GROWTH HACKERS DON’T MARKET PRODUCTS. THEY BUILD PRODUCTS THAT MARKET THEMSELVES.

We all want a growth hacker on our startup or team, yet we rarely understand exactly what it is that growth hackers do. Other than magically make our product successful, of course.

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After reading this resurfaced post from 2014, I found this illustration which summarizes which virtues and skills a growth hacker should/would feature.

The growth hacker

Tribal growth hacking

Over to you

Do you agree with this persona? In my opinion, if that’s true, what do we need product managers for? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯