Bal Narayan Singh, product ops and GTM generalist

Coffee, a cigarette and a stack of attention papers

Hello,English

I’m BNS, and while I like to call myself a "true generalist", my expertise leans towards Product Ops and GTM (more of a PMM actually). I enjoy connecting the dots b/w product, tech & business, and turning ideas into things people actually use. Currently building ExamSeries. Listing some of my fav work below.

Over the past few years, I’ve worked across Developer Relations, Product and Business Development, navigating the Web3 and AI ecosystems. From building communities and forging partnerships to researching markets and shaping product experiences.

These days, I’m usually building something, exploring new technology or falling down an unexpected rabbit hole. When I’m not at my desk, you’ll probably find me out on my motorcycle, experimenting with my camera or discovering something new.

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Currently Building

ExamSeries
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Venture-01

ExamSeries · User Research, Prototyping, and Ops

Career impact at NodeOps, Airtribe, Reef and Deon

GTM & Product Ops

GTM Engineering, Funnel Optimisation, Data & Decisions.

Research and writing samples

Research & Writings

Mixed-Method Research, Protocol/Architecture Analysis, Investment Memos.

Open-source, arbitrage and hedging projects

Builds

FOSS, Arbitrage & Hedging Projects, etc.

Career Journey

  1. Started B.Tech (ECE)LNMIIT, JaipurOct 2022
  2. Mandate

    Scale Reef Developers Club (a vetted pool of devs) across the APAC region.

    Actions

    • Closed partnerships with 14+ web3 communities across India & Singapore.
    • Designed & ran 3 campaigns to build a pipeline for contributors & devs.
    • Conducted dev interviews for campaign improvement and marketing initiatives.

    Impact

    • Scaled the vetted pool from 0 to 320+ w/ a team of 2.
    • Partnerships across India, Thailand and Singapore w/ Tier-1 institutions and dev communities.
    • 72 builders attending the offline campaign closing events.
  3. Mandate

    Closing monetary, in-kind & community partnerships.

    Actions

    • Led a team of 60 organisers across 5 teams.
    • Designed the sponsorship brochure, finalising the sponsorship tiers.
    • Handled expense planning & partner onboarding.

    Impact

    • $7,000+ secured in sponsorship.
    • 5 monetary, 2 in-kind and 9 community collaborations closed.
  4. Mandate

    Growth analytics partner for 3 L1 ecosystems.

    Actions

    • Building & deciding across a 21+ KPI dashboard.
    • 15+ dev interviews for onboarding to grant programs.
    • Building attribution models for hackathons & grant programs.

    Impact

    • Reduced dev & project acquisition cost by 21%.
    • A qualified & smoother funnel for the grants program.
  5. Mandate

    Finalising an 11-part explainer series on EigenLayer.

    Actions

    • Research across restaking and AVSs.
    • Breaking down the shared security model & off-chain execution framework.

    Impact

    • Authored w/ references to the physical world, making it easier to understand.
    • Finished the 14-day contract within 4 days.
  6. Research AnalystConsulting / FreelanceOct 2025 – Jan 2026 · Contract
  7. Mandate

    Own outbound, partnerships and account execution.

    Actions

    • 22+ automated outbound pipelines touching 35k+ touchpoints.
    • Building a BD-focused, user-behaviour-customised notification pipeline.

    Impact

    • Sourcing & closing a channel partnership.
    • Executing across 21+ accounts & 4 channel partnerships across legal, product & ops.
  8. Mandate

    Driving revenue through consultative sales.

    Actions

    • MEDDIC for lead qualification.
    • Handling pitch to onboarding, and hand-off to the program team.
    • Feeding sales insight to the product team.

    Impact

    • Revenue of INR 14L against a target of INR 4L.
    • Closing 4 to 5 deals as a weekly average.
  9. Graduated, B.Tech (ECE)LNMIIT, JaipurJun 2026
  10. Problem Statement

    Solving for fast-paced handwritten answer-script checking and mock test papers.

    Actions

    • 30+ user interviews.
    • Benchmarking across 5 competitors on pricing & speed.
    • Wireframing and prototyping.
    • Sourcing faculty and signing MOUs.

    Impact

    • An average turnaround time of 6–7 hours, against 3–7 days for competitors.
    • 3,000+ users since October 2nd.

Kind Words

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A note from Alex

“Bal Narayan joined in as intern for three months at NodeOps, and he was operating at a level most people reach several years into their career.”

Alex Albano

Ex-CMO, NodeOps

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