3 Fundamental Elements of
The Growth Hacking Process
Muhammed Tüfekyapan
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Project Manager Product Manager Co-Founder Founder
Growth Hacking
Our talking points for today
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A successful product, happy users and a shut down startup: Everpix
Growth Hacking
What are the issues
that prevent growth?
How can we come up with
effective and innovative
solutions to problems?
The Right Issue The Real Solution
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Where do we get stuck?
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f(growth)=(growth system, skills and tools, team and culture)
Growth System
The Growth Model of Google‘s Ad Network / Tomasz Tunguz
HubSpot Sidekick Growth Model
Growth strategies take shape in accordance

with the product and the target audience.
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Problem/Solution
Fit
Product/Market
Fit
Transition to
Growth
Optimisation
Growth is a process that goes in parallel with the startup process.
Growth = Traffic
Acquisition
Activation
Retention
Referral
Revenue
All the work needs to take place in the

hypothesis, analysis and betterment cycle.
Curious 

Visitors
New Users
Inactive Users
Disinterested
Users
Active Users
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Comparison of the users’ visiting frequencies in the first and second months.
Users’ retention rate in comparison with 

their usage frequencies in the first month.
The levels of activity depending on the number of accounts followed.
Successful Growth Hacking practises are 

the result of a successful growth process.
What is our growth
strategy?
Which metrics do we measure?
What is our growth
strategy?
Which metrics do we measure?
What have we learned? What are we
going to change?
f(growth)=(growth system, skills and tools, team and culture)
Skills and Tools
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Gestalt Design Principles
Designs should not look «unappealing» and 

should radiate an aura of security.
MVP
Tools
Just because you can
doesn’t mean you should!
What are the key points?
Process of
Installation
Process of
Usage
Process of

Integration
What are the key points?
Process of
Installation
Process of
Usage
Process of

Integration
Security, support and costs
Words Are More

Powerful Than

We Think
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Designs Need to

Be Simple and

Easy to
Understand
Use Tools That
Meet Your Needs
Efficiently
f(growth)=(growth system, skills and tools, team and culture)
Team and Culture
The Growth Team
Product Manager CTO Marketing ManagerGrowth Manager
Acquisition Activation Retention
Owned Media
Earned Media
Paid Media
…
Landing pages
Onboarding
…
Cohort Analysis
Churn rate
…
Both Facebook and Uber employ independent growth teams.
The Growth Team
Product Manager CTO Marketing Manager
AcquisitionActivation Retention
Owned Media
Earned Media
Paid Media
…
Landing pages
Onboarding
…
Cohort Analysis
Churn rate
…
Both Pinterest and Twitter use functional growth team.
Insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again and
expecting different results.
Open mindedness

Should Be Part of

Team Culture
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Meetings are out!

Taking rapid action
is in!
Growth
Responsibility
Should Be
Distributed
Clearly
Thank You
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3 fundamental elements of the growth hacking process