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RUNNING GROWTH FOR A 500M+
USER SOCIAL NETWORK
GEORGE LEE
FORMER HEAD OF GROWTH,
INSTAGRAM
CATHERINE
BAILEY
&
ROBIN
PETRAVIC
HEATH
CERAMICS
Leaderboard
57 OR BUST!
Leaderboard
57 OR BUST!
RODNEY
WHITE
ARTIST
Leaderboard
57 OR BUST!
JOHN C
MAXWELL
AUTHOR
"CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.
GROWTH IS OPTIONAL."
THE LAWS
OF
GROWTH
INTENTIONALITY
AWARENESS
CONSISTENCY
LAW OF INTENTIONALITY
Growth doesn't happen on its own
INTENTIONALITY
Don't grow until you have product market fit or can scale
Have your Head of Growth report to the CEO
Set a goal, but focus on your audience
INTENTIONALITY
Don't grow until you have product market fit or can scale
Have your Head of Growth report to the CEO
Set a goal, but focus on your audience
USE YOUR
PRODUCT
...BUT NOT
REALLY
USED YOUR
PRODUCT
...AND
STOPPED
ARE NEW TO
YOUR
PRODUCT
NEVER
USED YOUR
PRODUCT
LAW OF AWARENESS
You must know yourself to grow yourself
AWARENESS
Have counter metrics
Fix forward
Be quantitative AND qualitative
TRIVIA TIME!
Which country has the lowest number of faces per photo?
Who is the most followed person on Instagram?
Which major country has more Instagram users than
Facebook users?
Why are there disproportionately more men than women
on Instagram in the Middle East?
LAW OF CONSISTENCY
Motivation gets you going, discipline keeps you growing
CONSISTENCY
The psychology of roadmap frequency
Roadmaps beget roadmaps
Keep calm and carry on
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[WMD2016] Instagram >> George Lee "Running growth for a 116 million user social network"

Editor's Notes

  1. My work is about the dialogue that each person has with himself and others on both a subconscious and conscious level.
  2. Change is life and growth is optional
  3. Change is life and growth is optional
  4. My work is about the dialogue that each person has with himself and others on both a subconscious and conscious level.
  5. Change is life and growth is optional
  6. Change is inevitable and growth is optional
  7. Your welcome to all of you who get promoted because of this.
  8. Your welcome to all of you who get promoted because of this.
  9. People in the world who use your product.
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  12. Your welcome to all of you who get promoted because of this.
  13. People in the world who use your product.
  14. People in the world who use your product.
  15. Your welcome to all of you who get promoted because of this.
  16. People in the world who use your product.