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KPI driven growth
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Helped startups get to
traction

3.
TransferWise is
the leading
global platform
in international
money
transfers

4.
£3bn
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£135m
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300+ routes
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7.
How TransferWise
was born
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How we grow

9.
Evangelism is
the biggest
driver of growth

10.
We’ve systemised
Word of Mouth
growth using NPS
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11.
Would you recommend us to
your friends?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Detractors Neutral Promoters

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Would you recommend us to
your friends?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Detractors Neutral Promoters
Total
Promoters - Detractors
= NPS

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If promoters >
detractors we WILL
grow
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N.B. This is not easy
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20.
It works !
(But barely)

21.
It works !
(But barely)
It works with
no significant
issues !

22.
It works !
(But barely)
It works with
no significant
issues !
It works. Wow that
was slick

23.
It works !
(But barely)
It works with
no significant
issues !
It works. Wow that
was slick
You’ve just blown
my socks off that
was incredible

24.
What drives
recommendation ?

25.
Rational Emotional

26.
Rational
Emotional
Product Brand

27.
Rational Emotional
• Speed
• Cost
• Currencies
• Convenience
• Brand

28.
Rational Emotional
• Speed
• Cost
• Currencies
• Convenience
• Ownership
• Pride

29.
Ownership + Pride = Evangelism
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How do we operate ?
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We work in autonomous
independent teams focused
on KPIs that make our
customers happy and
drive our growth

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60
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301
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TEAM CURRENCY
KPI: Currency volume
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35.
TEAM Virality
KPI: Viral co-efficient
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36.
Fee Credit

37.
146043

38.
Fee Credit

39.
TEAM BUZZ
KPI: Number of
customers through word
of mouth
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Tooling
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41.
BUILD YOUR OWN
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42.
Team’s need to build
their metrics.
In order to own their
metrics
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43.
Learning
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44.
Each team is a learning
organisation, trying to
understand what matters to
a customer, how to change
behaviour and drive growth

45.
Our biggest challenge ?
How to incentivise
learning and failing

46.
Onwards