What You'll Learn

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Design viral referral loops that compound user growth

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Run A/B experiments with statistical rigor

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Build SEO content engines that generate compounding traffic

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Master paid acquisition: Google, Meta, TikTok ads at scale

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Optimize onboarding funnels to increase activation rates

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Reduce churn with lifecycle email & in-app messaging

Course Description

Growth hacking is not a buzzword — it is a systematic engineering discipline applied to user acquisition. Julian Vane built the growth team at Dropbox that took the product from 100K to 5M users in 18 months, and he's teaching exactly how that was done.

You'll learn through real case studies: the exact referral mechanism Dropbox built, the SEO content strategy that drives 40% of Notion's signups, and the paid acquisition playbooks that made Airbnb profitable in its earliest markets.

Every module has a deliverable — you'll leave with a working growth experiment backlog, a content calendar, and a paid acquisition framework tailored to your product.

Prerequisites

Basic marketing understandingGoogle Analytics access

Curriculum Overview

12 modules · 18h

The Growth Mindset & AARRR Framework

3 lessons · 1h 45m

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play_circle1.1 — What is Growth Hacking vs. Marketing?30 minPreview
play_circle1.2 — The Pirate Metrics: AARRR Deep Dive38 min
quizModule 1 Assessment15 min
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11 more modules — Viral Loops, SEO Engine, Paid Acquisition, Churn Reduction...

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Your Instructor

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Julian Vane

Growth Lead · Ex-Dropbox · 0→5M Users in 18 Months

Julian was the first growth hire at Dropbox, where he built the legendary referral program often cited as the greatest growth hack in history. He later served as VP of Growth at two Series B startups and now advises growth teams at companies scaling from 1K to 1M users.

Dropbox Alumni0→5M Users

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