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Morgan Brown

Orange County, California Area

Full stack marketer helping startups find growth. Founding team member of growthhackers.com.

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Morgan Brown answered

If you had to pick the most important metric from Dave McClure's AARRR? What would it be and why?

Retention–it's the best indicator of product market fit, which is the key to sustainable growth. If you can acquire and activate but not retain, you'll never establish the flywheel of momentum that comes from people who love the product and give lift to your acquisition efforts.

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Growth Hacking

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Trying to decide gamification architecture for our mhealth prediabetes reversal product?

Not directly related to your question, but I would be careful about passing user health data to the Game Center. I don't have enough details about your product, but here in the States there are strict privacy requirements dictated by HIPAA when it comes to protected health information (PHI). You may not want to tie a user account (in game center) to health activity depending on exactly how it's going to be used and whether it would fall under PHI as defined by HIPAA.

Also, as a diabetic myself, the idea sounds pretty cool. If someone could gamify my regular blood sugar testing I'm sure I'd be more compliant with my testing schedule :)

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Who are the top 5 thought leaders on scaling companies?

People I look up to and follow when it comes to growth:

- Sean Ellis, first marketer @ Dropbox, Eventbrite, Lookout (IPO), LogMeIn (IPO)
- Josh Elman, Greylock frmr. Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook growth
- James Currier, Ooga Labs
- Gagan Biyani, Lyft, Udemy, Sprig
- Stan Chudnovsky, PayPal
- Andy Johns, Wealthfront frmr. FB, Twitter, Quora
- Saar Gur, Charles River Ventures
- Adam Nash, Wealthfront
- Elliot Shmukler, Wealthfront frmr. LinkedIn
- Ivan Kirgin, frmr. Dropbox
- Mike Volpe, Hubspot
- Aaron Ginn, StumbleUpon

Most are on Twitter, have a blog, Slideshare or appear in YouTube videos. There are many, many more, but that's where I'd start.

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Reviews

Great marketers are more similar to scientists than anything else. When developing good product in a digital world, there are so many critical elements that are essential to a products success. From the overall positioning at launch to our ability to listen to data, analyze and iterate quickly while still being able to innovate along the way. Morgans ability to take this scientific & strategic marketing approach, while leveraging the power of social media to amplify yield, is something I experienced first hand during my time at ScoreBig.

Morgan was definitely my marketing counter-part. This guy comes equipped with true/natural skills that are too powerful to be properly understood when read on paper. If I needed a start-up to growth acquisition/social marketing strategy today, he's the guy I'd call. I can't wait to work alongside him again.

Allan Jones Source: LinkedIn

Trying to sum up Morgan in a few sentences is not going to happen. There is so much depth, knowledge, creativity to Morgan that all I can say is Morgan is a tremendous assets to any team. As a client Morgan was a dream to work with -- he truly "got it". Now, as a business partner, I am extremely fortunate to be collaborating with him. If passion, a great attitude, and high integrity are the basis to recommend Morgan then he passes with flying colors. But, in addition to all of that, you get a true visionary, interactive marketing genius, and a grounded, genuine friend.

Paulo Elias Source: LinkedIn

Morgan has a tremendous eye for identifying opportunities and translating them into clear marketing messages. His insights into online marketing has been tremendously valuable to my companies.

Ryan Peddycord Source: LinkedIn

Morgan is a rare individual who can take enormous spark and passion for his work and translate such excitement into creative ideas and tangible results. He has the energy and the know-how to accomplish almost any task. I certainly would trust him with my business needs without hesistation.

Alex Michael Source: LinkedIn

Morgan brings an incredible amount of insight and focus to every project. He has the rare ability to quickly recognize potential issues and develop solutions. A team guy with natural leadership abilities.

Ben Peters Source: LinkedIn

Morgan Brown is the type of employee that every manager hopes to hire at least once in their career. Clients and staff love working with him -- he has a great attitude and terrific work ethic and integrity. His ability to work independently with little direction is ideal and more importantly his ability to see the big picture in terms of client relationships and development is crucial. I would hire Morgan again in a heartbeat!

Mary Gross Source: LinkedIn

Morgan is that great combination of a good guy & a smart guy. He's business & people savvy. I loved working with him. He was always reasonable, forward-thinking & sharp, which is really all you can ask for in a manager.

I'd happily work with or for Morgan again - there's no drama with him, just the desire & ability to get down to work.

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Aside from being a great collaborator and colleague, Morgan really knows how to put together a comprehensive and creative incentive plan, packed with success tools and tactics for large reseller partners to quickly leverage. The first program he rolled out was so successful that our largest reseller partner kept asking for more. It doesn't get any better than your partners coming to you asking for more tools to be successful and motivate tele and outside sales professionals.

David Stein Source: LinkedIn

Morgan is an incredible marketer and leader. He possesses the rare ability to develop creative ideas that are backed by sound data and he can package & execute them in a way that delivers measurable results. He is tireless in his pursuit of delivering programs & campaigns that exceed expectations. He can tackle volumes of work with alarming speed & efficiency – a trait that not only helped us deliver excellent work for our clients, but also kept the rest of our team on their toes. Morgan was a pleasure to work with & our clients sang his praises regularly – with good reason.

Callie Miller Source: LinkedIn

Morgan Brown is the human RSS feed of marketing expertise. With contagious and passionate enthusiasm, he efficiently and effectively takes technical concepts and clarifies them for team members to improve their work flow, production, growth by building B2B relationships, and branding. His friendly communication, visualization tools, presentation skills and assistance has been a valuable asset in improving my growth as a filmmaker, businesswoman, and media marketing enthusiast. He is definitely a go-to guy and someone I trust to consult on a permanent basis.

Dawn Dubriel Source: LinkedIn

Like every talented marketer, Morgan is highly skilled at telling a story that engages people with a brand or product. He pulls people in, drawing them closer and deepening communication with the customer. For example, he has been the backbone of an effort to build a multi-platform marketing campaign to support our small business video advertising initiative. He led his team to increase customer interactions and conversion through email newsletters, Twitter, blogging, and word-of-mouth. His efforts have been vital to our ability to launch new products, gauge their success, and iterate.

Andrew Kaplan Source: LinkedIn

Member since April 2013