# Sujan Patel

> Sujan Patel is a serial entrepreneur, growth marketer, and SaaS operator best known as co-founder of Mailshake (a sales engagement platform used by 38,000+ professionals) and managing partner of Ramp Ventures, a B2B SaaS acquisition firm. A college dropout who earned $200K/year through SEO expertise, he has co-founded and scaled multiple companies, co-authored '100 Days of Growth' (50,000+ copies sold), contributed 200+ articles to Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur, and built a portfolio of bootstrapped SaaS businesses acquired through Ramp Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder at Mailshake / Managing Partner at Ramp Ventures
- **Organizations:** Mailshake, Ramp Ventures, Web Profits, Right Inbox, VoilaNorbert
- **Nationality:** American (Indian-American heritage)
- **Education:** Did not complete degree (college dropout), University of California, Irvine
- **Known for:** Grew Single Grain from zero to $3M+ ARR before exiting in 2013, Generated $1M+ revenue in under 6 months as Head of SEO at Oversee.net, Helped When I Work grow over 900% as VP of Marketing

## Career timeline

- **Early 2000s** — Started eCommerce site selling car parts while at UCI — self-taught SEO
- **Mid 2000s** — Joined Oversee.net as Head of SEO; generated $1M+ revenue in under 6 months with one employee
- **2005-2006** — Founded Single Grain digital marketing agency (part-time)
- **2009** — Left Oversee.net to run Single Grain full-time in San Francisco
- **2011** — Reconnected with AJ Kumar; scaled Single Grain to $3M+ ARR, 23 employees
- **2013** — Exited Single Grain; joined When I Work as VP of Marketing
- **2014** — Co-founded Web Profits growth marketing agency
- **2015** — Founded ContentMarketer.io (later pivoted to Mailshake)
- **2015** — Co-authored '100 Days of Growth' — sold 50,000+ copies
- **2016** — Rebranded ContentMarketer.io to Mailshake; launched Ramp Ventures
- **2017** — Acquired VoilaNorbert through Ramp Ventures; grew it 2x+
- **2020-2023** — Expanded Ramp Ventures portfolio to 8+ SaaS companies; reviews 70-80 deals/month
- **2024-2025** — Launched Mailshake Cold Email Academy and AI-powered cold email sequence tool
- **2025-2026** — Published State of Cold Email 2026 report; continued expanding Ramp Ventures portfolio

## Achievements

- Grew Single Grain from zero to $3M+ ARR before exiting in 2013
- Generated $1M+ revenue in under 6 months as Head of SEO at Oversee.net
- Helped When I Work grow over 900% as VP of Marketing
- Co-authored '100 Days of Growth' — sold 50,000+ copies
- Built Mailshake into a platform used by 38,000+ professionals
- Contributed 200+ articles to Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal
- Delivered 100+ conference presentations; keynoted a conference of 3,200 people
- Manages a portfolio of 8+ bootstrapped SaaS companies through Ramp Ventures
- Earned $200,000+/year as a college dropout through SEO mastery

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Published 'Unlocking AI Success: How To Get Your Data Ready for AI Implementation'
- **2025-01** — Launched the Mailshake Cold Email Academy — free training on cold email in the post-spam-crackdown era
- **2024-12** — Released AI-powered cold email sequence tool (built using Claude AI), trained on 1 billion cold emails
- **2024-07** — Appeared on Sales Talk for CEOs podcast (Ep. 126): 'From Problem to Product: Sujan Patel's Path to Mailshake'
- **2024-01** — Featured on The Modern SaaS Podcast: 'How to win in a competitive market'
- **2026-01** — Published State of Cold Email 2026 report via Mailshake

## Links

- Website: https://sujanpatel.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujanpatel
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sujanpatel
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SujanPatel/videos
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sujanfive/

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Last updated: 2026-04-28