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The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  Message:	
  
The One Growth Hack to Rule Them All
Growthhacker	
  Live	
  Conference	
  –	
  4/27/2013	
  
	
  
Patrick	
  Vlaskovits	
  
@Pv	
  
vlaskovits.com	
  
	
  
My	
  Book	
  
I	
  helped	
  invent	
  “growthhacking”	
  with	
  
Sean	
  Ellis	
  &	
  Hiten	
  Shah	
  in	
  June	
  2010.	
  	
  
Boom.	
  
This	
  is	
  How,	
  this	
  is	
  not	
  What	
  
Business	
  plans	
  &	
  spreadsheet.	
  
A	
  toy.	
  
Life	
  begins	
  as	
  
Risk	
  (you	
  can	
  measure	
  this).	
  
Uncertainty	
  (impossible	
  to	
  measure).	
  
Your	
  fundamental	
  domain	
  is	
  
Your	
  Team	
  
Maintains	
  the	
  boundaries	
  of	
  organizaMon.	
  
Moves	
  fast	
  and	
  breaks	
  things.	
  
(Maybe	
  even	
  people.)	
  
Your	
  Product	
  
Has	
  analogs	
  and	
  compeMMon	
  is	
  on	
  features.	
  	
  
Empowering	
  people	
  to	
  do	
  new	
  stuff.	
  
Your	
  Death	
  
CompeMMon	
  stabs	
  you	
  repeatedly	
  and	
  dances	
  on	
  your	
  grave.	
  
You	
  die	
  of	
  thirst	
  in	
  the	
  desert.	
  Alone.	
  No	
  one	
  knows	
  or	
  cares.	
  
The	
  Irony	
  of	
  Successful	
  InnovaPon	
  
End	
  up	
  here	
  (the	
  wallpaper).	
  
Start	
  here	
  (The	
  New	
  New	
  Thing).	
  
This	
  includes	
  innovaPon	
  in	
  product	
  
and	
  business	
  model.	
  	
  	
  
How	
  Everyone	
  Views	
  DisrupPve	
  Ideas	
  
Bad	
  Ideas	
   Good	
  Ideas	
  
Indeterminate	
  Ideas	
  
The	
  Reality	
  
Bad	
  Ideas	
   Good	
  Ideas	
  
Indeterminate	
  Ideas	
  
InnovaPve	
  products	
  don’t	
  fit	
  in	
  exisPng	
  sales	
  &	
  
markePng	
  channels.	
  	
  	
  
	
  
“The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  Message.”	
  
-­‐Marshall	
  McLuhan	
  
	
  
InnovaPve	
  products	
  demand	
  innovaPve	
  
context	
  and	
  mediums.	
  
RETWEET	
  THIS	
  -­‐	
  hVps://twiVer.com/Pv/status/328956998244777984	
  	
  
The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  Message	
  
	
  
	
  
How	
  you	
  get	
  to	
  the	
  customer	
  is	
  as	
  important,	
  	
  
if	
  not	
  more,	
  then	
  what	
  you	
  get	
  to	
  the	
  customer.	
  
	
  
ExisMng	
  mediums	
  provide	
  wrong	
  context	
  for	
  innovaMve	
  
products.	
  
	
  
(Important	
  corollary:	
  innovaMve	
  mediums	
  need	
  innovaMve	
  content	
  to	
  
maintain	
  context.)	
  
	
  
	
  	
  
B.Y.O.C.	
  
•  Fundamentally,	
  growth	
  hacking	
  is	
  NOT	
  	
  
mastery	
  of	
  >>exisPng<<	
  markeMng	
  eg	
  for	
  
online	
  SEO,	
  SEM,	
  PPC,	
  viral	
  markeMng	
  etc	
  etc	
  
•  Growth	
  hacking	
  is	
  true	
  innovaMon	
  in	
  sales	
  and	
  
markeMng	
  mediums.	
  
•  	
  Ergo,	
  different	
  than	
  tradiMonal	
  VP	
  of	
  
MarkeMng	
  role.	
  (ExecuMon	
  of	
  best	
  pracMces)	
  
•  “Bring	
  Your	
  Own	
  Channel.”	
  –	
  Sean	
  Ellis	
  
Message	
  
Tupperware	
  
Xerox	
  copiers	
  
The	
  4-­‐Hour	
  Chef	
  (Ferriss)	
  
Cubism	
  (Picasso)	
  
Tesla	
  (Musk)	
  
PayPal	
  
YouTube	
  
Instagram	
  
Facebook	
  (Zuck)	
  
Street	
  skaMng	
  (Hawk)	
  
GoPro	
  
	
  
Medium	
  
Home	
  parMes	
  
Direct	
  sales,	
  selling	
  consumables	
  
BitTorrent	
  
Art	
  dealers	
  as	
  patrons	
  
Stores,	
  not	
  dealerships	
  
eBay	
  
Embeds	
  (?)	
  
Status	
  &	
  bragging	
  via	
  iPhone	
  
Photo	
  tagging	
  
VHS	
  (?)	
  
AcMon	
  Sports	
  
The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  Message	
  
Vice	
  versa?	
  
Message	
  
Growthhacking	
  
Flurry	
  as	
  ad	
  network	
  
Apple	
  products	
  
The	
  Lean	
  Startup	
  book	
  
Lean	
  Entrepreneur	
  book	
  
Veronica	
  Mars	
  
Zach	
  Braf	
  sequel	
  
?	
  
Novel	
  content	
  
	
  
Medium	
  
‘Sohware	
  eaMng	
  the	
  world’	
  
AnalyMcs	
  
Apple	
  as	
  retail	
  experience	
  
Crowdfunding	
  
Crowdfunding	
  
Crowdfunding	
  
Crowdfunding	
  
3D	
  prinMng	
  &	
  digital	
  fab	
  
Nejlix	
  
	
  
The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  Message	
  
Vice	
  versa?	
  
How	
  to	
  Avoid	
  Death:	
  	
  
Convexity	
  +	
  Lean	
  Startup	
  
Non-­‐linear	
  upside,	
  limited	
  downside	
  
You	
  Have	
  Been	
  Warned	
  	
  
	
  
•  Want	
  exponenMal	
  growth?	
  à	
  The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  
Message.	
  	
  
•  Hockey	
  sMck	
  is	
  outcome	
  of	
  discovering/manufacturing	
  
an	
  uncontested	
  markeMng	
  channel.	
  
•  Test	
  with	
  convexity.	
  Don’t	
  punish	
  ‘failure’.	
  
•  Steal.	
  Copy.	
  Remix.	
  
•  ‘Think	
  Different’	
  –	
  Steve	
  Jobs	
  ß	
  The	
  Medium	
  is	
  the	
  
Message.	
  
•  PS	
  Big	
  thanks	
  to	
  Venkatesh	
  Rao	
  of	
  RibbonFarm.com	
  for	
  
TMITM	
  framing.	
  Read	
  his	
  blog.	
  
@Pv	
  

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  • 1. The  Medium  is  the  Message:   The One Growth Hack to Rule Them All Growthhacker  Live  Conference  –  4/27/2013     Patrick  Vlaskovits   @Pv   vlaskovits.com    
  • 3. I  helped  invent  “growthhacking”  with   Sean  Ellis  &  Hiten  Shah  in  June  2010.    
  • 5.
  • 6. This  is  How,  this  is  not  What  
  • 7.
  • 8. Business  plans  &  spreadsheet.   A  toy.   Life  begins  as  
  • 9. Risk  (you  can  measure  this).   Uncertainty  (impossible  to  measure).   Your  fundamental  domain  is  
  • 10. Your  Team   Maintains  the  boundaries  of  organizaMon.   Moves  fast  and  breaks  things.   (Maybe  even  people.)  
  • 11. Your  Product   Has  analogs  and  compeMMon  is  on  features.     Empowering  people  to  do  new  stuff.  
  • 12. Your  Death   CompeMMon  stabs  you  repeatedly  and  dances  on  your  grave.   You  die  of  thirst  in  the  desert.  Alone.  No  one  knows  or  cares.  
  • 13. The  Irony  of  Successful  InnovaPon   End  up  here  (the  wallpaper).   Start  here  (The  New  New  Thing).   This  includes  innovaPon  in  product   and  business  model.      
  • 14.
  • 15. How  Everyone  Views  DisrupPve  Ideas   Bad  Ideas   Good  Ideas   Indeterminate  Ideas  
  • 16. The  Reality   Bad  Ideas   Good  Ideas   Indeterminate  Ideas  
  • 17. InnovaPve  products  don’t  fit  in  exisPng  sales  &   markePng  channels.         “The  Medium  is  the  Message.”   -­‐Marshall  McLuhan     InnovaPve  products  demand  innovaPve   context  and  mediums.  
  • 18. RETWEET  THIS  -­‐  hVps://twiVer.com/Pv/status/328956998244777984    
  • 19. The  Medium  is  the  Message       How  you  get  to  the  customer  is  as  important,     if  not  more,  then  what  you  get  to  the  customer.     ExisMng  mediums  provide  wrong  context  for  innovaMve   products.     (Important  corollary:  innovaMve  mediums  need  innovaMve  content  to   maintain  context.)        
  • 20. B.Y.O.C.   •  Fundamentally,  growth  hacking  is  NOT     mastery  of  >>exisPng<<  markeMng  eg  for   online  SEO,  SEM,  PPC,  viral  markeMng  etc  etc   •  Growth  hacking  is  true  innovaMon  in  sales  and   markeMng  mediums.   •   Ergo,  different  than  tradiMonal  VP  of   MarkeMng  role.  (ExecuMon  of  best  pracMces)   •  “Bring  Your  Own  Channel.”  –  Sean  Ellis  
  • 21. Message   Tupperware   Xerox  copiers   The  4-­‐Hour  Chef  (Ferriss)   Cubism  (Picasso)   Tesla  (Musk)   PayPal   YouTube   Instagram   Facebook  (Zuck)   Street  skaMng  (Hawk)   GoPro     Medium   Home  parMes   Direct  sales,  selling  consumables   BitTorrent   Art  dealers  as  patrons   Stores,  not  dealerships   eBay   Embeds  (?)   Status  &  bragging  via  iPhone   Photo  tagging   VHS  (?)   AcMon  Sports   The  Medium  is  the  Message   Vice  versa?  
  • 22. Message   Growthhacking   Flurry  as  ad  network   Apple  products   The  Lean  Startup  book   Lean  Entrepreneur  book   Veronica  Mars   Zach  Braf  sequel   ?   Novel  content     Medium   ‘Sohware  eaMng  the  world’   AnalyMcs   Apple  as  retail  experience   Crowdfunding   Crowdfunding   Crowdfunding   Crowdfunding   3D  prinMng  &  digital  fab   Nejlix     The  Medium  is  the  Message   Vice  versa?  
  • 23. How  to  Avoid  Death:     Convexity  +  Lean  Startup  
  • 25. You  Have  Been  Warned       •  Want  exponenMal  growth?  à  The  Medium  is  the   Message.     •  Hockey  sMck  is  outcome  of  discovering/manufacturing   an  uncontested  markeMng  channel.   •  Test  with  convexity.  Don’t  punish  ‘failure’.   •  Steal.  Copy.  Remix.   •  ‘Think  Different’  –  Steve  Jobs  ß  The  Medium  is  the   Message.   •  PS  Big  thanks  to  Venkatesh  Rao  of  RibbonFarm.com  for   TMITM  framing.  Read  his  blog.