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Adam Hayes
@Adam_Ha_Yes
building growth tech former growth marketer @thehustle @hubspot
Santa Monica
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    Adam Hayes
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    Mar 31, 2021
    15 years ago this startup had 9 employees working for free. Today it's the 2nd most visited site in the world. There are a few strategies that seperate remarkable companies from the rest. Here are 9 insights from @YouTube's pitch deck that led to their $1.65B acquisition👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    Aug 18, 2021
    9 must have chrome plugins for marketers. 🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Mar 17, 2021
    What do Apple, Airbnb, Dropbox, Zappos and Google all have in common? Sequoia Capital has invested in all of them. Want to add your startups name to that list? Here are the 12 slides @sequoia looks for when you pitch them. 👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    Nov 5, 2021
    2 years ago I started as an intern at The Hustle. Today was my last day working there because we just raised a $2.4m seed round to start a company. This is my story of what it was like to do Growth for your favorite business and tech newsletter. 👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    May 11, 2021
    The story that convinced me that Steve Jobs is a brilliant designer 🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Mar 16, 2021
    While pitching Square @jack famously listed 140 reasons why Square wouldn't work. Now Square has a market cap of $113B. Looks like it worked. Here's a breakdown of their pitch deck and why you should also do something that "won't work". 👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    Apr 2, 2021
    Have you ever thought about running ads on Twitter? I've spent thousands of dollars on Twitter ads. Twitter can be a breakthrough platform if you're looking for a new way to acquire customers. Here are 12 best practices for running Twitter ads 👇🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Feb 9, 2023
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    Adam Hayes
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    May 20, 2021
    Please stop motivating me. Here's why you shouldn't want to be motivated either. This is the motivational industry in a nutshell... 🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Mar 24, 2021
    Did you know that good branding can increase revenue by 23%? If you're building a... ✔️ Personal brand ✔️ Fortune 500 company ✔️ Startup You need to define your brand. Which one of these 12 brand archetypes are you? 👇🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Aug 31, 2021
    Okay, this has to be the strangest side hustle I've ever heard of. I was offered $10,000 to start a dentist side hustle this weekend 🧵
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    Adam Hayes
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    Mar 19, 2021
    How did two guys who owned three air mattresses form a $116b company? Apparently the story involves selling cereal. Here's a breakdown of the pitch deck Airbnb used to change traveling forever 👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    Jun 8, 2021
    Whenever I feel bad I like to look at @BessemerVP anti-portfolio. This is a list of the companies they had a chance to invest in, but didn't. Here are a couple of cringe worthy ones 👇
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    Adam Hayes
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    May 5, 2021
    The story of the controversial 1 click checkout and how it gave Amazon a billion dollar advantage. 👇 THREAD