AI-first marketing education

Learn How Silicon Valley's Best Companies Build World-Class Marketing

Learn the marketing strategies used by leading technology companies and adapt them to grow your own startup or business—no matter where you live.

4,000+ learners in 30+ countries Taught by operators, not academics
Startup founders and marketers collaborating around laptops in a modern office
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WHY SILICON VALLEY MARKETING INSTITUTE

Why Silicon Valley companies consistently outperform

It is not bigger budgets. It is a repeatable operating system: research, positioning, experimentation, and measurement, now amplified by AI.

  • Product-led growth

    Turn the product itself into the primary acquisition, activation, and retention engine instead of buying every user.

  • Customer-centric marketing

    Continuous customer research drives positioning, roadmap, and campaigns — not internal opinion.

  • Experimentation culture

    Ship small bets weekly, measure honestly, and compound the winners into predictable growth.

  • Data-driven decisions

    Define the metric that matters, instrument it properly, and let evidence settle the argument.

  • AI-powered marketing

    Use AI for research, segmentation, content systems, and analysis so a small team performs like a large one.

  • Growth frameworks

    Reusable operating systems for GTM, launches, pricing, and positioning that survive changes in headcount.

Featured courses

Choose how you want to learn

Three ways into the same curriculum — from independent study to a coached capstone that ends in portfolio-ready work.

Self-Paced

Perfect for independent learners.

$250one-time

Learn at your own pace

  • On-demand videos
  • Lifetime access
  • Downloadable resources
  • Community access
Start Self-Paced

Real-Time Cohort

For professionals wanting live instruction.

$1,500per cohort

6 weeks, live

  • Weekly live sessions
  • Office hours
  • Assignments
  • Peer discussions
  • Instructor feedback
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AI Marketing Capstone

Most Popular

The full program, with coaching and a portfolio-ready capstone.

$2,500per cohort

10 weeks, live + coaching

  • Everything in Real-Time
  • Build a complete AI-powered marketing strategy
  • Capstone project
  • Personalized coaching
  • Portfolio-ready work
  • Certificate
Enroll in the AI Capstone
Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

Every module ends in an artefact: a document, a plan, or a working system you can use immediately.

  • Build GTM strategies

    Design go-to-market motions that match your product and buyer.

  • Product Marketing

    Own launches, enablement, and the story that sells the product.

  • Growth Marketing

    Build acquisition and retention loops that compound.

  • AI Workflows

    Automate research, content, and reporting with AI systems.

  • Positioning

    Choose the market you can win and frame it clearly.

  • Messaging

    Turn positioning into copy that converts across surfaces.

  • Pricing

    Package and price against value, not against cost.

  • Competitive Analysis

    Read the market and build durable differentiation.

  • Customer Research

    Run interviews and surveys that change decisions.

  • Product Launches

    Run tiered launches with measurable outcomes.

  • Metrics

    Instrument the funnel and report what leadership needs.

  • Marketing Automation

    Build lifecycle systems that run without you.

Student success

Results from founders and marketers

Learners apply the work to their own company while they study — the outcomes show up fast.

  • We rebuilt our positioning during week two and our demo-to-close rate moved within a month. The frameworks are the ones our investors keep asking about.
    Mei Tanaka, Founder, Columbus OHMei TanakaFounder, Columbus OH
  • I finally have a launch system instead of a launch scramble. The instructor feedback on my messaging doc was worth the tuition on its own.
    Sofía Rivera, Product Marketer, Louisville KYSofía RiveraProduct Marketer, Louisville KY
  • The experimentation module changed how our team argues about ideas. We run fewer tests and learn far more from each one.
    Tom Brandt, Growth Marketer, Buffalo NYTom BrandtGrowth Marketer, Buffalo NY
  • The AI capstone gave me a marketing system I actually operate every week. I'm a team of one competing with teams of ten.
    Layla Haddad, Entrepreneur, Indianapolis INLayla HaddadEntrepreneur, Indianapolis IN
Instructors

Learn From Silicon Valley Leaders

Practitioners who have led marketing through category launches, product-led growth, and AI adoption.

  • Priya Raman, Former VP Marketing, enterprise SaaS

    Priya Raman

    Former VP Marketing, enterprise SaaS

    Led product marketing through two category launches and a $0–$80M ARR run. Teaches positioning, pricing, and GTM strategy.

  • Erik Lindqvist, Growth lead, developer tools

    Erik Lindqvist

    Growth lead, developer tools

    Built product-led growth loops for a developer platform used by 400k engineers. Teaches experimentation and growth systems.

  • Anna Whitfield, CMO in residence

    Anna Whitfield

    CMO in residence

    Three-time startup CMO across marketplaces and fintech. Teaches marketing leadership, metrics, and executive storytelling.

  • Daniel Cho, AI marketing architect

    Daniel Cho

    AI marketing architect

    Designs AI research and content pipelines for lean marketing teams. Teaches the AI workflow track and capstone reviews.

Curriculum preview

Twelve modules, one operating system

A sample of the curriculum. Cohort and capstone learners work through it live with assignments and feedback.

The operating principles behind high-growth technology marketing, and how they differ from traditional marketing organisations.

Free resource

Free Guide: 25 Marketing Frameworks Used by Silicon Valley Companies

The positioning, pricing, launch, and growth frameworks we teach in the program — condensed into one practical guide.

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