Sean Ellis

Interim VP of Growth

I specialize in taking exciting new startups to market and helping them realize the full potential of their product-market fit. I work hands-on with founding teams to design go-to-market strategies and growth systems that turn early traction into scalable, durable growth.

Earlier in my career, I led go-to-market execution for companies like Dropbox, Eventbrite, Lookout, and LogMeIn. Dropbox reached $1B in ARR faster than any prior SaaS company, powered by a product-led growth engine I helped shape. More recently, I’ve led growth efforts at high-velocity startups such as Bounce.

I’m the coauthor of Hacking Growth, read by 800,000+ founders, operators, and investors worldwide, and translated into 16 languages. The book introduced a practical, systems-driven approach to scaling that many modern startups still use as a foundation.

Today, I work with founders and leadership teams through keynotes, workshops, and hands-on engagements focused on go-to-market execution, experimentation, and growth leadership. I also teach through GoPractice.io and cohost the Breakout Growth podcast.

I’ve taught growth and entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, UC Berkeley Haas, INSEAD, Oxford, CKGSB, and other leading universities.

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Best-selling manifesto, "Hacking Growth," is a global phenomenon translated into 16 languages and embraced by over 750,000 readers worldwide. In this comprehensive guide, Sean and and his coauthor Morgan Brown unveil the process behind scaling startups to unimaginable heights, offering a blueprint for success that resonates across continents. Sean and Morgan have unique insights into growth success because of their combined experiences growing products such as Dropbox, Facebook, Shopify, LogMeIn, Instagram, Eventbrite and studying the growth engines and processes behind other breakout success companies. 

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Growth-Fastest-Growing-Companies-Breakout/dp/045149721X

For a long time, intent meant one thing: search.

That’s no longer true.

Intent now shows up through behavior, product usage, and increasingly inside AI systems — often before anyone ever searches.

I put together a short deck on how intent has expanded, where it lives now, and what this changes for modern growth teams.

Curious how others are thinking about this:

Is intent becoming more powerful as it moves beyond search, or harder to leverage?

Blog at SeanEllis.Substack.com. Book me at SeanEllis.me. Author Hacking Growth - 750K+ books sold.

Intent has outgrown search

Funny that I have to keep reminding ChatGPT to speak in hypotheses.
 
Opinions ≠ facts. Even when they come from AI 🙂

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