388+
Founder and operator mentoring sessions
Speaking / Workshops
Practical startup growth talks for rooms that need clarity, not hype.
I speak to founders, operators, students, and innovation teams about growth systems, GTM judgment, experimentation, and the commercial work required to turn momentum into repeatability.
- A practical growth framework the audience can use after the session.
- Examples from founder, operator, and advisory work, not just theory.
- A speaker who can flex between executive-level strategy and hands-on startup detail.
10+ years
Startup growth experience behind the content
Google, Cambridge, Imperial
Institutional rooms and programmes
10+ countries
Startup audiences reached through teaching and mentoring
GrowthMentor 
Google for Startups 
Cambridge Signature Sessions
Talks designed around what the room should do next.
Each topic can become a keynote, workshop, training session, or founder-cohort format depending on the audience.
How to build a repeatable growth system
- Best for
- Founder cohorts, accelerators, and operator teams
- Audience leaves with
- Founders leave with a practical model for turning fragmented marketing into a clearer operating rhythm.
Go-to-market judgment for early teams
- Best for
- Seed-stage teams, innovation programmes, and product-led audiences
- Audience leaves with
- Teams learn how to choose what to test, what to ignore, and how to connect message, channel, and customer learning.
Turning innovation into commercial traction
- Best for
- Universities, R&D programmes, and innovation teams
- Audience leaves with
- Technical audiences get a usable bridge between invention, market clarity, and demand creation.
Event proof
"I am very impressed by Daniel's detailed insight when working with startups through Google Launchpad."
Selected Rooms
Recent speaking and teaching footprint.
A tighter sample rather than a dense wall of cards. More examples can live in the full speaking archive later.
Google Launchpad 2019-Present
Data-driven growth for startup founders
Growth systems, startup validation, and practical GTM decisions
Workshops and mentoring sessions focused on helping early teams turn promising traction into a structured, evidence-led growth plan.
UK, Poland, Nigeria, Romania and remote cohorts View organiser
Cambridge Judge Business School Selected appearances
Startup growth and marketing for postgraduate founders
Founder-led GTM, experimentation, and growth strategy
Guest sessions designed to make modern growth strategy usable for founders, operators, and innovation-led teams.
Cambridge, United Kingdom View organiser
Imperial College London Selected appearances
Turning ideas into startups that can scale
Early-stage growth, positioning, and market testing
Sessions built to help technical teams and founders connect product ambition with the commercial work required to scale it.
London, United Kingdom View organiser
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Speaking bio
Daniel Johnson is an AI-Native GTM & growth operator for post-PMF AI and B2B SaaS startups — founder, mentor, and speaker.
Over 10+ years he has worked with 20+ AI and B2B SaaS startups, managed £6M+ in paid spend, generated £18M+ in revenue, and helped founders raise £15M+. He mentors through Google for Startups, Techstars, and GrowthMentor (388+ sessions, 4.93/5), and has lectured at Cambridge Judge, Imperial College London, General Assembly, and the UK Space Agency.
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Talk topics
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