# \#growth 53 saves on Ronak's Savepad: https://my.savepad.app/@gunnyganatra/ronaks-savepad/tags/growth ## Saves - [Persistence and predictability of SaaS growth](https://medium.com/point-nine-news/persistence-and-predictability-of-saas-growth-bd7b90ee20d3) (link, medium.com) A few years ago, Rory O’Driscoll of Scale Venture Partners, an early investor in Box, DocuSign, ExactTarget, and many other large… Tags: #b2b #growth - [Annual Planning is Killing Your Growth – Try This Plan Instead](https://review.firstround.com/Annual-Planning-is-Killing-Your-Growth-Try-This-Instead) (link, review.firstround.com) The need to plan a year ahead can cripple fast-changing startups. Instead, here's a system to think long-term with short-term agility. Tags: #growth - [What to look for when you're hiring a Head of Growth](https://andrewchen.com/hiring-head-of-growth/) (link, andrewchen.com) Tags: #growth #team - [An intro to startup growth](https://twitter.com/Julian/status/1445282615972429827) (link, twitter.com) 1/ An intro to startup growth. Most fast-growing startups have something in common: Product-led growth (PLG) I define it as when existing users drive your growth.\* PLG only works for these startups: Tags: #growth #must-read #thread - [Linear Growth vs. Non-Linear Growth](https://twitter.com/dharmesh/status/1394368667350097922) (link, twitter.com) Linear Growth: Create value by using resources in your company. Non-Linear Growth: Create value by by connecting resources in your ecosystem. Tags: #growth #must-read #thread - [How to Grow Startups](https://twitter.com/Julian/status/1353764328030130179) (link, twitter.com) My day job is growing startups. I've worked with a few hundred by now. Here's how to grow your podcast, newsletter, blog, YouTube, and Twitter. Hope this helps! A thread: Tags: #growth #thread - [A Recipe to Grow Leverage](https://productlife.to/p/a-recipe-to-grow-leverage) (link, productlife.to) Grow your career by embracing accountability Tags: #growth - [Taking Your Customer’s Side Is The Most Underrated Growth Hack](https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/taking-your-customers-side-is-the-most-underrated-growth-hack-6e216516e9f) (link, entrepreneurshandbook.co) Tags: #growth - [Exponential Growth Isn’t Cool. Combinatorial Explosion Is](https://www.torbair.com/blog/2015/12/26/4mvxoio4tc8j28reqsbz449tlab4ss) (link, torbair.com) So much of the tech industry is obsessed with exponential growth. Anything linear is dying, or has been dead for years. Moore’s Law had transistor density doubling every two years. Available bandwidth is increasing exponentially - perhaps 50% annually. Every digital product needs viral exponential Tags: #growth - [What is Hypergrowth?](https://www.drift.com/blog/what-is-hypergrowth/) (link, drift.com) Tags: #growth - [How to accelerate growth in 2022](https://kylepoyar.substack.com/p/how-to-accelerate-growth-in-2022) (link, kylepoyar.substack.com) Six areas to consider for your year-end planning Tags: #growth - [Scaling to $100 Million - The definitive benchmarking report on how cloud companies grow operationally efficient businesses and scale to $100 million in ARR (and beyond)](https://www.bvp.com/atlas/scaling-to-100-million) (link, bvp.com) The definitive benchmarking report on how cloud companies grow operationally efficient businesses and scale to $100 million in ARR (and beyond). Tags: #growth - [Six rules of hiring for growth](https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/hiring-growth) (link, lennysnewsletter.com) How to hire and build your growth team—guest post by Elena Verna Tags: #growth #must-read #team - [Product-led Growth Companies: A Framework for Prioritization](https://productled.com/blog/plg-framework-for-success/) (link, productled.com) Discover a product-led growth framework for your SaaS companies. Learn how to prioritize activation and scale to drive profitable growth. Tags: #growth - [Product-Led Growth’s Failure](https://every.to/napkin-math/product-led-growth-s-failure) (link, every.to) How a Scrappy Utah Software Company Ignored Every Silicon Valley Heuristic and Won Anyway Tags: #growth - [3 Unusual Drivers of Early-Stage Growth](https://openviewpartners.com/blog/drivers-early-stage-growth/) (link, openviewpartners.com) Tags: #growth - [Designing for Buying: How to Break Through the Ceiling in Product-Led Growth](https://sarahguo.com/blog/designing-for-buying) (link, sarahguo.com) Tags: #growth - [International Growth is no longer optional for SaaS Companies](https://openviewpartners.com/blog/international-growth-saas/) (link, openviewpartners.com) Tags: #b2b #growth - [How Amazon Built It's Growth Ecosystem](https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies/how-amazon-built-its-growth-ecosystem) (link, growthhackers.com) Explore how Amazon leveraged growth hacking strategies to become the world's largest online retailer. Our growth study analyzes their tactics and provides key takeaways for your own business. Tags: #growth - [SaaS companies can grow to $20M+ ARR by selling exclusively to developers – TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/11/saas-companies-can-grow-to-20m-arr-by-selling-exclusively-to-developers) (link, techcrunch.com) Selling to developers is different from the standard B2B playbook, but it isn’t impossible. There’s a considerable amount of opportunity to create real value for this persona. Tags: #b2b #developers #growth - [Growth vs Profitability](https://www.zacksiri.com/growth-vs-profitability/) (link, zacksiri.com) Creator of Memovee.com, and building the next gen Digital Assistant Framework Tags: #growth - [Hyper-growth is great, but don’t die while trying](https://medium.com/point-nine-news/hyper-growth-is-great-but-dont-die-while-trying-3b5125a79135) (link, medium.com) Tags: #growth - [Introducing enterprise sales to a product-led growth organization](https://www.bvp.com/atlas/introducing-enterprise-sales-to-a-product-led-growth-organization) (link, bvp.com) Layering on enterprise sales to a bottoms-up motion can be a breakthrough, or it can be a dangerous pitfall if not implemented well—these six lessons are proven best practices to launch an enterprise go-to-market engine in a PLG company. Tags: #growth - [The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth](https://longform.asmartbear.com/docs/exponential-growth/) (link, longform.asmartbear.com) Even Facebook and Slack did not grow "exponentially," as frequently described. Here is the correct model that you can use to understand and affect growth. Tags: #growth - [How to Run a Growth Experiment - Learn the 4 Steps](https://mannhowie.com/growth-experiment) (link, mannhowie.com) 4 steps to a successful growth experiment: 1) Hypothesis; 2) Trigger; 3) Action; 4) Measure. Practical example for how teams can run growth experiments quickly and cheaply. Tags: #growth - [Growth as a Mindset](https://debliu.substack.com/p/growth-as-a-mindset) (link, debliu.substack.com) Twelve Principles Used to Grow Facebook Marketplace that Every Product Can Use Tags: #growth - [25 Growth Strategies](https://mashable.com/2017/11/07/influencer-markting-tips-tricks-25-most-influential/) (link, mashable.com) Learn from the best. Tags: #growth - [Growth Marketing Summit: Marketing with Speed and Data](https://valchanova.me/growth-marketing-summit) (link, valchanova.me) I've never written an "event diary" from an online event before, but Growth Marketing Summit proved to be much more than a regular online conference. It is a Tags: #growth - [The Ultimate Growth Strategy Guide: 26 Growth Strategy Techniques from 7 Tech Startups](https://totempool.com/blog/growth-strategy/) (link, totempool.com) Tags: #growth - [SaaS Growth Strategy — Step-by-Step Worksheet](https://medium.com/@StartupBusinesstips/saas-growth-strategy-guide-8bc6cd82f048) (link, medium.com) Hey everyone, Tags: #b2b #growth - [Offer-led Growth](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/offer-led-growth-d75d74ebdb) (link, indiehackers.com) Product-led growth. Audience-led growth. Community-led growth. These buzzwords mislead indie founders. Last week, this poor guy asked a question here on... Tags: #growth - [How to Build a Product-Led Growth Strategy](https://productled.com/blog/product-led-growth-strategy-playbook/) (link, productled.com) Follow our step‑by‑step PLG Strategy Playbook - covering self‑serve models, onboarding, value metrics & viral loops to drive product‑led growth. Tags: #growth - [Product-Led Growth Tech Stack: 199 SaaS tools for growth](https://productled.com/blog/product-led-growth-tech-stack/) (link, productled.com) Explore the essential product-led growth tools - from onboarding and analytics to ops and project management - used by high-growth SaaS teams to scale effectively. Tags: #b2b #growth - [Yes, you can pivot to Product Led Growth](https://kylepoyar.substack.com/p/yes-you-can-pivot-to-product-led) (link, kylepoyar.substack.com) I'll show you the receipts Tags: #growth #must-read - [Community-Led Growth: The Product-Led Growth Expansion Pack](https://corinneriley.medium.com/community-led-growth-the-product-led-growth-expansion-pack-b474ab9a7940) (link, corinneriley.medium.com) The fundamental premise of Product-Led Growth is that product is the main driver of a go-to-market journey that pushes users to find… Tags: #community #growth #must-read - [Inside Jasper's explosive growth through PLG and community](https://kylepoyar.substack.com/p/your-guide-to-ai-and-plg) (link, kylepoyar.substack.com) Inside Jasper's explosive growth through PLG and community Tags: #community #growth - [How Segment Scaled - from 300% to 40% to 100% YoY Growth](https://twitter.com/reinpk/status/1485608412683509764) (link, twitter.com) In the early days of Segment, right after we crossed $10m ARR our growth decelerated 8x from 300% yoy to 40% yoy in 6 months. What the hell happened? How did we reaccelerate back to 100% yoy? A thread 1/18 Tags: #growth #thread - [Stripe's model of product-led, developer-centric growth.](https://lethain.com/stripe-product-led-developer-centric-growth/) (link, lethain.com) Recently, I got an email from someone asking about Stripe’s approach to product-led, developer-centric growth. If you really want a unique insight into Stripe, you’re undoubtedly better off reading Stripe’s 2021 update, but here are my general notes on Stripe as a microcosm of prod Tags: #developers #growth - [Growth Newsletter by Julian Shapiro](https://www.demandcurve.com/newsletter) (link, demandcurve.com) Tags: #email #growth #must-read - [Aligning DevRel and Sales for Growth: Q&A Twilio CMO Sara Varni](https://www.heavybit.com/library/blog/aligning-devrel-and-sales-for-growth-qa-twilio-cmo-sara-varni/) (link, heavybit.com) If you’ve already watched our Speaker Series with Twilio’s CMO Sara Varni, read on to dive deeper as she responds to some questions from the audience. Tags: #devrel #growth - [Content Driven Growth](https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/content-driven-growth-strategy) (link, lennysnewsletter.com) A great writeup on Content Driven Growth from Lenny's Newsletter, focusing on Hubspot, aHrefs, Intercom, and Slidebean Tags: #content #email #growth #must-read - [Your guide to PLG + enterprise - Inside Similarweb’s $190M growth engine and how PLG unlocks Enterprise customers](https://kylepoyar.substack.com/p/your-guide-to-plg-enterprise) (link, kylepoyar.substack.com) Inside Similarweb’s $190M growth engine and how PLG unlocks Enterprise customers Tags: #growth - [What is Product-Led Growth? The case of EasyBON](https://medium.com/@cesar_miguel/what-is-product-led-growth-the-case-of-easybon-2b080e1ee8b7) (link, medium.com) Tags: #growth - [You can't win - How Freshworks rewrote the traditional SaaS growth playbook](https://kylepoyar.substack.com/p/you-cant-win) (link, kylepoyar.substack.com) How Freshworks rewrote the traditional SaaS growth playbook Tags: #b2b #growth - [Developer Relations: How to Build and Grow a Successful Developer Program](https://www.amazon.com/Developer-Relations-Build-Successful-Program/dp/1484271637) (link, amazon.com) Tags: #book #developers #devrel #growth - [The SEO-driven user acquisition behind Zapier's growth to $35M ARR](https://www.reforge.com/brief/the-seo-driven-user-acquisition-behind-zapier-s-growth-to-35m-arr#mRAkHHpXXWEKLo3aqVW-MQ) (link, reforge.com) RYAN BERG, growth marketing consultant, shares the SEO and user acquisition strategies Zapier used to generate 7.3 million visitors per month. Key Quote “Rather than trying to pitch users on the value of integrating tools, Zapier realized early on that people were already looking for specific integr Tags: #growth #seo - [WhatsApp, The Anti-Marketing Growth Phenomenon](https://community.growthhackers.com/posts/whatsapp-the-anti-marketing-growth-phenomenon) (link, community.growthhackers.com) Join founders, heads of growth, marketers, product managers, and innovators who want to share experiences and collaborate for business growth and career development Tags: #growth - [Product Led Growth by Wes Bush](https://productled.com/book/) (link, productled.com) Tags: #growth - [Andrew Chen](https://andrewchen.co/) (link, andrewchen.co) Long reads on growth and business Tags: #growth #must-read - [Sixteen Ventures](https://sixteenventures.com/) (link, sixteenventures.com) Sales acceleration and growth marketing posts Tags: #growth - [Brian Balfour](https://brianbalfour.com/) (link, brianbalfour.com) Long Reads on growth and marketing Tags: #growth - [Kevin Indig](https://www.kevin-indig.com/) (link, kevin-indig.com) No-BS long reads on SEO, Content, and Strategy Tags: #content #growth #must-read #seo - [Growth Supply](https://growthsupply.com/) (link, growthsupply.com) Great writing on startups and growth from Ali Mese Tags: #growth