Sean Ellis

9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2017 by Sean Ellis · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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May 1, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ellis secured a $1M book advance for Hacking Growth
“If you take international rights, it's at about a million.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 14:05 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017 positive
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Ellis: Eventbrite relied on inherent product virality rather than referral incentives
“Eventbrite actually did not have an incentive. Eventbrite's just a natural, a really natural kind of viral product in itself, that an event organizer sets up an event among their attendees at that event, who then come through the system and buy tickets and hav…”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 6:40 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017 positive
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Ellis: Dropbox had strong referrals before launching its referral program
“Referrals were strong before the referral program went in place. People love the product. We're spreading the word about the product.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 4:55 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017
Assertion Supported
Ellis: Selling 5,000 to 10,000 books weekly can reach NYT bestseller list
“It's probably somewhere between 5010 thousand books in that first week that can get you on the list.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 17:56 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017
Insight
Ellis: Growth hacking is rapid testing, not creative slam dunks
“Most things that I think of don't work. That's the reality. And that growth hacking is really more about testing a bunch of stuff and doubling down when something works. And so it's more about kind of just that, that rapid testing process.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 18:40 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ellis: Dropbox built its famous referral program with under 10 employees
“There was less than 10 of us at the company at the time. I was the only non-engineer at the company”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 3:32 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017 bullish
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Ellis: GrowthHackers sees one million quarterly visitors and 400,000 social followers
“In, in the per quarter, we're probably a million people coming through growth hackers and another like 400,000 across our different social accounts, followers”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 20:29 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017
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Ellis acquired Qualaroo from KISSmetrics in 2012 for under $1 million
“Less than a million dollars.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 11:44 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
May 1, 2017 negative
Insight
Ellis: Viral growth is unsustainable without strong foundational product value
“If you don't have a lot of value at the foundation of that growth, it's not very sustainable.”
Sean Ellis May 1, 2017 ▶ 2:47 646: He Coined Term "Growth Hacking" After DropBox, EventBrite, LogMeIn Work, Now Launching Book "Hacking Growth" with Sean Ellis
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