Product Marketing • Go-to-Market • Growth

From product launch to growth.

I help companies launch and scale products through positioning and go-to-market strategies that drive adoption and revenue.

Rana Abbasi
30+ markets 5 languages
30+
Markets launched and expanded
10+
Years building and growing products
5×
Languages: EN · AR · FR · RU · Mandarin
Who I am

Where product meets growth.

I work at the intersection of product, marketing, and sales. Whether launching something new or helping an existing product grow, I turn insights into positioning, go-to-market strategies, and measurable outcomes.

Selected Work

From launch to scale.

Projects across healthtech, AI, edtech, and international expansion, showing how strategy becomes product adoption, stronger positioning, and measurable growth.
001 / 04 Healthcare · Enterprise SaaS · B2B/B2G/B2C Petal Health brand and website +

Petal Health

Unified multiple product lines into one customer-first story, transforming positioning, branding, and go-to-market into a single scalable system.

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What it was

Petal had multiple products across three solution lines mapped to three sales motions (B2B, B2G, B2C), but the story underneath was fragmented. Each motion sold a different version of the company.

What I did

Revamped the entire narrative (story, positioning, messaging) into one coherent ICP-led system, with channel-activation playbooks per segment.

Trained the full sales & product orgs and managed branding, video, and web agencies through an end-to-end revamp.

The outcome

One company, one story, three motions activated against it: a consolidated brand system the whole org could sell, build, and ship under.

Skills PMM foundation playbook GTM & growth strategy Segmentation & JTBD ICP mapping Sales enablement
002 / 04 Edtech · Marketplace · B2B/B2C Abbie by ApplyBoard +

Abbie by ApplyBoard

Launched one of edtech's first AI agents through a phased go-to-market strategy, customer research, and executive product launch.

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What it was

Edtech's first AI agent. The team built it in-house as a retrieval-augmented (RAG) agent on GPT-4, with model access through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI, and launched it at the flagship event in India to 1,500 customers.

What I did

Mapped JTBD, journeys, and use cases with product; built the interview guide and flew to India for three weeks to interview high-value customers in-office.

Defined the early-adopter program and staged a 3-phase rollout with a Microsoft co-launch, PR, email, and sales enablement.

The outcome

The biggest product launch in ApplyBoard's history, plus a release-metrics dashboard that gave product and PMM a shared definition of launch success.

Skills Customer interviews GTM launch strategy Messaging & Positioning
003 / 04 Edtech · Marketplace · B2B/B2C ApplyBoard platform +

ApplyBoard

Built the international growth engine that introduced ApplyBoard into new markets while improving adoption across existing ones.

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What it was

ApplyBoard needed to expand and establish its product in new markets beyond its core geographies, each with its own funnel, partner mix, and demand patterns.

What I did

Led a team of 8 growth marketers executing market-entry strategy, with dedicated launches in China and across Africa.

Aligned with product and sales on penetration and engagement; ran dozens of customer interviews per quarter.

The outcome

Generated 40%+ of monthly sales targets, and built the foundational messaging, positioning, and persona frameworks for a 3-sided marketplace still in use today.

Skills Sales enablement Campaign strategy Sales promotions Content generation PR & branding Ad campaigns Events & webinars
004 / 04 Startup · Education · Community District 3 Innovation Centre +

GlobalX

Designed repeatable market-entry programs that helped Canadian startups expand internationally through research, partnerships, and public-sector collaboration.

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What it was

An internationalization program designed to help Canadian tech entrepreneurs land and operate in five priority geographies.

What I did

Worked directly with government partners, hosted testing-lab programs, and secured grant funding to launch new services.

Defined market-entry plans for 30+ startups and managed 30 global partners across 20 markets.

The outcome

A repeatable playbook for soft-landing startups into new markets, funded, partnered, and shipped through public-sector collaboration.

Skills Global expansion Grant proposals Program management GTM strategy Research
How I work

How I help companies grow.

From the first customer interview to launch day, and everything that comes after.
/ 01

Positioning & Messaging

ICP-led narratives, category positioning, and persona-specific messaging that the whole org can sell.

JTBD · Segmentation · Competitive Intelligence
/ 02

GTM & Launches

Staged, multi-channel launch plans, from early-access programs to flagship-event reveals.

Launch Strategy · Sales Enablement · PR · Partnerships
/ 03

Product Growth

Driving acquisition, adoption, engagement, and revenue through lifecycle marketing, experimentation, and cross-functional growth initiatives.

Growth Strategy · Funnel Optimization · Attribution · Lifecycle Marketing
/ 04

Research & Insights

Turning customer conversations into product decisions, stronger positioning, and measurable outcomes.

Customer Interviews · Personas · Journey Mapping · Analytics
Beyond Work

Building products is only part of the work.

I also mentor startups and support initiatives that create opportunities for others.
/ 01

Engineers Without Borders

Consulted for an African startup, helping them scale their business.

/ 02

Enactus

Financial-literacy programming for women in shelters, building practical money skills for women rebuilding their lives.

/ 03

PMAC Ambassador

Hosting community events for the Product Marketing Alliance, bringing PMM experts together.

Let's talk

New product, new
market, or both?

Whether you're bringing a new product to market or looking to accelerate the next stage of growth, I'd love to hear what you're working on.