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 “growth hacker”
• 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 ‘The Lean Startup’
• 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 ‘Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming
Products’
• 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 ‘Content Marketing Playbook’ and ‘100 Days of
Growth’
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 ‘Rework’
• 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 “Marketing Wizard”
• 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 Alströmer
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 ‘Web Analytics 2.0’
• 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 “growth hackers” with Sean Ellis
• Author of ‘The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer
Development’ and ‘The Lean Entrepreneur’
• 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 ‘The Elements of User Onboarding’
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 ‘Twitter for Dummies’ 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 ‘Traction Book: A Startup Guide to
Getting Customers’
• Outlines a framework for finding channels that will
bring customer growth in ‘Traction’
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 ‘Growth Hacker Marketing’
• 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 ‘Lean Analytics’
• 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 ‘The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until
You Launch’
• 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 ‘App Design Handbook’ 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 ‘Product Hunt Manual’
• 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 ‘Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting
Customers’
• 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 ‘The New Community Rules’
• 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 ‘Lean Analytics’ 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 Sethi’s “I
Will Teach You To Be Rich”
• 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 ‘Landing Page Optimization’
• 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 ‘The Lean
Entrepreneur’ and the ‘Paleo Hacks’ 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 ‘One Trick Ponies Get Shot’
• 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 ‘Learn Ruby the Hard Way’
• 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 ‘Successful Affiliate Marketing for
Merchants’
• Go-to-expert on affiliate marketing
Shawn Collins
Co-founder, Affiliate
Summit
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147. • Marketing Manager at Hubspot
• Hosts the ‘Tech In Boston’ and ‘Hubspot Growth
Show’ 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 ‘100 Days of Growth’
• 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 company’s 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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