Sean Ellis
Fractional VP Growth @ Self-employed
Coined 'growth hacking.' Founder of GrowthHackers. Architected growth at Dropbox and LogMeIn.
“The original growth hacker reveals his secrets, covering growth systems, strategic decision-making, and product design.”
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Self-employed | Fractional VP Growth & Startup Advisor | ~2017-present |
| GrowthHackers | Founder & CEO | ~2013-2017 |
| Qualaroo | Founder & CEO | ~2010-2013 |
| Dropbox | Head of Growth (first marketer) | ~2008-2010 |
| LogMeIn | Head of Marketing (founding team, launch to IPO) | ~2003-2008 |
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“Right. And then that ultimately moving retention is really hard, but it's usually much more function of onboarding to the right user experience than it is about the tactical things that people try to ...”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Start drilling in, start feeling back that onion-”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“One of the ones that I listened to recently.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Yeah, I think it is, at least from my perspective. It's been really useful for me anyway.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Once all of those things are working well, then I'll obsess on the customer acquisition side. But customer acquisition is so hard that if you're not really efficient at converting-”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“... customer acquisition is so hard that if you're not really efficient at converting and retaining and monetizing people, you're going to really struggle on the customer acquisition side.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Yeah. Optimistic I think is what I said.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“I prefer a more passionate customer base and work from there, just because I think your biggest competition when you're really innovating is just being irrelevant. And so if you're deeply relevant to ...”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Yeah, I think they even do it down to the feature level.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“But they were doing it, I think, from pretty early on in the business.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“To a different group of people, to be clear.”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)
“Yeah. And they're at highest risk of losing them at that point. They-”
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)