, york university

Growth Consultant

May 2021Aug 2021 · 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • YSpace is York University’s entrepreneurship hub creating positive change by fostering a community of innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
  • As a Growth Consultant, I provided strategic and tactical guidance to specifically assigned ventures on their user and revenue development goals.
  • Two of the companies I mentored, ended as the top 5 finalists on YSpace Tech Accelerator Demo Day.
  • Huex Labs - developed AIDA, a voice-enabled conversational AI to enable food chains and brands to better serve their customers in live business environments.
  • Mely AI - an enterprise AI-powered solution, with a proprietary technology to extract key information from complex documents and specialized in Supply Chain and Logistics.
User DevelopmentRevenue DevelopmentMentorshipConsultingGrowth Marketing

Kinedu

3 roles

VP of Growth Marketing

Promoted

Nov 2019Aug 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Kinedu's mission is to unleash early childhood development at scale by fostering quality learning experiences at home, school, and everywhere in between.
  • Trusted by more than 8MM parents worldwide, Kinedu's iOS and Android app is available in 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) and provides personalized, engaging video-based developmental activities for children under the age of 4.
  • Joined Kinedu in early 2014 as the 1st marketing hire and employee #4.
  • Responsible for all consumer growth-related functions including user acquisition, customer LTV through communication strategies, lifecycle engagement campaigns, conversion efforts, product marketing, partnerships, and pricing.
User AcquisitionCustomer EngagementLifecycle MarketingGrowth MarketingMarketing Strategy

Director of Marketing

Jul 2014Nov 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Joined Kinedu in early 2014 as the 1st marketing hire and employee #4.
  • Define marketing objectives and strategies to support the company’s goals.
  • Plan and execute marketing, email, and social media, and user acquisition campaigns
  • Design, build and maintain social media presence and community management
  • Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
  • Analyze user behavior, conversion data and customer journeys, funnel analysis and multi-channel attribution
  • Identify trends to optimize spend and performance
  • Design and implement new growth strategies
  • Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests
  • Collaborate with Product and Design teams to optimize user experience and increase conversion rates
  • Customer insights, and feedback loops
Marketing ObjectivesCampaign ExecutionUser Behavior AnalysisMarketing StrategyGrowth Marketing

Content

Mar 2014Jul 2014 · 4 mos

Education

Boston University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

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Advanced Growth Series

Jan 2021Jan 2021

CXL

Growth Marketing Minidegree

Jan 2020Jan 2021

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Growth Series

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