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What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth

Andrew Chen

For example, the Acquisition Effect is powered by viral growth and the user experience that compels one set of users to invite their others into the network. The next stage starts once there’s a small group of users, often only a few hundred or thousand who seem to be coming back and where the network is stable.

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

2) Then, to identify potential upside based learnings from within the company as well as across benchmarks from across industry. Thinking about new user experience, engagement metrics, and other important concepts. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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