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A Few of My Favorite Acquisition Loops - Profiles

A walkthrough of the Profile Loop used by AirBnB, Upwork, Thumbtack, Eventbrite, and most successful marketplaces and social networks.

Nov 29 •

🔥Hot Take Alert #9: No You Shouldn’t Do a Black Friday Promotion

The history of Black Friday, some of the best alternatives, and what I think should be on your holiday shopping list this year

Nov 21 •

A Few of My Favorite Acquisition Loops - Templates

A walkthrough of the template Loop used by Canva, Figma, Adobe, Miro, Airtable and Notion with a quantitative growth model to measure this loop at your…

Nov 14 •

Failure Stories #5: Building the Wrong Product then Doubling Down on Your Mistake | Chris Hatfield (LinkedIn, Meta)

Watch now (20 mins) | In this first recorded edition of Failure Stories, Chris Hatfield (Director of Product at LinkedIn) shares a story about building…

Nov 7 •

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October 2023

Growing Revenue at a Pumpkin Patch

Applying Growth strategies to a local non-profit and achieving record results

Oct 31 •

Mastering Product Discovery

What discovery isn’t. What discovery is. And a discovery journey from Patreon.

Oct 24 •

🔥Hot Take Alert #8: Luck

I answer a reader question about luck and your career

Oct 17 •

Unlocking Optionality in Your Career

What options are available outside of full time, in-house employment?

Oct 10 •

Failure Stories Volume 4

Dan Wolcohok, Head of New Products and former Head of Data at Reforge shares the time he deleted the entire Reforge applications table during their peak…

Oct 3 •

September 2023

PLG to PLS: A Case Study

A deep-dive on how Patreon's creator acquisition motion has changed over time

Sep 26 •

Growth Skill Building and Your Career

Combining the Growth Competency Model, Archetypes, and your Career Trajectory

Sep 19 •

Growth Teams: To Centralize or Decentralize?

Evaluating the pros and cons of each approach and a framework for decision-making - with examples from Lyft, Patreon and Imperfect Foods.

Sep 12 •

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