Season 2 ends - we'll be back with Season 3 soon!
Hi everyone - Welcome to How Things Grow. I’ve been very stoked to present some amazing stories as a part of season 2 of How Things Grow. As all good things do, this season has run its course. I’m...
29 Aug 201956s
How Things Dont Grow; Reflections on Failing To Be a Billionaire - with Sahil Lavingia (CEO at Gumroad)
My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, and this is an incredibly powerful, honest & inspiring episode. Sahil is today the founder & CEO of Gumroad, a platform that helps creators get paid for the work they...
7 Aug 201943min
How viral content can trigger habit change at scale - with Victoria Repa (Founder & CEO - BetterMe)
My guest today is Victoria Repa. Victoria is the founder and CEO of BetterMe, a fitness app based out of Ukraine. I’m very excited to have Victoria on the show because she has such an incredibly uncon...
23 Jul 201949min
On the art & science of making games fun - with Josh Lu(VP & Commercial Leader, Blizzard Entertainment)
My guest today is one of the leading experts in the world on games and growth in games. He’s a man who who has helped launch & grow many many hit mobile games. He started his gaming career at Playdom,...
9 Jul 201953min
Decoding freemium, the unlikely drivers of cybersecurity adoption & more - with Elena Verna(Growth Advisor, ex SVP of Growth, Marketing, Product & Design at Malwarebytes & ex SVP of Growth at SurveyMonkey)
My guest today is Elena Verna. Elena is a growth advisor - she advises a number of companies - and helps scale businesses with marketing, product, analytics and growth. Elena joined SurveyMonkey as an...
25 Jun 201950min
The unseen forces driving mass-market adoption of technologies - 8 lessons from season 1 of How Things Grow.
In today’s episode, we take a very short break from regular programming - as I present to you my talk at my alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras last year. This is a talk called ‘The ...
14 Jun 201939min
Making the internet work, building an eCommerce business in the age of Amazon - and more; with Mauria Finley(CEO of Allume)
My guest today is Mauria Finley. Mauria has lived in very interesting times - and worked on some industry-defining products. Her first job out of college was at Netscape, where she not only saw from c...
27 Mai 201948min
A brief history of mobile user acquisition - with Eric Seufert(Head of Platform at N3twork & Founder at MobileDevMemo)
My guest today is Eric Seufert. Eric is the Head of Platform at N3twork, the founder of MobileDevMemo.com, author of the book ‘Freemium Economics’ - and one of the foremost experts on mobile user acqu...
14 Mai 201947min
