Sean Ellis - Guest Lecturer @ Harvard Business School

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Primary Job Title Guest Lecturer
Primary Organization
Harvard Business School

Location California, Maryland, United States
Regions East Coast, Southern US
Gender Male

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Sean Ellis is the CEO of GrowthHackers, a company that provides software and resources to help businesses drive sustainable growth.

Prior to GrowthHackers Sean was founder and CEO of Qualaroo, a tool that enables users to connect with live website visitors in order to collect insights and influence their behavior. Qualaroo was acquired in

2016.

Prior to Qualaroo, Sean was a marketing lead at Dropbox, Lookout, Xobni, LogMeIn, Uproar. Eventbrite,

And helped accelerate growth at [Socialcast] (http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/socialcast), Webs (http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/freewebs), [World Golf Tour](), Wordpress.com, and Songkick.

Currently residing in Newport Beach, California, Ellis holds a degree from the University of California.

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Venture Round - Digsy

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Digsy	No	Venture Round - Digsy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Connectifier	—	Series B - Connectifier	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Connectifier	No	Series A - Connectifier	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Bitium	—	Seed Round - Bitium	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Unsubscribe.com	—	Series A - Unsubscribe.com	obfuscated obfuscation

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	CudaSign	500 Global	No	Venture Round - CudaSign	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Recurly	500 Global	—	Seed Round - Recurly	obfuscated obfuscation

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Bitium

Unsubscribe.com Unsubscribe is an online service that helps individuals get rid of unwanted mailing lists and newsletters in their email accounts.
Connectifier Connectifier helps recruiters discover, qualify, and connect with exceptional job candidates at roughly twice the rate of other solutions.
Bitium Bitium is a SaaS-based software operating system providing app management, single sign-on and analytics for cloud-based apps.

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Sean Ellis

is the

Guest Lecturer

Harvard Business School

. Additionally,

Sean Ellis

has had

past jobs including

Founder and CEO

GrowthHackers

Harvard Business School Guest LecturerFeb 2017

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
GrowthHackers	Founder and CEO	Jan 1, 2016	2018
CatchFree	CEO	Oct 2010	May 2012
CatchFree	Founder and CEO	2010	2012
Webs	Interim Marketing Executive	2009	2010
Socialcast	Interim Marketing	2009	2009
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business	Guest Lecturer	2009	2009
Xobni	Interim VP Marketing	Jan 10, 2008	Jul 10, 2008
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)	Vice President, Marketing	Apr 2003	Dec 2007
Budapest Business Journal	Sales Executive	1994	1996
New World Publishing	Sales Executive	1994	1996

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Sean Ellis

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

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Mentor

K5 Ventures

, and

Advisor

Kissmetrics

graph8 Board MemberJun 1, 2024
K5 Ventures MentorMar 1, 2012
Kissmetrics Advisor2008
Recurly Advisor
500 Global Mentor
Bitium Advisor
Sportening Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CudaSign	Board Director	2011	2013
Performable	Advisor	2009	2011
Lookout	Marketing Advisor	Feb 2009	Sep 2009
Dropbox	Marketing Advisor	Jul 2008	Feb 2009
Eventbrite	Marketing Advisor	Jul 2008	Feb 2009

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
United States University Programs	46,439
Investors Active in Maryland	9,144
East Coast University Programs	67,860
University Programs with Investments in United States	42,625
University Programs with Investments in East Coast	56,467
Female Founded Investors active in East Coast	14,528
Female Founded Investors active in Maryland	85,519
United States Schools (Top 10K)	6,237
Female Founded University Programs	84,017
East Coast Schools	15,835

Education

Sean Ellis

studied at

University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis BAInternational Relations (World Trade)1994

Events

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events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Growth Marketing Conference 2016

Dec 7, 2016

Growth Marketing Conference 2016 Speaker San Jose, California, United States, North AmericaDec 7, 2016
500 Startups' Weapons of Mass Distribution 2016 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaNov 4, 2016
Startupfest 2016 Speaker Montréal, Quebec, Canada, North AmericaJul 13, 2016
Growth Hackers Conference 2016 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 18, 2016
SaaStr Annual 2016 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 9, 2016
Growth Marketing Conference 2015 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaDec 2, 2015
SydStart 2015 Speaker Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, OceaniaOct 29, 2015
Weapons of Mass Distribution Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaMay 1, 2015
DEMO Traction: The Growth Conference Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaApr 22, 2015
DEMO Traction Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaApr 22, 2015