Brief Introduction

Kei Watanabe is a product growth and strategy expert who co-founded Glasp, a social learning platform empowering users to highlight, organize, and share knowledge from the web. With a passion for building sticky, organic products, Kei has helped grow Glasp from zero to 3.5 million users—entirely through community and content-driven strategies.

Professional Journey

As Glasp’s co-founder, Kei has led product management, growth strategy, content marketing, and team building. His role spans the entire product lifecycle—from ideation and execution to user engagement and scaling—focused on driving growth without paid acquisition.

Prior to Glasp, Kei worked in product and marketing roles across the U.S. tech ecosystem. He advised a restaurant business in Seattle using data analysis, founded a student-company matchmaking organization in the Bay Area, worked on an ad-tech team at a major IT firm, and served as a product manager at a San Francisco-based startup.

Through his journey, Kei has consistently focused on building user-centric products that solve real problems and grow through trust, value, and community.

Highlights & Achievements

• Co-founded Glasp and scaled it to 3.5M+ users organically
• Built a strong user community around learning and knowledge sharing
• Experienced product leader across SF Bay Area & Japan
• Featured insights on LinkedIn around product design, growth, and community

Core Expertise or Focus Areas

• Product-Led Growth
• Organic & Community-Based Marketing
• Product Management & UX Strategy
• Early-Stage Team Building & Hiring
• User-Centric Product Design

Partnership/Collaboration Interest

I’m open to collaborating with:

• Early-stage startups building user-first digital tools
• Platforms and products aiming for organic user acquisition
• Learning, knowledge-sharing, or creator economy startups
• Ecosystem builders focused on product-market fit and retention

Why Partner With Me?

I bring hands-on experience in building and scaling tech products without relying on paid marketing. From 0 to millions of users, my focus is always on solving real problems and building things that people want to keep using. I believe in the power of learning in public and growing through community feedback and iteration.

Let’s create meaningful products that scale authentically.

Let’s Build Authentic, Innovative, and Sustainable Growth Together!

If you're building tools that empower people or want to scale your product the right way, I’d love to connect and collaborate.

📩 Let’s connect and explore how I can support your journey!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kei-watanabe/