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Sean Ellis
ROLE GROWTH PIONEER / FIRST GROWTH MARKETERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN MAY 21, 2026
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First growth marketer at Dropbox and Eventbrite; coined 'growth hacking'; originator of the 'how disappointed would you be' PMF survey question.
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mention·The a16z Show·MAY 21, 2026
“I don't want to take credit for the question because it's not my question. It's actually Sean Ellis' question... he benchmarked this on hundreds of venture-backed startups and found that the companies that grew to product market fit almost always had more than 40% very disappointed.”
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