Sean Ellis

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 26, 2015 by Matt Lerner · said 17 times in 8 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Oct 26, 2015 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Sean Ellis coined the term 'growth hacker' while at Dropbox
“Sean Ellis invented the term when he worked at Dropbox”
Matt Lerner Oct 26, 2015 ▶ 21:08 20 VC 082: 500 Startups Week: Growth Hacking 101: How To 10x Your Conversion with Matt Lerner, Head of Distro Dojo London
Feb 22, 2019
Insight
Product-market fit requires 40% of users to be very disappointed without it
“And after benchmarking a hundred startups, Sean found that the companies that struggle to grow almost always get less than 40% very disappointed, whereas companies that grow easily almost always get more than 40% very disappointed. And so what he's saying is t…”
Rahul Vohra Feb 22, 2019 ▶ 11:44 20VC: Superhuman's Rahul Vohra on How To Measure Product Market Fit, How To Construct A Process To Increase It & How To Implement A Strong Feedback and Reporting Cycle To Sustain It
May 31, 2024 positive
Opinion
Lerner: The Sean Ellis survey strongly tests product-market fit
“I think that's a really good test of the strength of product market fit.”
Matt Lerner May 31, 2024 ▶ 15:42 Matt Lerner: How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI | E1159 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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