Ambition Today

In 2010 Sean Ellis coined the term Growth Hacking and now he joins us on Ambition Today. Sean is the Co-author of Hacking Growth with Morgan Brown and currently the CEO of Growth Hackers. Sean has had quite an impressive career both as a marketer and as an entrepreneur. He was the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout and Xobni and he has taken companies LogMeIn and Uproar from launch to IPO. Sean is also known for popularizing the term product/market fit. We cover some of Sean's best practices for growing your company, as well as how he thinks of Growth Hacking as it continues to grow into the future. The story of Sean's entrepreneurial journey unlocks numerous insights along the way, including:  What is "Growth Hacking" The role of family entrepreneurship on Sean The value of spending time abroad Being the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout, & Eventbrite How pushing through the fear of failure has lead to success   Making the leap from employee to entrepreneur Optimizing for reputation and learning over m