Sean Ellis (entrepreneur)
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.
He attended the University of California, Davis and graduated in 1994.[1]
Career
Ellis was the head of marketing at LogMeIn and Uproar from launch to IPO. He was the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout and Xobni. He joined Dropbox because he believed in the product's potential, had strong chemistry with the founder, and trusted the endorsement from the CEO of Xobni, who was best friends with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and spoke highly of him.[2][3]
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).[4][5][6] He also is an investor in Bitium.[7]
Ellis has contributed to Entrepreneur and The Wall Street Journal.[5][8]
References
- ^ Borrison, Rebecca (June 17, 2014). "The Most Successful College Fraternities In Tech". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ Carney, Michael (May 23, 2013). "Original "growth hacker" Sean Ellis' Qualaroo hacks the marketing conversion funnel". Pando.
- ^ Oshiro, Dana (March 3, 2010). "How to Prepare for Conversion and Optimization". ReadWriteWeb. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013.
- ^ Norman, Jan (March 14, 2012). "O.C. mobile apps developer raises $2 million". OC Register.
- ^ 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.