When it comes to growth leaders in the tech industry, there are A LOT of people who can teach you about growth. I curated this list of the most trustworthy, knowledgeable, and helpful growth hackers in the business.
5. ⢠Coined the term âgrowth hackerâ
⢠Running the GrowthHackers.com community
⢠Previously growth at Dropbox, LogMeIn, Uproar,
Eventbrite, and Lookout
Founder and CEO,
Qualaroo
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Sean Ellis
6. ⢠Co-founder of Full Stack Marketing
⢠Head of Growth at Qualaroo and GrowthHackers
⢠Over 15+ years of growth experience
⢠His newsletter is a must subscribe to
Morgan Brown
COO, Inman News
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7. ⢠SaaS growth expert and advisor
⢠Co-founded CrazyEgg and KISSMetrics
⢠Curates excellent SaaS content on his newsletter
Hiten Shah
Board Member,
KISSMetrics
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8. ⢠Founding partner of 500 Startups
⢠Introduced the famous Pirate Metrics (AARRR)
⢠Growth hacking expert and startup advisor
Dave McClure
Founding Partner, 500
Startups
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9. ⢠Founder of Mattermark
⢠Excellent source on startup growth for entrepreneurs
⢠Startup funding thought leader
Danielle Morrill
CEO & Co-founder,
Mattermark
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10. ⢠Founder of YCombinator and startup advisor
⢠Writes excellent essays on startups and growth
Paul Graham
Co-Founder,
YCombinator
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11. ⢠Growth at Uber
⢠Respected tech writer focused on mobile products,
metrics, user growth, and virality
⢠Advises high growth startups
Andrew Chen
Supply Growth, Uber
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12. ⢠Author of âThe Lean Startupâ
⢠Startup advisor and lecturer
⢠Teaches growth through a methodical process
Eric Ries
Author, The Lean
Startup
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13. ⢠Serial entrepreneur and growth marketing expert
⢠Founder of App Sumo
⢠Previously growth at Mint.com and Facebook
Noah Kagan
Chief Sumo,
AppSumo
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14. ⢠Serial entrepreneur turned VC
⢠Currently the General Partner at Upfront Ventures
⢠Advocate of growth hacking
⢠Writes about startup, marketing, PR, and sales on his
blog
Mark Suster
General Partner,
Upfront Ventures
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15. ⢠Founder of Moz
⢠The best source for SEO and Google Updates
⢠Co-founded the Inbound.org community for online
marketers
Rand Fishkin
CEO & Founder, Moz
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16. ⢠Founder and CTO of Hubspot
⢠Runs the OnStartups.com community for startup
founders
⢠Expert on inbound marketing
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO,
Hubspot
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17. ⢠Partner at Greylock and startup advisor
⢠Previously product development at LinkedIn,
Facebook, and Twitter
⢠Consumer tech growth expert
Josh Elman
Partner, Greylock
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18. ⢠VC at the Foundry Group
⢠Co-founder of Tech Stars
⢠Advises startups on growth
Brad Feld
Managing Director,
Foundry Group
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19. ⢠Founder of ProductHunt
⢠Passionate about products
⢠Expert at growing a vibrant community
Ryan Hoover
Founder, Product
Hunt
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20. ⢠Co-founder CrazyEgg and KISSMetrics
⢠Advises multiple Fortune 500 companies on growth
⢠Writes epic content on his many blogs
Neil Patel
Co-Founder,
KISSMetrics
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21. ⢠Growth at Wealthfront
⢠Previously growth at Facebook, Twitter, and Quora
⢠Advises startups through Greylock Partners
Andy Johns
VP of Growth,
Wealthfront
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22. ⢠SaaS Consultant
⢠Moderator for GrowthHackers and ProductHunt
⢠Previously Head of Content for GrowthHackerTV and
Growth at Inbound.org
Nichole Elizabeth
SaaS Consultant &
Customer Success
Evangelist
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23. ⢠Co-founder of Buffer
⢠Advisor to entrepreneurs and startups on growth
⢠Growing his company through transparency and
holacracy
Joel Gascoigne
Co-Founder and
CEO, Buffer
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24. ⢠Author of âHooked: How to Build Habit-Forming
Productsâ
⢠Expert on product psychology and user behavior
Nir Eyal
Author, Hooked
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25. ⢠One of the top minds in growth
⢠Serial entrepreneur currently at Sidekick at HubSpot
⢠Releases some of the best growth content
coelevate.com
Brian Balfour
VP of Growth,
HubSpot
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26. ⢠Founder of Clarity
⢠One of the leading experts on growth hacking
Dan Martell
Founder & CEO,
Clarity.fm
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27. ⢠VC at Redpoint
⢠Go-to-expert for SaaS metrics
Tomasz Tunguz
Partner, Redpoint
Ventures
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28. ⢠Co-founder Single Grain and VP of Growth at When I Work
⢠Contributor to Forbes, WSJ, Entrepreneur, Business Insider,
and Inc.
⢠Author of âContent Marketing Playbookâ and â100 Days of
Growthâ
Sujan Patel
VP of Marketing,
When I Work
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29. ⢠Previously led the growth team at Facebook
⢠Frequently speaks about the keys to startup growth
Chamath Palihapitiya
Managing Partner,
The Social+Capital
Partnership
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30. ⢠Co-founded 37signals, now Basecamp
⢠Co-authored âReworkâ
⢠Shares advice on starting and growing a business on
his blog
Jason Fried
Co-founder & CEO,
Basecamp
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31. ⢠Author of 18 best-sellers
⢠Described as the âMarketing Wizardâ
⢠Serial entrepreneur and founder of two separate
companies
Seth Godin
Author, Permission
Marketing & Others
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32. ⢠Founder of YesGraph
⢠Previously growth at Dropbox
⢠Go-to-expert for building referral and virality
experiments
Ivan Kirigin
CEO, YesGraph
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33. ⢠Founder of CopyHackers
⢠Previously Intuit and Conversion Rate Experts
⢠Expert on copywriting and CRO
Joanna Wiebe
Copywriter &
Founder, Copy
Hackers
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34. ⢠Growth at Airbnb
⢠Previously growth at Voxer
⢠Expert on mobile acquisition
Gustaf AlstrĂśmer
Product Lead Growth,
Airbnb
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35. ⢠Venture Partner at Spark Capital
⢠Advises high growth consumer companies
⢠Previously general manager at Zynga
Nabeel Hyatt
Venture Partner,
Spark Capital
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36. ⢠General Partner at Matrix Partners
⢠Serial entrepreneur and expert on SaaS growth
⢠Board member of numerous companies, including
Hubspot
David Skok
General Partner,
Matrix Partners
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37. ⢠Digital Marketing Evangelist at Google
⢠Best-selling author of âWeb Analytics 2.0â
⢠Go-to-expert on Google Analytics
Avinash Kaushik
Digital Marketing
Evangelist, Google
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38. ⢠Partner at YCombinator
⢠Advises high-growth startups
⢠Runs PostHaven, the blogging platform
Garry Tan
Co-founder,
Posthaven
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39. ⢠Founder of Attach.io and Closing Call
⢠Frequent contributor to the growth community with
helpful marketing tips
⢠Blogs about startup marketing, acquisition, and
growth on his blog
Ryan Gum
CEO, Attach
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40. ⢠Helped coin âgrowth hackersâ with Sean Ellis
⢠Author of âThe Entrepreneurâs Guide to Customer
Developmentâ and âThe Lean Entrepreneurâ
⢠Mentors entrepreneurs at 500 Startups
Patrick Vlaskovits
Co-founder & CEO,
Superpowered
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41. ⢠Founder of Intercom
⢠Writes about business, design, and product
management on the Intercom blog
Des Traynor
Chief Strategy
Officer, Intercom
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42. ⢠Founder of Sprig and Udemy
⢠Previously growth advisor for Lyft
⢠Frequent speaker about startup growth
Gagan Biyani
CEO, Sprig
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43. ⢠Founder of ConversionXL
⢠Go-to-expert on conversion rate optimization
⢠Frequent speaker and writer on CRO topics
Peep Laja
Founder,
ConversionXL
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44. ⢠VP of Marketing at Porch
⢠Previously Moz and BigDoor
⢠Over 8 years of growth marketing experience
⢠Extremely knowledgeable in many acquisition
channels
Joanna Lord
VP of Marketing,
Porch
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45. ⢠Founder of Wordstream
⢠One of the leading experts on PPC
⢠Contributor to Forbes, Search Engine Journal, Moz,
and Inc.
Larry Kim
Founder, Wordstream
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46. ⢠Founder of SaaStr
⢠Grew SaaStr from a blog to a company with $100m+
in ARR
⢠Writes excellent SaaS content on the site
Jason M. Lemkin
Managing Director,
Storm Ventures
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47. ⢠Founder of OneMonth
⢠Teaches fundamental skills in programming, design,
and growth hacking through his company
Mattan Griffel
Co-Founder & CEO,
One Month
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48. ⢠Founder of UserOnboarding
⢠Go-to-expert on retention and on-boarding
⢠Author of âThe Elements of User Onboardingâ
Samuel Hulick
User Onboarding
Champion,
UserOnboard
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49. ⢠Engineering Lead for push notifications and emails at
Pinterest
⢠Previously growth at Shopkick
⢠Regarded as one of the best experts on mobile
growth
John Egan
Growth Engineering
Manager, Pinterest
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50. ⢠VP of Growth at Wealthfront
⢠Seasoned growth leader
⢠Previously eBay, About.com, and LinkedIn
Elliot Shmukler
VP Product and
Growth, Wealthfront
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51. ⢠Founder of GrooveHQ
⢠Advocate of transparency to drive startup growth
⢠Dishes out actionable insights on customer
development, growth, and productivity
Alex Turnbull
Founder & CEO,
Groove
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52. ⢠Founder of Quint Growth Partners
⢠Go-to-expert on analytics
⢠Helps companies grow through optimizing retention
and acquisition
Jamie Quint
Co-Founder,
Interstate Analytics
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53. ⢠Currently Sixteen Ventures
⢠Helped over 300 SaaS companies accelerate growth
through optimizing the customer lifecycle
⢠Writes on his blog about SaaS growth strategies
Lincoln Murphy
Customer Success
Evangelist, Gainsight
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54. ⢠Currently working at Everlane
⢠Product-driven and data-inspired growth hacker
⢠Previously growth at StumbleUpon and the Mitt
Romney campaign
Aaron Ginn
Growth Product
Manager, Everlane
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55. ⢠Senior Growth Marketer at Sidekick
⢠Expert at driving growth through content marketing
⢠Co-authored âTwitter for Dummiesâ and marketing
lecturer at Isenberg UMass
Anum Hussain
Senior Growth
Marketer,
Hubspot
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56. ⢠Founder of SocialTriggers
⢠Helps businesses growth through data-driven
marketing and content marketing
⢠Contributor to Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, and
Huffington Post
Derek Halpern
Founder, Social
Triggers
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57. ⢠Co-authored âTraction Book: A Startup Guide to
Getting Customersâ
⢠Outlines a framework for finding channels that will
bring customer growth in âTractionâ
Gabriel Weinberg
CEO & Founder,
DuckDuckGo
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58. ⢠Head of Growth at Emissary
⢠Previously the Entrepreneur in Resident at Tradecraft
and co-founder of Leftover
⢠Extremely helpful to young marketers just starting in
growth
Lyle McKeany
Head of Growth,
Emissary
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59. ⢠Currently runs Hey
⢠Active angel investor in San Francisco
⢠Previously General Manager at Zynga
Siqi Chen
CEO, Hey
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60. ⢠Author of âGrowth Hacker Marketingâ
⢠Previously Head of Marketing at American Apparel
⢠Authored two other best-sellers
Ryan Holiday
Author, Growth
Hacker Marketing &
Others
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61. ⢠Co-founder of Amazemeet
⢠Advises entrepreneurs in her spare time
⢠Writes about startups, content marketing, and
growth on her blog
Violeta Nedkova
Marketing Consultant
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62. ⢠Serial web entrepreneur
⢠Founder of Drip and Co-founder of MicroConf
⢠Writes about self-funding and startup growth on his
blog
Rob Walling
Founder, Drip
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63. ⢠Founder of Smart Bear
⢠Currently runs WPEngine and a mentor at Capital
Factor
⢠Writes about startup growth and marketing on his
blog
Jason Cohen
Founder, WP Engine
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64. ⢠Content Editor at Vero
⢠Runs an excellent blog that teaches marketers how
to drive growth through email engagement
Jimmy Daly
Head of Content
Marketing, Vero
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65. ⢠CEO of Wealthfront
⢠Previously LinkedIn, eBay, and Apple
⢠Served as an executive in residence at Greylock
Partners
Adam Nash
President & CEO,
Wealthfront
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66. ⢠Co-authored âLean Analyticsâ
⢠Currently the VP of Product at VarageSale
⢠Writes about analytics, startups, and product
management on the Instigator blog
Ben Yoskovitz
VP of Product,
VarageSale
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67. ⢠Lead Product Manager for Growth at YikYak
⢠Previously product marketer at Google and user
acquisition at HipMunk
Julie Zhou
Lead Product
Manager, Yik Yak
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68. ⢠Founder of Circle of Moms and Team Rankings
⢠Previously growth at LinkedIn and PayPal
⢠Currently Growth Hacker in Residence at 500 Startups
Mike Greenfield
Angel Investor &
Adviser
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69. ⢠Currently Head of Growth Engineering at Twitter
⢠Founder of Hi5
⢠Previously CTO of Bebo
Akash Garg
Sr. Director of
Engineering, Twitter
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70. ⢠Co-founded WPCurve and Helloify
⢠Authored âThe 7 Day Startup: You Donât Learn Until
You Launchâ
⢠Expert and speaker on content marketing
Dan Norris
Co-founder, WP
Curve
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71. ⢠CEO and founder of Color Genomics
⢠Founded Mixer Labs, acquired by Twitter
⢠Previously product manager at Google and VP of
Growth, International and Revenue at Twitter
Othman Laraki
Co-founder, Color
Genomics
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72. ⢠Author of âApp Design Handbookâ and two other
books
⢠Bootstrapped an email marketing company
⢠Teaches online marketing on his blog
Nathan Barry
Founder, ConvertKit
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73. ⢠Growth at Zumper
⢠A young growth marketer that knows how to hustle
⢠An up and coming growth leader you must follow
Ina Herlihy
Growth, Zumper
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74. ⢠Co-founded Unbounce
⢠One of the best CRO experts out there
⢠Writes about landing pages, A/B testing, and CRO on
the Unbounce blog
Oli Gardner
Co-founder,
Unbounce
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75. ⢠Leads content strategy at Help Scout
⢠Helped the company grow to be one of the best
growth blogs on the web
⢠Writes about content marketing on his personal blog
Gregory Ciotti
Marketing, Help
Scout
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76. ⢠Specialist in SaaS growth marketing
⢠Over 7+ years of experience in growth
⢠Helps businesses generate more revenue through
acquisition and retention
Pierre Lechelle
SaaS Marketer &
Growth Marketer
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77. ⢠Founded Polar and Bagcheck, acquired by Google and
Twitter
⢠UX expert and helped pioneer the mobile first design
movement
⢠Writes about device strategy and interaction design on his
blog
Luke Wroblewski
Product Director,
Google
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78. ⢠Founder of Copyblogger
⢠Bootstrapped three popular software products
without any outside investments
⢠Regarded as one of the pioneers of the content
marketing industry
Brian Clark
CEO, Rainmaker
Digital
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79. ⢠Co-author of âProduct Hunt Manualâ
⢠Co-founder and Head of Marketing for Fittr
⢠Writes about growth and startups on her blog
Kiki Schirr
Co-founder, Fittr
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80. ⢠Currently managing NFX Guild in San Francisco
⢠Regarded as one of the best minds in growth
⢠Helped 10 companies achieve high growth
James Currier
Managing Partner,
NFX Guild
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81. ⢠Currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence for SV Angel
⢠Previously Square and founded Socialmoth
⢠Advisor to entrepreneurs and startups
Paul McKellar
Entrepreneur-in-
Residence, SV Angel
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82. ⢠Co-founded Price Intelligently
⢠Go-to-expert in SaaS pricing strategies
⢠Previously led Strategic Initiatives for Gemvara and
Economist at Google and the NSA
Patrick Campbell
Co-founder & CEO,
Price Intelligently
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83. ⢠Marketing at Shopify
⢠Former editor for ConversionXL
⢠Regarded as one of the top experts in CRO
Tommy Walker
Marketing, Shopify
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84. ⢠Founder of Backlinko
⢠Regarded as one of the leading SEO experts
⢠Transparent with his own processes for generating
massive amounts of traffic to his blog
Brian Dean
Founder, Backlinko
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85. ⢠Distribution Hacker in Residence for 500 Startups
⢠Extremely knowledgeable on analytics and growth
⢠Previously held roles at Stellar.org and Walmart Labs
Tammy Camp
Distribution Hacker in
Residence, 500
Startups
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86. ⢠CMO for Sticker Mule and Button Frog
⢠Founded the marketing firm MiliSense
⢠Previously growth at GrowthHackers
Everette Taylor
CMO, Sticker Mule /
Button Frog
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87. ⢠Co-authored âTraction: A Startup Guide to Getting
Customersâ
⢠Currently the Director of Revenue at Exceptional
⢠Teaches programming for marketers
Justin Mares
Co-author, Traction
Book
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88. ⢠Partner at GrowthX Fund
⢠Previously founded Match.com and partner at SVG
Syndicate and Tradecraft
Will Bunker
Founding Partner,
GrowthX
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89. ⢠Associate Product Manager at Google
⢠Writes excellent content about growth and
marketing on his blog
⢠Frequent contributor to the GrowthHackers
community
Nate Desmond
Associate Product
Marketing Manager,
Google
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90. ⢠Co-founder and CTO of LivingSocial
⢠Previously built tech teams at multiple companies
⢠Focused on data-driven product development
Aaron Batalion
Angel Investor,
Batalion Capital
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91. ⢠Expert on social media and SEO
⢠Previously held roles at Mashable and Lifehacker
⢠Author of âThe New Community Rulesâ
⢠A professional hustler involved in the growth of many
companies
Tamar Weinberg
Chief Strategy
Officer, Small
Business Trends
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92. ⢠Co-founded Everlane
⢠Runs the immersive coding school, Dev Bootcamp
⢠Regarded as an expert on virality
Jesse Farmer
Co-founder,
CodeUnion
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93. ⢠Co-authored âLean Analyticsâ and three other books
⢠Serial entrepreneur that helped launch multiple
startup conferences
Alistair Croll
Founding Partner,
Startupfestival
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94. ⢠CEO of Close.io
⢠Helped many companies like Foursquare and
General Assembly scale their growth
⢠One of the best sales hackers in the business
Steli Efti
CEO, Close.io
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95. ⢠Director of Acquisition and Growth for Ramit Sethiâs âI
Will Teach You To Be Richâ
⢠Previously Director of Marketing for KISSMetrics
⢠One of the most versatile growth minds
Lars Lofgren
Director of Growth, I
Will Teach You To Be
Rich
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96. ⢠Co-founded Treehouse
⢠Writes about entrepreneurship and startups on his
blog
⢠One of the most followed entrepreneurs for his
transparency in building a company from scratch
Ryan Carson
CEO & Founder,
Treehouse
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97. ⢠Leads the Growth and Product team at Pinterest
⢠Previously held product marketing and platform
development roles at Facebook
⢠One of the top advocates for women in growth
Cat Lee
Head of Growth &
Product, Pinterest
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98. ⢠CEO of Single Grain
⢠Runs Growth Everywhere on the side
⢠Frequent contributor to Entrepreneur, Search Engine
Watch, and Social Media Examiner
Eric Siu
CEO, Single Grain
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99. ⢠Co-founder of Distilled
⢠Speaker on online marketing and SEO at SearchLove
conferences
⢠Trains online marketers on SEO through DistilledU
Will Critchlow
Founder & CEO,
Distilled
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100. ⢠CEO of ioseed
⢠Consults on marketing automation and user
experience
⢠Regarded as a very knowledgeable data scientist
Jim Gray
CEO, ioseed
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101. ⢠Co-founded Fedora and GrowHack
⢠Advises startups on growth and acquisition
⢠Teaches onboarding through his Udemy course
Conrad Wadowski
Co-founder, Fedora
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102. ⢠VP of Growth at Facebook
⢠Previously marketing manager at eBay
⢠Experimented with growth most of his life, and ran
many top ranking websites in his time at university
Alex Schultz
VP of Growth,
Facebook
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103. ⢠CEO of MediaSpike and resident mentor at 500
Startups
⢠Serial entrepreneur, started 7 companies
⢠Built one of the first Facebook game marketplaces
Blake Commagere
Founder & CEO,
MediaSpike
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104. ⢠Founder of NomNom Insights
⢠Previously led the growth team at Geckoboard
⢠Currently teaches digital marketing at General
Assembly
Sofia Quintero
Founder & CEO,
NomNom Insights
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105. ⢠Co-founder of PlanitWide
⢠Director of Engagement and Analytics for
GrowthHackers
⢠Very knowledgeable on many growth topics
Anuj Adhiya
Co-founder,
PlanitWide
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106. ⢠CEO of Baremetrics
⢠Serial entrepreneur, founded four other startups
⢠Pioneer in the startup transparency movement
Josh Pigford
Founder, Baremetrics
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107. ⢠Growth Product Manager for GrowthHackers
⢠Previously product manager at Qualaroo and co-
founder of Wellen Surf
Dylan La Com
Product Manager,
GrowthHackers
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108. ⢠Runs the tech incubator, Monkey Inferno
⢠Previously co-founded Bebo
⢠Helped Tickle scale their growth
Michael Birch
Founder, The Battery
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109. ⢠Co-founder and CMO of Autosend
⢠Writes on the Autosend blog, an excellent resource
for aspiring growth marketers
⢠Answers growth hacking questions on Quora
Ashli Norton
Co-founder,
Autosend.io
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110. ⢠Co-founder and Head of Growth at Twoodo
⢠Founder of Growth Hackers Amsterdam, contributor
at the Next Web, and mentor at Startup Bootcamp in
Amsterdam
David Arnoux
Co-founder, Twoodo
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111. ⢠Author of âLanding Page Optimizationâ
⢠CEO of Site Tuners
⢠Regarded as one of the best minds in the CRO
industry
Tim Ash
CEO, SiteTuners
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112. ⢠Drove growth at several startups including Mavenlink
and Panetheon
⢠Ran online marketing for the book âThe Lean
Entrepreneurâ and the âPaleo Hacksâ website
Casey Armstrong
President, Armstrong
Companies
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113. ⢠Co-founded Fedora
⢠Acquired more than 20,000 customers and $200k+ in
sales through a single Product Hunt launch
⢠Launched a Facebook widgets business and earned
over $1M in college
Ankur Nagpal
Founder & CEO,
Fedora
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114. ⢠Venture Hacker at Angelist
⢠Co-founded Lookmark
⢠Previously engineering at Hot or Not and Mega Tasty
Dave Zohrob
Venture Hacker,
AngelList
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115. ⢠Head instructor for growth at Tradecraft
⢠Previously the Marketing Director at GoodApril,
acquired by Intiut
⢠He helps young marketers succeed in traction roles
at startups
Graham Hunter
Head of Growth
Marketing, Tradecraft
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116. ⢠Head of New Business at Mixpanel
⢠Data-driven sales leader with 10+ years experience
driving revenue growth at enterprise startups
⢠Writes about data and analytics on her blog
Aliisa Hodges
Director of Sales,
Mixpanel
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117. ⢠Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
⢠Invests in massive scale social media companies
⢠Previously General Manager at Netscape
⢠Writes about growth on the LSVP blog
Jeremy Liew
Managing Director,
LSVP
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118. ⢠Head of Growth & Marketing at Creative Market
⢠Co-founded and exited BranchOut
⢠Previously growth at Tickle
Zack Onisko
Head of Growth &
Marketing, Creative
Market
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119. ⢠Teaches entrepreneurs how to drive growth through
storytelling on his site, Threadling
⢠Previously product marketing roles at VentureBeat,
Salesforce, Twilio, and Asana
Dan Kaplan
Owner, Threadling
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120. ⢠User acquisition growth at Pinterest
⢠Previously Consumer Marketing Director at GrubHub
⢠Writes about growth on his blog
Casey Winters
Growth Lead,
Pinterest
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121. ⢠Runs content for eFounders
⢠Driven and accomplished content marketing hero
⢠Runs the popular newsletter, SaaSClub
Rachel Vanier
Content Marketing &
PR, eFounders
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122. ⢠Director of Growth at Neighborly
⢠Growth marketer with over 7 years of experience
⢠Previously led growth and user acquisition at
RealScout
Benjamin Hoffman
Director of Growth,
Neighborly
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123. ⢠CEO of Growbots
⢠Customer acquisition expert and bootstrap
entrepreneur who founded three different startups
Greg Pietruszynski
CEO & Co-founder,
Growbots
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124. ⢠Product Manager for Messenger at Facebook
⢠Runs Ooga Labs, a tech incubator in Silicon Valley
⢠Previously growth at Tickle and PayPal
Stan Chudnovsky
VP of Growth, PayPal
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125. ⢠Founder of Portent
⢠Author of âOne Trick Ponies Get Shotâ
⢠Has a wide knowledge of SEO, analytics, and
copywriting
Ian Lurie
CEO & Founder,
Portent
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126. ⢠CEO of Vouch
⢠Serial entrepreneur and angel investor in 30+ startups
⢠Previously product manager at Google and PayPal,
also growth engineering at TaskRabbit
Yee Lee
CEO, Vouch
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127. ⢠Founder and CEO of Platform Thinking
⢠Advisory roles at Skillshare, CoFoundersLab, 500
Startups, Stanford Business School, and INSEAD
⢠Go-to-expert in platform strategy
Sangeet Paul C
Founder & CEO,
Platform Thinking
Labs
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128. ⢠Consultant with 14+ years of experience in e-
commerce CRO, web design, and landing pages
⢠Advises retail brands and startups on converting
visitors
Alex Harris
Creative Director &
Web Designer
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129. ⢠Growth at Quora
⢠Highly regarded as a product engineer
⢠Previously engineer at Zynga
Robert Cezar Matei
Product, Quora
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130. ⢠Co-founded Hi5 and Tagged
⢠Expert on viral loops and viral marketing
⢠Active investor in 19+ different startups
Greg Tseng
Founder & CEO,
if(we)
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131. ⢠Head of Growth at Uber
⢠Previously Head of International Growth at Facebook
⢠Co-founded friend.ly
⢠Go-to-expert at growing social products
Ed Baker
Head of Growth, Uber
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132. ⢠Co-founder of Rapportive
⢠Currently working on the LinkedIn product, Intro
⢠Active investor and advisor to many tech startups
Rahul Vohra
CEO & Co-founder,
Rapportive
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133. ⢠Director of Growth at Everwise
⢠Previously marketing at ThinkApps
⢠Currently runs Founder Insights
⢠Writes about content marketing and blog growth
Benji Hyam
Director of Growth
Marketing, Everwise
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134. ⢠Partner at Founder Equity and professor at the
Kellogg School of Management
⢠Previously founded Digital Intent
⢠Speaker on startup growth
Sean Johnson
Partner, Founder
Equity
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135. ⢠Director of Growth and Product at Teespring
⢠Previously SEO strategist for startups and Fortune 500
companies
⢠A true data nerd who writes about growth on his
blog
Jesse Avshalomov
Director of Product &
Growth, Teespring
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136. ⢠Growth marketer at Safari Books Online
⢠Previously growth engineer at YesGraph
⢠Writes about growth and A/B testing on the Gainbits
blog
Luke Thomas
Growth, Crystal
Project
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137. ⢠Content Marketing Manager at Shopify
⢠Writes about data-driven e-commerce growth and
building an email list on the Shopify blog
Mark Macdonald
Content Manager,
Shopify
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138. ⢠Co-founder of Xoopit, acquired by Yahoo
⢠Previously Director of Product Management at
Yahoo
⢠Currently Chief Product Officer at Minerva Project
Jonathan Katzman
Chief Product Officer,
Minerva Project
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139. ⢠SEO Project Manager at Airbnb
⢠Founder of ClickMinded
⢠Teaches entrepreneurs SEO through his online course
⢠Previously SEO for Emerging Markets at PayPal
Tommy Griffith
SEO Project Manager,
Airbnb
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140. ⢠VP of Growth for WyzAnt Tutoring
⢠Customer-focused and data-driven growth leader
Previously held roles at Lyft, Shutterfly, Kodak,
Expedia, Hotwire, Target, and Ford
Adam Fishman
VP of Growth, WyzAnt
Tutoring
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141. ⢠Growth engineer at Stripe
⢠Previously Principal Engineer at Etsy
⢠Technical advisor to Medium
Dan McKinley
Engineering, Stripe
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142. ⢠CMO at Shopify
⢠Previously Head of Product at Kijiji
⢠Well known for giving insightful career advice to
young marketers
Craig Miller
CMO, Shopify
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143. ⢠Head of Customer Success at Segment
⢠Managed analytics for over 100 websites and apps
⢠Helps companies make better sense of their analytics
and data through the Segment blog
Jake Peterson
VP of Success,
Segment
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144. ⢠Director of Inbound Marketing at Varonis
⢠Authored âLearn Ruby the Hard Wayâ
⢠Blogs about growth marketing in his spare time
Rob Sobers
Director of Inbound
Marketing, Varonis
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145. ⢠Co-founder of Run Hop
⢠Previously held growth engineering roles at Medium
and Automattic and VP of Marketing for Justin.TV
⢠Helps startups measure and improve user
engagement
Evan Solomon
Advisor, Insidr.net
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146. ⢠Runs the blog Affiliate Tip and co-founded Affiliate
Summit
⢠Authored âSuccessful Affiliate Marketing for
Merchantsâ
⢠Go-to-expert on affiliate marketing
Shawn Collins
Co-founder, Affiliate
Summit
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147. ⢠Marketing Manager at Hubspot
⢠Hosts the âTech In Bostonâ and âHubspot Growth
Showâ podcasts
⢠Expert on product marketing and customer
development
Dave Gerhardt
Marketing, Hubspot
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148. ⢠Marketing Hustler at Close.io
⢠Writes actionable sales advice on the Close.io blog
⢠Regularly contributes useful content on
GrowthHackers
Ramin Assemi
Marketing Hustler,
Close.io
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149. ⢠Content Marketing Manager and Copywriter for
When I Work
⢠Co-authored â100 Days of Growthâ
⢠Previously editorial at SingleGrain and founder of
BulbStreet
Rob Wormley
Content Marketing
Manager, When I
Work
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150. ⢠Founder of ChartMogul
⢠Previously Head of Growth in Asia for Zendesk
⢠Expert in measuring and understanding subscription
revenues
Nick Franklin
CEO, ChartMogul
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151. ⢠CEO of Kitchensurfing
⢠Previously Director of Product at Zynga
⢠Set the social gaming companyâs product strategy,
distribution, and analytics
Jon Tien
CEO, Kitchensurfing
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152. ⢠Founder of Vast, Chain, FriskyLabs, and Compare
People
⢠Regarded as a one man hacker army
⢠Superstar at building scalable web products
Ivko Maksimovic
Founder, chainn.com
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153. ⢠Technical Lead on the Consumer Growth team at
Eventbrite
⢠Builds internal and customer facing tools to promote
growth
⢠Helped significantly impact the growth of Eventbrite
Daniel Silverstein
Principal Software
Engineer, Eventbrite
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154. ⢠VP of Growth at Transferwise
⢠Previously growth at HouseTrip and Holiday Extras
⢠Expert on NPS driven growth
⢠Active startup growth advisor
Nilan Peiris
VP Growth,
TransferWise
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