Oakland · East Bay · Remote

A fractional CMO and marketing team for Oakland startups.

Oakland founders build lean and ship fast. Your marketing should too. The Growth Gremlin gives East Bay SaaS, healthtech, AI and consumer startups senior marketing leadership plus a hands on crew, without the cost of a full time CMO.

What we do for Oakland founders

Fractional CMO

Senior marketing leadership for Oakland startups that need a strategy, a budget plan and pipeline the board can believe in.

GTM launch sprints

Positioning, messaging and launch plans for East Bay teams taking a new product to market.

Growth & performance marketing

Paid ads, media buying, SEO, AEO and lifecycle email built for repeatable customer acquisition.

Branding & design

Brand identity, websites and design systems that help an Oakland startup look like the category leader.

See every flavor on the services page, or read our client stories.

Why Oakland teams pick a fractional CMO over an agency

  • One senior team owns strategy and execution, so nothing gets lost between account managers.
  • Flexible scope: pick only what you need from the pantry and scale monthly.
  • Remote first, so your budget goes into campaigns, not agency overhead.
  • Built for startups across B2C, SMB, B2B2C, healthtech, AI and SaaS.

Also serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Palo Alto.

Oakland marketing questions

Causing mayhem in your funnel since day one.

Building something big in Oakland? Let's make it move.