About
Former Head of Growth at Scale AI; at Braid he grew monthly volume from zero to $1M while cutting acquisition cost from $200 to $40.
Experience
- LumosFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LabelaFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityGuest Lecturer2024 — 2025
- University of California, BerkeleyGuest Lecturer2024 — 2025
- BADideas.fundAngel Investor2023 — 2025Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- StealthAngel Investor2023 — 2025
- Reface🇺🇦Advisor2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Scale AIHead of Growth2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Career BreakProfessional development2023 — 2024
- VimeoSenior Growth Product Manager2021 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
- BraidSenior Growth Manager2020 — 2021United States
- QuokkaCo-founder, Marketing and Growth2018 — 2021United States
- BirdGrowth Manager2020Santa Monica, California
- Let's EnhanceHead of Growth2018 — 2020United States
- BranchBrand Ambassador2017 — 2019United States
- PiboxMusicGrowth Manager2014 — 2017United States
Skills & more
Startups5Business-to-Business (B2B)4Referrals2Data Analysis2Customer Engagement2Monetization2Growth Strategies3Product Management3Marketing73A/B Testing23Growth Management6Marketing Strategy49
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Public RelationsOnline MarketingEmail MarketingSocial Media MarketingConversion OptimizationUser ExperienceProduct MarketingMarketing TechnologyStrategyManagementSQLPaid AdvertisingLanguages English · Russian · Ukrainian
- Managing your PM Career in 2023 & beyond — Maven
- Retention and engagement deep dive — Reforge
- Channel Partner Certification — Twilio Segment
- HubSpot Academy: Inbound — HubSpot Academy
- E&Y: Due diligence — EY
From Ruslan's professional profile.
Colleagues at BADideas.fund
Artis Kehris
General Partner at BADideas.fund
Danny Leonard
Investor at BADideas.fund
David Clark
Platform Partner at Tera Ventures
Greg Volm
Investor at BADideas.fund
Jurģis Kalniņš
Community & Brand Lead at BADideas.fund
Mario Araujo
Investor at BADideas.fund
Martins Pjalkovskis
Investor at BADideas.fund
Raimonds Kulbergs
Investor at BADideas.fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ruslan Nazarenko?
- Former Head of Growth at Scale AI; at Braid he grew monthly volume from zero to $1M while cutting acquisition cost from $200 to $40.
- Where does Ruslan Nazarenko work?
- Ruslan Nazarenko is at BADideas.fund.
- Where did Ruslan Nazarenko go to school?
- Ruslan Nazarenko studied at Reforge (Retention and engagement); National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' (Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Management and Marketing).
Same school
Also attended Reforge23
Suzanne HollowayOperating Partner, Marketing at KPCBJesse KingPartner, General Counsel at KPCBIgnacio GallegosAdvisor at Curiosity VCSergi BastardasInvestor at Enzo VenturesKatheleen EvaSenior Associate at Stand Up VenturesCraig HunterPartner at Amplify Capital
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Also attended National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'12
Michael CherepninManaging Director, Europe at EJF VenturesAiden BlumensteinPrograms & Storytelling at FoundersSergii VasylchukFounder at EverstakeAndrii BrodetskyInvestment Associate at Horizon CapitalDaniele ProvenzanoHead of Transactions at PAMERA Real Estate Partners GmbHIgor PertsiyaManaging Partner at Hypra fund
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lumos1
Also worked at Stanford University869
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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Also worked at Scale AI83
Alexandr WangCo-founder of Scale AI; Chief AI Officer at MetaLucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of ColumnBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesKJ SidberryInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at Vimeo17
JJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMo KoyfmanFounder and General Partner at Shine CapitalHilary KayOperating Expert, Marketing at Level EquityJackie FriedmanVice President at Mainsail PartnersLily BrownAssociate, Partnerships & Operations at Acumen AmericaGillian MunsonChief Financial Officer Vimeo at Lytical Ventures
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