Lecture 6 - Growth (Alex Schultz)

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Alex-schultz-lecture-6-growth-annotated Alex Schultz gives an overview of Growth for startups, speaking from a position of authority as the VP of Growth at Facebook. View the readings Alex refers to, his slide deck, at http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec06/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64035 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

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EPISODE INFO

Released: October 9, 2014
Duration: 47m
Channel: YC Root Access
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Alex-schultz-lecture-6-growth-annotated Alex Schultz gives an overview of Growth for startups, speaking from a position of authority as the VP of Growth at Facebook. View the readings Alex refers to, his slide deck, at http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec06/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64035 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

SPEAKERS

Alex Schultz
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Growth leader known for his work scaling Facebook/Meta, speaking on activation, retention, and growth strategy.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Alex Schultz, Lecture 6 - Growth (Alex Schultz) explores retention-first growth: find magic moments, pick metrics, execute fast Retention is the defining signal of product-market fit, and growth tactics are wasted if your retention curve trends toward zero instead of flattening.

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