Baba Uppal
SVP, Strategy and Business Development, Secret Location
Baba Uppal specializes in innovation strategy and business development and is currently the SVP of Strategy and Business Development at Secret Location. He was most recently the VP of Business Development at AFINITY, a venture-backed mobile engagement and monetization platform. Previously he was the Director of Digital Media at Endemol USA, the North American division of the largest global independent television production company in the world behind reality and game show blockbusters. While at Endemol USA, he was responsible for business development of original digital video for online and mobile distribution. Prior to Endemol USA, he was the Independent Strategy Consultant at A&E Television Networks and Business Development Consultant at Curb Media. Baba holds an MBA in Real Estate, Strategy & Entrepreneurship from University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business.
Content & Articles by Baba Uppal
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...