Web3 Marketing · Community · Growth

SamuelBaurle

Building ecosystems at the intersection of product, engineering, and growth — where narrative becomes adoption.

Ikigai — reason for being

What I Love What the World Needs What I'm Good At What I'm Paid For IKIGAI Web3 Growth

Love

Crypto ecosystems, narrative craft, community formation

World Needs

Clarity in complex protocols, trust-building at scale

Good At

GTM strategy, content systems, cross-functional execution

Paid For

Ecosystem growth, TVL, follower scale, adoption metrics

200K+
X/Twitter Followers Grown
$1B+
TVL Supported at Peak
50+
Ecosystem Projects Onboarded
5+
Years in Web3 Marketing
70+
Co-marketing Partners
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Core Competencies

▲ 01

GTM & Brand Positioning

Product messaging, launch strategy, narrative architecture, early-stage brand formation from zero to one.

▲ 02

Content, Community & Social

Creator-facing storytelling, technical explainers, X, LinkedIn, livestreams, AMAs, ecosystem programming.

▲ 03

Growth & Adoption Loops

Organic growth loops, KOL activation, ecosystem incentives, onboarding funnels, and experimentation.

▲ 04

Cross-Functional Execution

Founder-led marketing, product/engineering collaboration, partner coordination, vendor management.

▲ 05

Analytics & Signal Tracking

Campaign performance, funnel analysis, cohort behavior, KPI dashboards, attribution modeling.

02

Experience

Silo Finance Jan 2025 – Present

Head of Marketing · Remote

  • Owned full GTM including key announcement timelines and narrative for Silo v3.
  • Established a new DeFi Lending category: safer lending through protection from bad debt.
  • Drove TVL growth post-launch in adverse conditions via narrative-led campaigns and partner activation.
  • Secured press coverage (The Block, The Defiant) and positioned Silo vs Aave, Morpho, Euler.
  • Built and executed multi-phase launch across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, and XDC.
  • Produced canonical technical content (dual liquidation, mIRM) for adoption and SEO/GEO dominance.
SOON Dec 2024 – Dec 2025

Head of Community & Marketing Lead · Remote

  • Scaled X/Twitter from 30,000 → 200,000+ followers via viral campaigns and coordinated KOL amplification.
  • Grew the ecosystem from ~10 to 50+ active projects (~5× growth) by streamlining inbound and onboarding.
  • Increased inbound handling efficiency 150%, materially reducing time-to-onboard for new projects.
  • Personally onboarded 5+ founder-led protocols; delivered co-marketing support to 70+ partners.
  • Created SOON Spotlight, a recurring livestream series driving 50,000+ total views.
  • Planned and executed ecosystem events including a founders + investors dinner at ETHDenver (20+ projects).
  • Drove >$500K in investment through personal investor network and coordinated APAC regional campaigns.
Renzo Protocol Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Marketing & Community Manager · Remote

  • 3rd hire (excluding founders); grew X from 17,000 → 100,000+ in under 3 months.
  • Supported protocol deposits expanding from ~$15M → $1B+ TVL in ~4 months (100,000% growth).
  • Produced technical and educational content on liquid restaking for tens of thousands of new users.
  • Partnered with BD to time announcements and integrations for maximum amplification and deposit inflow.
Abridged (Collab.Land) Aug 2022 – Mar 2023

Community Relations & Outreach · Remote

  • Coordinated seven concurrent partner launches with aligned messaging and joint ecosystem activation.
  • Managed cross-channel comms (Substack, Mirror, Medium, Discord) and analyzed engagement data.
  • Ran weekly Twitter Spaces to drive audience participation and support enterprise/DAO onboarding.
DAOhaus Apr 2021 – Aug 2022

Community & Content Management · Remote

  • Developed ecosystem content and strategic messaging enabling ~100 ETH in fundraising.
  • Produced research reports, governance explainers, and product narratives to drive DAO adoption.
  • Provided data-informed communication flows between governance stakeholders and protocol contributors.
Celsius Network Aug 2020 – Feb 2021

Data Analytics & Strategy Associate · Remote

  • Delivered weekly market analytics and institutional research for custody, lending, and stablecoin products.
  • Designed user surveys joining quantitative and qualitative data to guide product decisions.
  • Conducted competitive analysis and funnel evaluation to support growth strategy across the product suite.
  • Tools: Tableau, Python (pandas), SQL, Excel, survey design, dashboarding.
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Connect

Open to advisory, fractional, and full-time roles at the frontier of Web3 growth and ecosystem marketing.