marketing in a mission driven startup

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Marketing in a Mission Driven

Startup.

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1. Growth 2. Culture 3. Marketing

First introductions.

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INTROS

Transferwise… a mission driven

startup ?

Transferwise was started to solve a problem

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In our case a personal pain point helped to see an epidemic dysfunction in the entire industry,

which lacked any natural force of improvement or move towards resolution. 

— Kristo Käärmann & Taavet Hinrikus @nilanp@nilanp

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A mission driven startup = A catalyst for changing the world

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1. Growth

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$0.5 million ➤ $1 Billion

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60 ➤ 600 TransferWisers

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Evangelism is the biggest driver of growth

We believe we can create evangelical customers.

Why do people recommend our product ?

RATIONalRational Emotional

RATIONalProduct Cause

RATIONal

Speed Price

Convenience Coverage

Cause

To achieve advocacy your product needs to be an order of magnitude

better than the alternative

But don’t do this as “growth hack” do it because the world deserves it

RATIONal

Speed Price

Convenience Coverage

Cause

Money without borders.

Instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free

We’re powering money for people and businesses:

to pay, to get paid, to spend, in any currency, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing

You can’t copy that !

2. Culture

Culture = optimising for speed

We work in autonomous independent teams that focus

on KPIs that make a difference to our customers

and drive our growth

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The currencies teams launches new currencies

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It is autonomous & independent

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Regulated and

available

Instantly and almost zero cost

IdentityOnboarding Worry EvangelismProblem awareness

Currencies OperationsVerificationConversion Experience ViralityMarketing

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Regulated and

available

Instantly and almost zero cost

IdentityOnboarding Worry EvangelismProblem awareness

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What drives our growth rate ?

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Brazil

3. Marketing

How I used to run marketing

Revenue

Marketing $$$$

Revenue

Marketing $$$$

THE INFINITELY SCALABLE

MARKETING CHANNEL DOESN’T EXIST

Revenue

Marketing $$$$

What is the problem marketing is solving ?

MARKETINGS JOB IS TO FIX THIS

The best form of marketing is changing the law

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1. Growth 2. Culture 3. Marketing

Mission Driven Marketing

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