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The Growth Roundup is where the world's top founders, product leaders, and growth operators break down how today's fastest-growing companies actually scale. Each episode goes beyond headlines to unpack the strategies, decisions, experiments, and lessons behind sustainable growth—from product-led growth and AI to pricing, monetisation, retention, and go-to-market. Whether you're building your first startup or scaling to millions in revenue, you'll leave every conversation with practical ideas you can apply immediately. No hype. No recycled advice. Just candid conversations with the people building the future. Presented by GrowthPad

  1. 3d ago

    How to Turn Payments Into a Growth Lever

    The session discusses the importance of treating payments as a revenue system and not just plumbing. It emphasizes the need to understand and optimize the payment stack, contextual routing, designing for failure, and the role of growth teams in payment strategy. The session concludes with a call to action for a payment revenue audit. Takeaways Payment processors are not just infrastructure but a measurable and optimizable part of the growth engine.Understanding payment stack, contextual routing, and designing for failure are crucial for optimizing payments. Chapters 00:00 Payments as Revenue Systems01:32 Understanding the Payment Stack03:20 Treating Payments as Conversion Events07:15 Contextual Routing and Designing for Failure12:25 Local Payment Intelligence and Payment Method Prioritization15:06 The Role of Growth Teams and Continuous Improvement18:43 Orchestration Framework: Observe, Route, Recover, Localize, Optimize20:34 Call to Action: Payment Revenue Audit

  2. Sep 10

    How to Find Opportunities That Can Grow in the AI Era

    The conversation explores the changing landscape of software development in the AI era, emphasizing the shift from scarcity to abundance and the need to identify valuable product opportunities. The Wedge framework is introduced as a strategic approach to finding and validating opportunities, focusing on changes, expensive problems, distribution, proof, and expansion. The importance of understanding distribution, getting proof, and expanding after customer pull is highlighted, along with the operationalization of the opportunity map and three filters before building. The seven-day playbook and the Subscription Growth Accelerator are presented as actionable steps to implement the framework and drive growth. Takeaways Identifying valuable product opportunities in the AI era requires a strategic approach that focuses on changes, expensive problems, distribution, proof, and expansion.Understanding distribution, getting proof, and expanding after customer pull are crucial steps in operationalizing the opportunity map and driving growth. Chapters 00:00 The Changing Landscape of Software Development03:08 Scarcity in the Age of Abundant Software05:06 The Wedge Framework08:55 Understanding Distribution in Product Development13:01 Getting Proof and Validation15:49 Expanding After Customer Pull16:48 Operationalizing the Opportunity Map17:21 Three Filters Before Building18:26 The Seven-Day Playbook20:22 The Subscription Growth Accelerator23:42 Taking Action and Implementing the Framework

  3. Aug 28

    The AI Distribution Advantage

    The conversation explores the impact of AI on software distribution and the importance of identifying the right distribution model for reaching customers. It introduces the GrowthPad Distribution Advantage Map, which outlines seven potential distribution wedges and provides guidance on selecting the right wedge for a company's growth strategy. Takeaways AI has dramatically reduced the cost of building software, leading to an abundance of software and scarcity of customer attention and distribution.The GrowthPad Distribution Advantage Map helps companies identify the right distribution wedge, compounding loop, and distribution risk for their growth strategy. Chapters 00:00 The Impact of AI on Software Distribution02:39 The GrowthPad Distribution Advantage Map03:19 Identifying the Right Distribution Wedge05:39 Exploring the Seven Distribution Wedges21:23 Applying the Map to Three Fictional Companies26:12 Selecting the Right Wedge and Output

  4. Aug 20

    The New AI Growth Model

    The conversation explores the impact of AI on traditional SaaS growth models, highlighting the need to rethink activation, retention, and expansion strategies. It introduces the concept of collapsing the activation journey, the delegation ladder, and expansion beyond seat-based models. The AI growth scorecard and the new AI growth model are discussed, emphasizing the importance of understanding growth constraints and building a growth plan. The Growth Strategy Workshop is introduced as a practical application of growth strategy to address specific business constraints. Takeaways AI's impact on growth modelsRethinking activation, retention, and expansion strategies Chapters 00:00 The Evolution of Growth Models03:01 Rethinking Growth in the Age of AI05:36 Collapsing the Activation Journey06:06 The Delegation Ladder07:12 Expansion Beyond Seat-Based Models08:13 AI's Impact on Retention10:03 The AI Growth Scorecard11:48 The New AI Growth Model15:34 The Growth Strategy Workshop

  5. Aug 18

    How to Price your AI Product

    The conversation explores the shift from traditional pricing pages to a more comprehensive pricing system in the context of AI products. It delves into the impact of AI on pricing models, the four-layer pricing system, real-world case studies, testing and experimenting with AI pricing, and the principles of effective AI pricing. Takeaways AI pricing requires a shift from a pricing page to a pricing systemAI pricing should balance adoption, predictability, and value captureA modern AI pricing architecture has four layers: entry wedge, core subscription, usage expansion, and enterprisePricing should be designed to make the economic relationship understandable and expansion feel natural Chapters 00:00 Rethinking AI Pricing03:03 The Impact of AI on Pricing Models05:57 The Four-Layer Pricing System09:49 Real-World Case Studies in AI Pricing14:48 Testing and Experimenting with AI Pricing17:52 Principles of Effective AI Pricing

  6. Aug 4

    How to Build Thriving Communities That Drive Subscription Growth

    The conversation delves into the principles of community growth, the evolution of community management, the definition of a thriving community, misunderstandings about community building, the role of community in business growth, community and product-led growth, the importance of in-person events, measuring the impact of community building, and demonstrating ROI to executives. The conversation covers the importance of metrics for community success, the hiring of community personnel, the impact of AI on communities, the future of community, community-led growth vs. product-led growth, successful community examples, key characteristics of ambassador programs, and measuring community success. Takeaways Community growth is driven by the principles of grow, engage, and impactCommunity building starts with understanding the existing user base and their needsIn-person events are critical for community building and engagement Metrics for community successHiring community personnelImpact of AI on communities Chapters 00:00 Building Communities: The Early Days03:02 The Evolution of Community Management05:55 Defining a Thriving Community10:08 Misunderstandings About Community Building12:59 The Role of Community in Business Growth16:49 Community and Product-Led Growth18:04 The Importance of In-Person Events21:00 Measuring the Impact of Community Building24:58 Demonstrating ROI to Executives27:54 Metrics for Community Success29:15 Hiring Community Personnel30:48 Impact of AI on Communities32:58 The Future of Community34:13 Community-Led Growth vs. Product-Led Growth34:34 Successful Community Examples44:26 Key Characteristics of Ambassador Programs46:05 Measuring Community Success

    How to Build Thriving Communities That Drive Subscription Growth

  7. Jul 29

    How to Gamify Pricing: Building Products People Love to Pay For

    The conversation covers the journey of starting Metronome, challenges in billing and pricing, acquiring the first customers, early sales tactics, the journey of figuring out pricing, designing pricing for customer ease, best practices in pricing and growth, price experimentation and tips, overcomplicating pricing, shift to better pricing models, and the impact of pricing on retention. The conversation covers the evolution of sales-led business models, value communication, usage-based pricing, monetization teams, platform capabilities, future-proofing software engineering decisions, the future of pricing and monetization, opportunities and overlooked aspects of pricing, and rapid fire questions and audience interaction. Takeaways Journey of starting Metronome and challenges in billing and pricingAcquiring the first customers and early sales tacticsDesigning pricing for customer ease and best practices in pricing and growth Sales-led business models are evolving with a focus on value communication and usage-based pricing.Monetization teams are integrating platform capabilities and future-proofing software engineering decisions is crucial for migration and growth. Chapters 00:00 The Journey of Starting Metronome03:21 Challenges in Billing and Pricing05:41 Acquiring the First Customers07:08 Early Sales Tactics and Customer Acquisition09:04 Journey of Figuring Out Pricing12:12 Designing Pricing for Customer Ease12:42 Best Practices in Pricing and Growth15:37 Price Experimentation and Tips17:52 Overcomplicating Pricing and Usage Reward23:00 Shift to Better Pricing Models24:44 Impact of Pricing on Retention26:21 The Evolution of Sales-Led Business Models27:20 Value Communication and Usage-Based Pricing28:47 Monetization Teams and Platform Capabilities30:41 Future-Proofing Software Engineering Decisions33:33 The Future of Pricing and Monetization35:59 Opportunities and Overlooked Aspects of Pricing37:58 Rapid Fire Questions and Audience Interaction

  8. Jul 29

    How Community Drives Growth: Lessons from Stan & Stripe

    The conversation delves into the empowerment of founders and the concept of building in public to drive community growth. It explores the journey of Vitali and Stan, the strategies for community building and scaling growth, the path from zero to a million in ARR, and the approach to building community at Stripe. The key takeaways emphasize the importance of building in public, meeting user goals, and engaging directly with users to drive successful community programs. The conversation delves into the challenges and strategies of community building, addressing the fear of putting oneself out there, the business value of community, engaging and retaining users, building an effective ambassador program, and transitioning an offline community to an online platform. Key takeaways include the value of addressing user frustration, understanding community member motivation, and the importance of clear goals and active involvement in community initiatives. The conversation delves into the nuances of community building, emphasizing the importance of clear mission and onboarding processes, as well as the significance of doing something together that matters. It explores trends in community building, the impact of AI on community authenticity, and the role of content creation and authenticity. Additionally, it provides insights into selecting a co-founder, community leadership and strategy, and the impact of events on community metrics. Takeaways Building in public drives community growthCommunity building is about meeting the user's goals and motivationsDirect engagement with users and building in public leads to successful community programs Building a community around users who are frustrated can be valuable for gathering feedback and addressing concerns.Understanding the motivation of community members is crucial for designing an effective ambassador program.Moving an offline community to an online platform requires a clear goal, explicit communication, and the involvement of key community members.Peer-to-peer learning on technical topics can be a valuable goal for an online community, and igniting the community with active members is essential for its success. Community building requires clear mission and onboarding processEngagement in community is about doing something together that matters Chapters 00:00 Empowering Founders and Building in Public03:07 The Journey of Vitali and Stan09:32 Community Building and Scaling Growth13:56 From Zero to a Million in ARR35:34 Building Community at Stripe40:39 Overcoming the Fear of Putting Yourself Out There41:34 The Journey of Creating Content45:27 The Business Value of Community47:10 Engaging and Retaining Users Through Community01:06:14 Building an Effective Ambassador Program01:13:28 Moving an Offline Community Online01:17:06 Community Onboarding and Engagement01:18:11 Community Format and Purpose01:20:33 Trends in Community Building01:22:14 AI Impact on Community Authenticity01:23:54 Content Creation and Authenticity01:32:19 Selecting a Co-Founder01:37:17 Community Leadership and Strategy01:41:17 Event Impact on Community Metrics

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The Growth Roundup is where the world's top founders, product leaders, and growth operators break down how today's fastest-growing companies actually scale. Each episode goes beyond headlines to unpack the strategies, decisions, experiments, and lessons behind sustainable growth—from product-led growth and AI to pricing, monetisation, retention, and go-to-market. Whether you're building your first startup or scaling to millions in revenue, you'll leave every conversation with practical ideas you can apply immediately. No hype. No recycled advice. Just candid conversations with the people building the future. Presented by GrowthPad

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    GrowthPad
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    2026
  • Episodes
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