Growth

Essential reading for product builders—part 2

10 more timeless essays you probably haven’t read but should

Aug 12 •

Lenny Rachitsky

How GiveDirectly increased donations by over $3 million/year through experimentation

Wins, misses, and lessons from GiveDirectly’s donation-optimizing journey

Dec 3, 2024 •

The Subscription Value Loop: A framework for growing consumer subscription businesses

Including case studies, templates, and 10 proven growth tactics from top consumer subscription apps like Duolingo, Spotify, Tinder, and Calm

Sep 3, 2024 •

Ethan Smith: The power of internal linking for SEO

SEO expert Ethan Smith shares actionable tips for using internal linking to improve your website's search rankings and drive traffic to your business.

Aug 6, 2024 •

Lenny Rachitsky

When and how to run a billboard campaign

Is $20K for a spot on Highway 101 worth it?

Jun 18, 2024 •

Reed McGinley-Stempel

How to make an impact in your first 90 days

25 tactics from top leaders at Ramp, Canva, Wiz, HubSpot, Google, Dropbox, and more

Apr 23, 2024 •

How to accelerate growth by focusing on the features you already have

Introducing the ARIA framework

Apr 16, 2024 •

The secret to Duolingo’s exponential growth

Don’t kill the golden goose, maintain a sense of urgency to drive compounding growth, copy first, and more of their biggest growth lessons

Apr 2, 2024 •

How to successfully launch on Product Hunt (when it’s right for your startup)

Seven tips and five myths

Mar 5, 2024 •

The ultimate guide to willingness-to-pay

How to effectively run a willingness-to-pay study, with templates, guides, examples, and more

Feb 13, 2024 •

How to describe your business as an equation

And why you don’t fully understand your business until you can

Jan 16, 2024 •

Lenny Rachitsky

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Dan Hockenmaier

Lessons on building a viral consumer app: The story of Saturn

How single-player utility, hyper-personalization, doing things unscalably, and thinking long-term helped us bootstrap a brand-new social network

Dec 5, 2023 •

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