Sukhpal Saini: Speaker Profile
Serial builder, speaker and community builder with a knack for distribution.
100M+ Instagram views, $45K MRR, 30 meetups hosted in Canada.
Signature talks
How to Sell Before You Build
Validate demand and collect pre-sales before writing a line of code.
For: Technical founders, Indie hackers, Startup accelerators · Keynote (30-45 min), Workshop (90 min)
Distribution for AI and SaaS Products (Including AEO)
Why the best marketed product wins, and how to get recommended by ChatGPT.
For: SaaS founders, AI builders, Product and growth teams · Keynote (30-45 min), Workshop (90 min)
How I Sold My Company, and How to Build One Worth Buying
The full path from bootstrapped product to acquisition.
For: Bootstrapped founders, Indie hackers, Founder communities · Keynote (30-45 min), Fireside chat
Also happy to speak on
- Building a world-class network if you did not come from a top university
- Being a solo founder: how to build your support system
- Burnout and how to pick yourself back up
- Building a culture of rapid experimentation
- Being a prolific writer (1,800+ pieces, 1M+ impressions)
- Why storytelling is a founder’s biggest competitive advantage
- Building an ideal life, not just a business
Why listen to me
- Instagram views
- 100M+
- MRR at Carousel Studio
- $45K
- meetups hosted in Canada
- 30
Instagram views
MRR at Carousel Studio
meetups hosted in Canada
- • 100M+ views on Instagram from founder-led content
- • Hosted 30 meetups in Canada, including the official Cursor and Lovable events in Toronto
- • Sold Reetail, a fully bootstrapped ecommerce website builder, in 2024 and has shipped 36 products
- • Carousel Studio: 300K+ users, #1 trending on the Canva App Marketplace, recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity
- • Former engineer at IBM, Apple and Saks Fifth Avenue
- • Featured in Yahoo Finance, Techstars, OnDeck, Growclass and Acquire
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Sukhpal Saini is a serial builder, speaker and community builder with a knack for distribution. He has 100M+ Instagram views, grew Carousel Studio to $45K MRR, sold his last company in 2024, and has hosted 30 meetups in Canada.
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Sukhpal Saini is a serial builder, speaker and community builder with a knack for distribution. As Founder & CEO of Engyne, he grew Carousel Studio, a Canva app used by 300K+ people and recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity, to $45K MRR, and his content has earned 100M+ views on Instagram. He sold his bootstrapped ecommerce builder Reetail in 2024, has shipped 36 products, and has hosted 30 meetups in Canada, including the official Cursor and Lovable events in Toronto.
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Sukhpal Saini is a serial builder, speaker and community builder with a knack for distribution. Born in Punjab, India, he moved to Canada in 2014 and graduated from York University with a degree in Computer Science. He worked as an engineer at IBM, Apple and Saks Fifth Avenue before going all-in on building his own products. Over 8 years he has shipped 36 products. Most got no traction, which is how he learned that the best product does not win; the best distributed product does. His last company, Reetail, a fully bootstrapped ecommerce website builder, was acquired in 2024. His current product, Carousel Studio, is a Canva app that helps creators make Instagram and LinkedIn carousels in under a minute. It has 300K+ users, was #1 trending on the Canva App Marketplace, is recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity, and makes $45K MRR. His content has earned 100M+ views on Instagram. Sukh has hosted 30 meetups in Canada, including the official Cursor and Lovable events in Toronto, and has been a guest on Tool Use, the Startup Podcast, Acquire and more. His mission: if technical founders learn to sell, we will see more teams of fewer than five people build billion-dollar companies.
Previous talks and podcasts
- How to Master Distribution For Your AI Apps (Tool Use Podcast) →
- How to Sell Before You Build: A 5-Step Founder Playbook (TechTO) →
- Inside a Founder’s Mind: Building 36+ AI Tools & Mastering Distribution →
- Startup Podcast: How to Prime Your Business For a Seamless Acquisition →
- How I Sold My Product on Acquire →
- Get Your First 10 Clients from LinkedIn →
- Making SaaS Content Marketing Easy →
- How to Collect Pre-Sales Revenue from Early Adopters →
- AI Tinkerers →
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