#21 Growing the Customer Base | Chris Van Pelt | Slush 2023

Growing your customer base requires a flywheel approach, not just a funnel. Learn the FUEL framework and metrics-tied strategies to drive exponential growth, experimentation, and innovation in this insightful talk.

Key takeaways
  • Growing the customer base requires a flywheel approach, not just a funnel.
  • Metrics are crucial for understanding user behavior and making data-driven decisions.
  • FUEL is a framework for growing the customer base: Four key components: Users, Intent, Persona, and Channel.
  • Understand your user’s persona and their goals to create a personalized experience.
  • Run experiments to validate hypotheses and iterate on results.
  • Prioritize and optimize the most effective experiments for exponential growth.
  • Use attribution to track user behavior and measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts.
  • Measure everything to identify patterns and areas for improvement.
  • Flywheels lead to exponential growth, whereas funnels lead to linear growth.
  • Keep iterating and refining the customer journey to improve user engagement.
  • Metrics should be tied to business outcomes, such as revenue growth or customer acquisition.
  • Experimentation is key to driving growth and innovation.
  • Don’t be afraid to fail, as failure is an opportunity to learn and improve.
  • Focus on building flywheels, not just funnels, to drive exponential growth.