Baker: Facebook's entire analytics team was once part of growth
Ed Baker · Scaling Growth | Gustaf Alstromer, YC Partner (formerly Airbnb) & Ed Baker (formerly Uber) · Y Combinator · Jun 23, 2017 · at 8:39
Ed Baker, former growth lead at Facebook and Head of Growth at Uber, discusses how Facebook structured its multi-functional growth team.
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“In fact, all of analytics back then was part of the growth team.”
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