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It's best to learn through practice. If you're working on a web business, define a growth objective and use your development skills (AKA problem solving skills) to achieve it. So a…

Love it!

Why would you say it's scummy? Growth hackers is a group of marketers that are passionate about sharing and discussing great content on ethical drivers of sustainable growth like t…

I use KISSmetrics to measure retention. Their cohort reports are great.

I am largely to blame for the recent tirade against “growth hacking.” I’ve let the term be bastardized and redefined a lot since my original blog post on it back in 2010 http://www…

GitHub's growth has always fascinated me. This article cleared up a lot of questions.

20X revenue would be a really high valuation even for a SaaS business. 6-10X would be more likely in the long run.

This is my comment from the end of the article: I respect Chamath a lot for all his growth accomplishments. But in an article that says “he has cracked the code for making startups…

It's surprising that natural word of mouth is so much more important than some kind of invite trigger.

Asked followers who enjoyed the article to help it get discovered on Hacker News. Removed tweet. OP

Thanks for suggestion. All that info is below fold. Agree it would help show depth to move it up.

Thanks Cosmie, most of the credit on content goes to Morgan Brown. I worked hard to find ways to improve it and couldn't come up with any.

Great introduction to customer development that all startup founders should read (along with Four Steps to the Epiphany).

You said it much better than I did. Totally agree.

Fun might be the wrong word. My key point is that you'll be more productive and effective if you are loose and enjoying the process.

Solving customer needs takes creativity. If you are having fun, you are more creative.