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Free Lesson
How Founders Should Lead Growth (Before Hiring)
30 min
May 8, 2025 1:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Why delegating growth early fails
Understand why hiring too early stalls growth—and why only founders can turn early traction into a repeatable system.
Founder actions that unlock growth
Learn the key actions founders must take before delegating—like defining your success metric and aligning your team.
Your lightweight growth system
You’ll leave with a lightweight process to begin mapping what drives your growth—no growth expert required.
Why this topic matters
Most founders hit early growth challenges—and try to pawn them off on a Head of Growth. But without the right success metric or system, that hire is set up to fail. This lesson shows why founders must lead growth first—and how to build real momentum without wasting time, money, or trust. You’ll leave with a founder-tested framework you can use immediately.
You'll learn from
Sean Ellis
Founding team at LogMeIn (acquired for $4.3B) & author of Hacking Growth
Previously at
