Growth Hacking Is Bull

Re:Growth Hacking Is Bull by michaelochurch on Friday January 10, 2014 @02:56PM (#7038947)

"Growth hacking" is like an SUV: an attempt to take something stigmatized as effeminate (minivans) and masculinize it, to the point that it develops its own mancult.

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Re:Growth Hacking Is Bull by ta43434 on Friday January 10, 2014 @05:59PM (#7040243)

I like the analogy, but I think SUVs were really a way to exploit a loophole in emissions regulations. Because of the technical definitions, SUVs count as trucks not cars for emissions standards.

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Re:Growth Hacking Is Bull by adventured on Friday January 10, 2014 @07:32PM (#7040735)

Ever tried to drive an 80's or early 90's minivan in five months of bad winter weather? SUVs had a great reason to exist.

They weren't developed to make minivans more masculine, they were meant to sit between the minivan and the truck, providing the best qualities of each.

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