growth hacker

noun

Someone who is skilled in both marketing and programming, and utilises these skills to grow the user base of a startup.

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Meanings

noungrowth hacker (plural growth hackers)

plural growth hackers

  1. InternetbusinessSomeone who is skilled in both marketing and programming, and utilises these skills to grow the user base of a startup.

    Josh Elman, a growth hacker at Twitter, recognized early on that it was possible to "focus on understanding your users and how they discover and adopt your products [and to] build features that help you acquire and retain more users, rather than just spending marketing dollars."

    2013 July 8, Ryan Holiday, “The Secret That Defines Marketing Now”, in Fast Company
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APA

growth hacker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growth%20hacker

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“growth hacker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growth%20hacker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “growth hacker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growth%20hacker.

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