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Some famous growth hacks from Airbnb, PayPal and Canvas

  • Airbnb wrote a script to automatically post each new listing to Craigslist bringing them loads of free qualified renters;
  • PayPal wrote a script to message eBay sellers, pretending to be a buyer, to ask if they would accept payments via PayPal. Sellers thought their buyers wanted PayPal, so they quickly added the payment option;
  • Canva created thousands of SEO-optimized pages with design templates and tutorials because they realized many basic design tasks start with a Google search like "award certificate template."

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Nowadays, I spend most of my time building softwares, which has become my default way of online expression. Currently, I'm working on Slippod, a privacy-first desktop note-taking app and TextPixie, a tool to transform text including translation and extraction.