Framework · 2 notes · discussed by Albert Cheng, Dan Hockenmaier

Growth Model

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Lenny’s Podcast93 min

Developing a growth model + marketplace growth strategy

Dan Hockenmaier · Oct 9, 2022
Key learnings
  • A growth model is a spreadsheet formula for how your business grows; roughly half its value comes from the act of building it…
  • Start with three core building blocks for a SaaS growth model: acquisition channels, retention, and monetization; marketplaces…
  • Retention is often the most sensitive lever in a growth model, so small retention gains can be worth more than larger gains…
Lenny’s Podcast115 min

How to find hidden growth opportunities in your product

Albert Cheng · Oct 5, 2025
Key learnings
  • Alternate between exploring for new insights and exploiting proven wins; when experiments stop reaching significance, return to…
  • Share experiment learnings across the company so adjacent teams can apply the same human-psychology insight to their own parts of…
  • Make a free tier a taste of the full product's value rather than a stripped-down version; sampling paid suggestions to free users…