Growthbar - The First 90 Days

Andrew Pierno

Sep 29, 2023 — 1 min read

This week, Danny is taking over with an in depth breakdown of our ownership of Growthbar over the first 90 days. It's been turbulent but appears to be stabilizing.

Here's a teaser:

Month 1 - We didn't change much. Great month.

Month 2 - We removed forcing people to enter a credit card and nearly destroyed the business.

Month 3 - Recovery

Month 4 - Massive churn from annual subscribers. Were these customers real?

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