Sean Ellis (entrepreneur)
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Sean Ellis | |
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| Education | University of California, Davis |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Qualaroo, LogMeIn, Dropbox |
| Website | www |
Sean Ellis is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and startup advisor. He is the founder of GrowthHackers and was previously the founder and CEO of Qualaroo, an automated user research tool.[1]
He attended the University of California, Davis and graduated in 1994.[2]
Career
[edit]Ellis was the head of marketing at LogMeIn and Uproar from launch to IPO. He was the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout and Xobni.[3][4][5]
He is an advisor to KISSmetrics and Eventbrite, a mentor at 500 Startups, and a Board Member for Mavenlink and SignNow (acquired by Barracuda Networks).[6][7][8][9] He also is an investor in Bitium.[10]
Ellis has contributed to Entrepreneur and The Wall Street Journal.[8][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Experience: Sean Ellis (LinkedIn)". 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ Borrison, Rebecca (June 17, 2014). "The Most Successful College Fraternities In Tech". Business Insider.
- ^ Carney, Michael (May 23, 2013). "Original "growth hacker" Sean Ellis' Qualaroo hacks the marketing conversion funnel". Pando.
- ^ Holiday, Ryan (September 4, 2013). "What Is Growth Hacking? A Definition and a Call to Action". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Oshiro, Dana (March 3, 2010). "How to Prepare for Conversion and Optimization". ReadWriteWeb.
- ^ Norman, Jan (March 14, 2012). "O.C. mobile apps developer raises $2 million". OC Register.
- ^ Kincaid, Jason (July 22, 2010). "KISSmetrics: A Conversion Funnel Tool That Gives Your Site A Memory". TechCrunch.
- ^ a b Ellis, Sean (February 28, 2013). "Freemium Isn't for Everyone". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Eventbrite Investors". Eventbrite.
- ^ Ellis, Sean (April 17, 2013). "Bitium raises $2.4 million as it launches a SaaS operating system for the enterprise". TheNextWeb.
- ^ "Author Profile: Sean Ellis". Entrepreneur.