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About Sean Ellis

Meet Sean Ellis, the man who coined 'growth hacking' and catapulted businesses like Dropbox, Lookout, and Eventbrite, designing early-stage growth engines that brought them to multi-billion-dollar valuations.

Sean built the initial growth engines for several highly successful startups. At Uproar and LogMeIn, he drove the process from inception to IPO. As the founder of GrowthHackers.com, Sean has revolutionized how companies approach sustainable growth and brought GrowthHackers to a successful exit.

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With his expertise, glean insights into the strategies that shape Silicon Valley's unicorn companies.

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Sean's pragmatic and data-driven approaches have reshaped the landscape of digital marketing and business growth strategies.

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• Co-author of Hacking Growth (750,000 copies sold!) and available in 16 languages
   

• Invented the Dropbox Referral system (3900% growth in 15 months)
   

• Coined the term "Growth Hacking"
   

• Founded & Sold GrowthHackers.com (500K members)

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When Sean is not growing startups he teaches growth at leading business schools such as Harvard, UC Berkeley Haas, CKGSB (Beijing), Imperial College BS (London), INSEAD (France), and through the GoPractice Immersive Simulator Program.

Sean also hosts The Breakout Growth Podcast, where he and co-host Ethan Garr interview business and growth leaders to understand all facets of their breakout growth engines.