Garrett Gottlieb
Founder, Pulse & Pulse Growth Partners
Garrett is the founder of Pulse. Previously, he built PumpUp to 6 million members through early influencer marketing and UGC, raised $4M from NEA and General Catalyst, and co-founded legal immigration platform BorderPass. He specializes in brand building, organic growth, and conversational marketing.
Proven Track Record & Brand Building
PumpUp
Garnered 6 million members through early influencer marketing and user-generated content (UGC), raising $4M from notable venture capital firms like NEA and General Catalyst.
BorderPass
Co-founded legal immigration platform built for international students and newcomers to navigate legal compliance and immigration journeys.
Pulse
Built Pulse to help ambitious businesses and SaaS founders scale organic customer acquisition, social listening, and AI visibility across Reddit and answer engines.
Background & Marketing Expertise
Garrett Gottlieb is a growth marketer and entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling prominent consumer and B2B brands from zero to millions of users.
Before founding Pulse, Garrett led PumpUp to over 6 million members worldwide, pioneering influencer marketing and user-generated content (UGC) before it was an established marketing playbook. He raised $4 million USD from top venture capital firms including New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and General Catalyst to expand the platform globally.
He later co-founded BorderPass, an innovative legal immigration platform built for international students and educational institutions, combining software automation with accredited legal guidance to streamline immigration journeys.
Today, Garrett builds Pulse (usepulse.ai) and Pulse Growth Partners to empower founders, marketers, and agencies to capture high-intent demand across Reddit communities and AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.
Core Focus & Growth Disciplines
Articles & Guides by Garrett Gottlieb
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Short-form video for B2B tech: 45-second product demos
Learn how B2B SaaS teams turn complex software features into high-converting 45-second micro-demos across LinkedIn, X, and YouTube Shorts.
Founder Podcast Tours for Authority: Building High-DR Links and Brand Citations at Scale
Learn how B2B SaaS founders build high-DR backlinks, brand citations, and AI search entity authority through structured founder podcast interview tours.
Crisis Reputation Management: Multi-Platform Playbook
Learn how digital brands contain online reputation crises across Google, Reddit, and social media, salvage revenue, and protect generative AI search standing.
Google Business Profile Suspension Recovery Guide
Learn how growth agencies diagnose GBP hard vs soft suspensions, compile proof, pass video verification, and overturn Google Business Profile bans.
Local PPC Budgeting: Ad Spend Allocation Across Markets
Learn how multi-unit service businesses allocate Google Ads budgets across markets, implement Target CPA bidding, and eliminate territory cannibalization.
Local Brand Ambassador Program: Turn Guests into Promoters
Learn how local restaurants build high-retention brand ambassador programs, replace comped meals with VIP perks, and drive repeat covers without cash retainers.