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    Sean Ellis

    Sean Ellis is a growth expert and author who coined the term 'growth hacking' and has worked with companies like Dropbox and Eventbrite.

    #30 Growth Marketing#12 Product-Led Growth#10 Early-Stage VC
    35CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 50 answers across 5 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines agree that Sean Ellis coined the term growth hacking and framed growth as a cross-functional, experiment-driven process with ICE prioritization and high-tempo testing. ChatGPT adds a weekly review cadence and the advice to start with a small team. Copilot and Gemini add the 40 percent product-market fit survey and the North Star metric. Perplexity adds a focus on activation and onboarding as product levers. Every engine names him. The pages cited most are seanellis.me, saastr.com, antoinebuteau.com, mixpanel.com and grahammann.net.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 9 answers

      ChatGPT says he coined growth hacking, led growth at Dropbox, LogMeIn and Eventbrite, founded GrowthHackers and treats growth as a repeatable learning system built on experiments.

      Known for
      • coining growth hacking
      • ICE experiment scoring
      • turning growth into a learning system
    • GeminiNamed in 9 answers

      Gemini says he coined growth hacking and formalized growth experimentation as a cross-functional discipline, popularizing the 40 percent product-market fit survey and ICE prioritization.

      Known for
      • coining growth hacking
      • 40 percent product-market fit survey
      • ICE prioritization
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 14 answers

      Google AI Mode says he coined growth hacking, applied it at Dropbox, LogMeIn and Eventbrite, and created the product-market fit survey and high-tempo testing approach.

      Known for
      • coining growth hacking
      • product-market fit survey
      • high-tempo testing
    • PerplexityNamed in 12 answers

      Perplexity says he coined growth hacking, drove early growth at LogMeIn and Dropbox, founded GrowthHackers and co-authored Hacking Growth with Morgan Brown.

      Known for
      • coining growth hacking
      • co-authoring Hacking Growth
      • disciplined cross-functional experimentation
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    • CopilotNamed in 6 answers

      Copilot says he pioneered growth hacking as a disciplined experiment-driven approach and created the product-market fit test and the ICE scoring framework.

      Known for
      • product-market fit test
      • ICE scoring framework
      • high-tempo testing

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    • #30Growth Marketingof 122
      Named in 31 answers
    • #12Product-Led Growthof 54
      Named in 8 answers
    • #10Early-Stage VCof 66
      Named in 8 answers

    Top URLs

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      growthmethod.com
      growthmethod.com27 citations
    2. 2
      Top 30 Marketing Experts & Influencers to Follow in 2026 | CDP.com
      cdp.com14 citations
    3. 3
      Growth Marketers: 10 Experts to Follow in 2026
      linkedin.com11 citations

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