DESIGN FOR THE
BOTTOM LINE
RESEARCH
BRILLIANT
IDEAS
BLOCKED?
THINKING GROWTH
What is the highest-impact area we can
focus on now, given limited resources?
THINKING GROWTH
1. Align on our growth goal
2. Know our growth inputs
3. Decide what to focus on
ALIGN ON OUR
NORTH STAR METRIC
DEFINE YOUR NORTH STAR METRIC
A Better Florist
(E-commerce)
REVENUE
DEFINE YOUR NORTH STAR METRIC
A Better Florist
(E-commerce)
REVENUE
MailChimp
(SaaS)
WEEKLY
ACTIVE
USERS
AirBnB
(Marketplace)
NIGHTS
BOOKED
DEFINE YOUR NORTH STAR METRIC
A Better Florist
(E-commerce)
REVENUE
MailChimp
(SaaS)
WEEKLY
ACTIVE
USERS
AirBnB
(Marketplace)
NIGHTS
BOOKED
Medium
(2-sided Platform)
TOTAL
TIME
READING
DEFINE YOUR NORTH STAR METRIC
A Better Florist
(E-commerce)
REVENUE
MailChimp
(SaaS)
WEEKLY
ACTIVE
USERS
MAP OUR
GROWTH INPUTS
NORTH STAR:
Revenue
NORTH STAR:
Revenue
New Customer
Revenue
Repeat Customer
Revenue
New Customer
Revenue
Repeat Custo
Revenue
New Customer Revenue
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
New Customer Revenue
(PAID ADVERTISING)
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate×
Shares per
Participant×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate
Shares per
Participant
Visitors per
Share× × ×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate
Shares per
Participant
Visitors per
Share
Conversion
Rate× × × ×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate
Shares per
Participant
Visitors per
Share
Conversion
Rate
$ Spent
Per Order× × × × ×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate
Shares per
Participant
Visitors per
Share
Conversion
Rate
$ Spent
Per Order× × × × ×
This process gives us 2 important things:
1. Uncovers the key inputs that drive our growth.
2. Forms a multi-layered foundation for ideation,
HOW ABOUT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRODUCT
NORTH STAR:
Aggregate Reading Time
(of Community)
NORTH STAR:
Aggregate Reading Time
(of Community)
Signed-in
User Base
Total Reading Time
/ User
Signed-in
User Base
Total Reading
/ User
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
New Users
(VIRAL)
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
Total Articles
Published
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
Total Articles
Published
How often each
Article appears in
Search
×
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
Total Articles
Published
How often each
Article appears in
Search
Click-through
Rate× ×
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
Total Articles
Published
How often each
Article appears in
Search
Click-through
Rate
Sign-up
Step 1× × ×
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
Total Articles
Published
How often each
Article appears in
Search
Click-through
Rate
Sign-up
Step 1
Sign-up
Step 2× × × ×
New Users
(ORGANIC SEARCH)
New Users
(VIRAL)
Writing
Frequency
XTotal Writers
Total Articles
Published
How often each
Article appears in
Search
Click-through
Rate
Sign-up
Step 1
Sign-up
Step 2× × × ×
New Customer Revenue
(REFERRAL PROGRAM)
People exposed to
Referral Program
% that
Participate
Shares per
Participant
Visitors per
Share
Conversion
Rate
$ Spent
Per Order× × × × ×
TEAM MEMBER 1
“We should work on improving
our conversion rate on
checkout.
56% of people leave after
adding a product to cart!
TEAM MEMBER 2
“We should focus on increasing
spend/order.”
People have been asking for
vases and sweets. We can
easily cater to that and sell
more products.
PRIORITIZE WITH A
PREDICTIVE
GROWTH MODEL
BUILD A PREDICTIVE GROWTH MODEL
MAP A REALISTIC
PATH TO SUCCESS
MAP A REALISTIC PATH TO SUCCESS
Growth Target
Double Revenue by Jan 2018
MAP A REALISTIC PATH TO SUCCESS
Growth Target
Double Revenue by Jan 2018
Double TTR by January
2018
Double TTR by January
2018
3x Referral Revenue
Launch new paid channel:
+20 orders/week
Fix conversion leaks:
Improve New Customer
Conversion Rate by 25%
Double TTR by January
2018
Double TTR by January
2018
Grow Referral Revenue by
100%
Grow Paid Acquisition
Revenue by 100%
Grow 3-month
Grow 3-month LTV by
30%
Launch new paid channel:
+20 orders/week
• Offline referral program
• Discovery sprint for
segmentation
• Personalise referral landing
pages
• Test 3 new Referral offers
Fix conversion leaks:
Improve New Customer
Conversion Rate by 25%
• Establish new paid channel
with profitable CAC
• Establish accretive
Facebook retargeting
campaign
• Discovery sprint for
retention leaks
• Launch new-customer
loyalty program
MAP A REALISTIC PATH TO SUCCESS
Growth Target
Double Revenue by Jan 2018
Double TTR by January
2018
Double TTR by January
2018
Grow Referral Revenue by
100%
Grow Paid Acquisition
Revenue by 100%
Grow 3-month LTV by
30%
FOCUS
RESEARCH & IDEATION
● Uncover what’s causing the
problem with our target
input
● Ideally, study actual users
that recently exhibited this
behavior
+11% Conversion Rate Growth
ANOTHER
EXPERIMENT
+108% Conversion Rate Growth & +68% Referral Revenue
1. Identify your North Star metric
2. Reverse-engineer your key inputs
3. Quantify your inputs
4. Map a path to success
5. Focus your experiments
WHAT WE WENT THROUGH
DBA #11 Data . Design . Growth - Design for the bottom line

DBA #11 Data . Design . Growth - Design for the bottom line