Sam Sabeti

I'm a product manager. I led growth at AllTrails, where I joined as an early employee. Before that, I was an investor.

Now I help consumer startups grow.

Sam Sabeti, outdoors in the mountains

01About

I've spent the last 7 years scaling consumer products.

I joined AllTrails as the 30th employee. I built and led the product growth team responsible for the full funnel, from onboarding to monetization and retention. Before that, I was a growth-stage software investor at Spectrum Equity.

We scaled AllTrails to 80M+ global users, grew paying subscribers >5x into the millions, and won Apple's 2023 App of the Year.

Now I'm an advisor and fractional product manager for consumer startups. I'm hands-on: designing and prototyping flows, running pricing and packaging studies, shipping experiments alongside the team.

Off the desk

You'll find me playing tennis, watching tennis, sailing, skiing, mountain biking, and visiting my family in Europe and Asia.

Pre 2017

Born in London. Undergrad at Berkeley.

2017 — 2019

Analyst at Spectrum Equity

I was on the core deal teams behind $100M of investments: AllTrails ($70M) and DataCamp ($30M). The AllTrails deal was 2018, back when it was a team of 12.

2019 — 2024

Product at AllTrails

Employee #30, started as Chief of Staff, then stood up the product growth team. Hired PMs and engineers, and ran hundreds of experiments as we scaled to 250+ people and reached $100M ARR.

2024 — now

Independent

Fractional product lead and advisor to startups. Consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and AI.

02Work

Teams I've helped

Seed-stage to growth - marketplaces, subscriptions, hardware, and AI.

Working together

Three ways to work with me, depending on what you need.

Advisory

On call, not on payroll

We talk weekly or monthly, and you can ping me in between. For teams that want senior input without making a hire.

Time
4+ hrs / month
Fee
Hourly

Project

One problem, fixed price

You name the problem - onboarding, pricing, conversion, analytics. I sprint on it and hand back a deliverable, not a deck.

Time
Case by case
Fee
Fixed

Embedded

Part of the team, part-time

I join your team and ship with you - audits, roadmaps, experiments, whatever the week needs.

Time
15+ hrs / week
Fee
Flexible retainer

Email me