LAN-35 | How to Become a Growth & Marketing Leader? 🎯
What does it really take to rise from
IC → Manager → Head of Growth / CMO
We will put 5 wonderful brand & marketing leaders from different industries on the spot and ask them for a blueprint.
This event is only for brand marketers/marketing & growth managers with 4+ years of work experience.
💡 What We’ll Discuss
Skills: that make a Head of Marketing relevant in the next 5 years?
Career Decisions: that lead someone to optimally reach there?
Learning: How do full-stack leaders prioritize learning across fast-evolving domains?
“First Principles Thinking”: Is it still enough in a world driven by AI and automation?
Daily Habits: What kind of daily habits lead someone to optimally reach there?
What does “Full Stack Marketing” actually look like inside top startups today?
Balancing - Strategy and Core-Execution Knowledge
Balancing - long-term brand thinking with short-term performance pressures.
🧠 Why This Conversation Matters
Growth leaders today face unprecedented complexity - data, tools, AI, and channel fragmentation.
Hear real stories, find patterns and parallels, and build a mental model for your own success.
🎙️ The Panel
Shikha Seth - Brand Head - Reliant Retail
Sandesh Gupta - Ex-Director of Growth, MPL
Vinay Dubey - CMO, Wint Wealth
Mevin Mathew - VP, Growth & Business Bhanzu
Karan Gala - Director, Growth, Seekho
🗣️ Who Can and Should Attend
With 4+ years of experience - Any IC Marketer & Marketing, Brand, Growth Managers, ADs aiming to become future CMOs.
Big Thanks to Our Coworking Partner: Bhive Coworking Space
🤝 About Local Area Network (LAN)
LAN is Bangalore’s fastest-growing marketer community - 1200+ members strong.
We host meetups & we run on whatsapp for daily interaction
👥 1200+ members | 7 years avg. experience
📍 Based in HSR, Indiranagar, Koramangala
Notable Previous Meetups:
100 Marketers Under One Roof: Bangalore's Biggest Marketing BYOB Gathering
LAN Combat - Bangalore's First Ever Marketing Combat. Think Hackathon but for Marketing Managers
AI in SEO & SEO in AI — Covered LLM overviews, AI content, and SEO tools with 40+ SEOs
LAN x Smadex — App marketing roundtable at The Ritz Carlton
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