Julian Shapiro is a well-known figure in the startup world with extensive experience in growth and marketing. He is a founder of Demand Curve, a growth marketing training program designed to help startups grow their businesses. In the past, he has worked with other notable startups like Segment and Webflow as a growth advisor and vice president of marketing respectively. Julian is also a renowned writer and has been a growth columnist for TechCrunch, where he shares his knowledge and insights on growth marketing. He is also an experienced developer who created the popular open-source animation library Velocity.js. Julian studied at the IAR school and actively uses his expertise to help early-stage startups grow and succeed.