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Sep 05, 2025

Hello, GrowthHackers! 

Welcome to your daily unfair advantage.

Every morning, we cut through the noise to bring you sharp insights, fast news, and fresh sparks to light up your brain and fuel your hustle. From scrappy hacks to big tech moves, AI shifts to culture flips—this is your intel to stay ahead, move fast, and break boring.

Think of it as your growth-fueled espresso shot.
Short. Smart. Addictive.

Let’s dive in.👇

Quick Hits

1. Growth Hacking: The Playbook for Non-Tech Founders
   (Growth isn’t about code—it’s about mindset.)

2. OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn
   (Recruitment is the next network effect.)

3. Google Outage: YouTube, Gmail, Cloud Reported Down in Multiple Countries
   (When your whole funnel runs on Google, an outage isn’t downtime—it’s a growth risk)

4. Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg
   (Only in 2025 can this happen)

The Growth joke of the day

Prospect: Let me think about it.
Me, a sales legend: I already sent the invoice. 🤑

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• How EXACTLY to Calculate Digital Marketing ROI Per Channel

  ROI is nothing new in business. Finance teams track ROI on investments, operations monitor ROI on equipment, and sales leaders measure ROI on headcount. In these cases, ROI is usually straightforward: money in versus money out.

• Google: Your Login Pages May Be Hurting Your SEO Performance

  Google explains how generic login pages trigger duplicate indexing. Learn fixes using noindex, redirects, and paywall markup.

• JetBlue to offer free in-flight internet via Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites

  JetBlue partners with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to provide 1Gbps free in-flight internet starting in 2027, a significant differentiator in digital customer experience.

• TED leader’s $300M ‘valley of death’ fund might be just what later-stage climate tech needs

  Like many startups, climate tech companies often face a “valley of death” that lies between early-stage funding and growth capital that helps proven technologies reach commercial scale.

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  People

  CEO Explains Why She Pays Herself Less Than Some Of Her Other Employees

  Chelsea Fagan, a 34-year-old influencer and co-founder of the media startup company, The Financial Diet, shared why she chose to have the same base salary for the last five years and refuses to be the highest-paid employee at her company.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• AI styling tool adds retail + rental + resale in one omnichannel experience

  Ella integrates multiple fashion services into one seamless platform, showcasing growth hacking innovation in the fashion commerce space.

• Anthropic Signs White House Pledge to America's Youth: Investing in AI Education

  Following our August signing of the White House's 'Pledge to America's Youth: Investing in AI Education', today we joined companies across the country at the White House's AI Education Taskforce event, deepening our commitment to helping America's students build essential skills to excel and lead with AI.

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