NEW DELHI: GrowthX, India’s fast-growing professional membership community for product, marketing, and growth leaders, has crossed 5,000 members.
Marking the milestone, Founder & CEO Udayan Walvekar published a widely shared post outlining five major lessons from building what he calls a “high-curation community” rather than a typical networking forum.
been building growthx for 4 yrs now.
just crossed 5,000 members.
five things i learned building gx1/ curation is the entire game
we reject 91% of applicants. not because we’re elite. because standards create culture.
last month, a founder with 10cr funding applied. great… pic.twitter.com/qo8GOBMZAR
— Udayan Walvekar (@udayan_w) December 1, 2025
Walvekar emphasized that curation is central to GrowthX’s model, revealing that the platform rejects nearly 91% of membership applications to protect community culture and intent.
“We reject 91% of applicants. Not because we’re elite. Because standards create culture. If everyone gets in, nobody should want in,” he wrote, explaining that even high-profile founders with funding are turned away if motivations are misaligned.
Community Built on Intent, Not Scale
Founded four years ago, GrowthX positions itself as a private club for operators leading growth at companies such as Razorpay, Jio, Swiggy, Zerodha, and Freshworks. It offers structured learning programs, offline sessions, and peer-support environments built around solving real problems rather than vanity networking.
“A community isn’t a WhatsApp group. Isn’t a conference twice a year. It’s people who believe in the same thing, pursuing the same problems,” Walvekar wrote.
He argued that offline events, Slack channels, and conferences do not create meaningful collaboration without aligned environments and action-driven relationships.
‘Surface Area of Serendipity’
Walvekar described how meaningful professional relationships require intentional environments rather than luck. Recalling how he met co-founder Abhishek while working at Sokrati, he explained:
“The foosball table was furniture. The actions were everything.”
He framed serendipity as a formula:
Surface area = (quality of environment) × (clarity of goals) × (actions taken).
The 11 PM Test
Explaining how to measure whether a community is truly valuable, he wrote:
“It’s 11pm… Can you message someone and get an actual answer from someone who’s been there? Or are you sending messages into the void?”
‘Actions Create Relationships’
Walvekar advised founders to prioritize depth over volume:
“Find 5 people heading to the same destination. Those 5 will matter more than 5,000 followers.”
What GrowthX Claims to Offer
According to the official description shared alongside the milestone:
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Live learning programs taught by leaders who have scaled real products.
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A private no-fluff community focused on direct, actionable problem-solving.
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Monthly offline meetups including roundtables, mixers, and deep-dive sessions across seven Indian cities.
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Tools and support for career acceleration and zero-to-scale startup growth.
Walvekar closed the post saying:
“This is the kind of community we’re building. If that’s what you’re looking for — we’re GrowthX.”
