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How Duolingo Hooks Users?
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How Replit Hacked Its Growth - Everything that you can adopt.
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How Cursor AI Hacked Growth and Re-Wrote Growth Playbook for Dev-Tools!
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The PLG Framework: Your hands-on Guide to Product-Led Growth
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How Cursor AI Hacked Growth and Re-Wrote Growth Playbook for Dev-Tools!
Growth hacking breakdown: How Cursor surged from weekend hack to $200M ARR in two years. Steal its PLG, data loops, and community tactics to scale fast.
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From Near-Shutdown to $40 M ARR: How Bolt.new Hacked Its Growth
Steal Bolt.new’s Growth Playbook. See how Bolt.new fused WebContainers with Claude 3.5 to hit $40 M ARR in 5 months—plus growth hacks AI founders and…
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How Anthropic and Claude.ai Hacked Growth – Can you Adopt anything From It?
From stealth to $60 B: the growth hacks behind Anthropic & Claude.ai that every AI startup can steal. Anthropic’s $60 B leap: how Claude.ai nailed mega…
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How Perplexity Hacked Its Growth – Everything You Can Adopt from It
Discover how Perplexity AI used bold growth hacking strategies to scale from idea to a $9B valuation in just two years. Learn proven tactics, viral…
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How Lovable.dev Hacked Their Growth and What You Can Steal From It!
From open-source experiment to $17M ARR in 90 days — how Lovable.dev turned community, virality, and product magic into one of the fastest startup…
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How Replit Hacked Its Growth - Everything that you can adopt.
The Growth Blueprint Behind Replit: Viral Loops, Community Flywheels, and Smart Monetization.Want to grow your SaaS like Replit? This in-depth guide…
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Growth Funnels vs Growth Loops: Why Growth Loops Win at Hockey-Stick Growth
Why Growth Loops Beat Funnels for Sustainable, Hockey-Stick Growth. Learn how growth loops out-compound funnels, see real-world case studies, and get a…
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How we used our Existing Users to Gain More Users?
With Real-World Examples & Implementation Tips. Learn proven ways to use existing users to gain more users — with real-world examples from Canva…
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Harmful Side Effects of Designing UX in Vacuum.
Why solo-designer magic turns into product mayhem—and five quick fixes to break the bubble. Learn how one-person UX decisions sink startups: Icons8…
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What are Growth Loops and How to use them.
Discover how growth loops, used by TikTok, Notion, Miro, and Reddit, can create compounding, self-sustaining user growth for your product. Learn the 5…
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User Onboarding - How a Little Friction Can Boost Your Product’s Success!!!
Striking the Right Balance Between Easy Sign-Ups and Truly Engaged Users. How much frictionLess is too much frictionLess?
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If Your Product Is Perfect, Then Why Is NO one Listening?
Tired of Being Ignored? Let’s Fix Your Product Positioning! - Straight-Talk Strategies to Grab Attention in a Busy World
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Why Startups Should Be Customer-Obsessed, Not Product or Sales-Obsessed
Stop Worshiping Your Product—Your Customers Don’t Care (Yet!). Most startups obsess over their product, sales, or marketing—but the real secret to…
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Growth Funnels vs Growth Loops: Why Growth Loops Win at Hockey-Stick Growth
Why Growth Loops Beat Funnels for Sustainable, Hockey-Stick Growth. Learn how growth loops out-compound funnels, see real-world case studies, and get a…
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Rishikesh Ranian
How we used our Existing Users to Gain More Users?
With Real-World Examples & Implementation Tips. Learn proven ways to use existing users to gain more users — with real-world examples from Canva…
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How Cursor AI Hacked Growth and Re-Wrote Growth Playbook for Dev-Tools!
Growth hacking breakdown: How Cursor surged from weekend hack to $200M ARR in two years. Steal its PLG, data loops, and community tactics to scale fast.
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Twenty-four copycats, twenty-four shutdowns—what their collapse teaches about real innovation...
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From Near-Shutdown to $40 M ARR: How Bolt.new Hacked Its Growth
Steal Bolt.new’s Growth Playbook. See how Bolt.new fused WebContainers with Claude 3.5 to hit $40 M ARR in 5 months—plus growth hacks AI founders and…
 • 
Rishikesh Ranian
How Anthropic and Claude.ai Hacked Growth – Can you Adopt anything From It?
From stealth to $60 B: the growth hacks behind Anthropic & Claude.ai that every AI startup can steal. Anthropic’s $60 B leap: how Claude.ai nailed mega…
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How Perplexity Hacked Its Growth – Everything You Can Adopt from It
Discover how Perplexity AI used bold growth hacking strategies to scale from idea to a $9B valuation in just two years. Learn proven tactics, viral…
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