Our guest today is Brian Balfour - and today’s episode is a rebroadcast from our older podcast How Things Grow. Brian is seen as one of the most influential people in growth today. He has to his credit some truly astounding accomplishments and growth, both as a practitioner, as well as an instructor and teacher.
In this fascinating conversation, Brian not only talks about his own experiences and growth but also dives into how he applies growth frameworks and loops to Reforge.
It’s fascinating to listen to his breakdown of how he thinks about growth frameworks for an education business like Reforge. This interview was recorded when Reforge had 4 courses - today, of course, they have many many more - and it’s a fascinating peek into the early days of a very unique business.
Check out the show notes here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/how-to-grow-a-growth-education-business-with-brian-balfour-ceo-at-reforge/
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
🍾 The experience with Blue Bottle Coffee
🚣🏼♂️ What is it like to hire an external unbiased coach?
🤾🏿♀️ The beginnings of a social network exclusively for college students
📝 The learnings from running a social gaming distribution company
🗂 Competing with established book publishers by building a product for students
🖥 How the habit of writing helped create a popular blog
📈 How content marketing helped HubSpot grow tremendously
⏳ What is a self-reinforcing growth loop
▶️ The beginnings of Reforge as Silicon Valley Business Review
👣 Building Reforge out of SVBR
🥾 What are the challenges in scaling an education business
🔖The criteria for having an application get through at Reforge
🛴 Self-reinforcing growth loops at Reforge
Note:
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