Published Oct 26, 2022

20Growth: Biggest Growth Lessons from Reddit and Zynga on Scaling to Millions of Users | Why, When and How To Hire Your First Growth Hires | The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make In Hiring, Onboarding and Integration for Growth Teams with Vaibhav Sahgal, VP

Vaibhav Sahgal, VP of Consumer Product at Reddit, delves into the art of scaling users from his experiences at Reddit and Zynga, offering essential growth lessons, redefining growth roles, and detailing strategic hiring and onboarding for growth teams. Gain insights into avoiding common pitfalls in growth team integration and how to align growth efforts with company culture for long-term success.

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Impactful Growth LessonsVaibhav Sahgal, VP of Consumer Product at Reddit, shares insights from his extensive experience in growth roles at Reddit and Zynga. He discusses valuable lessons learned from failures, successful growth tactics, and the challenges faced in scaling user engagement.

Impactful Growth Lessons

Defining Growth RolesVaibhav Sahgal redefines growth as a process of connecting existing product value to users, emphasizing long-term impact over short-term gains. He addresses common misconceptions and highlights the importance of integrating growth efforts with company culture.

Defining Growth Roles

Growth Team HiringVaibhav Sahgal shares insights on hiring and integrating growth teams, emphasizing the importance of timing, candidate fit, and effective onboarding. He highlights common mistakes to avoid and best practices for structuring interviews to ensure successful growth hires.

Growth Team Hiring

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