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2 | Company | Funnel Stage | Growth Tool | Simple Description | Source | Tool Price Range | Business Model | Company Stage | Top Channels | Growth/Marketing Team Size | What We Do | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Namely | Acquisition | ZoomInfo | B2B database for prospecting. | Nick Christman | SaaS | Series C | 30 | All-in-one HR software. | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Expandery | Operations | Zodiac | My secret weapon of late - easily forecast individual customer behavior and create predictive KPIs, as well as compute customer lifetime value and customer acquisition costs the right way. | Peter Borden | SaaS | Various | 1-100 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Teachable | Operations | Zapier | App integrations. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Segment | Operations | Zapier | There's nothing I can't do with data as long as I have Zapier. | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Expandery | Operations | Zapier | Connect pretty much any tool you're using to another. I use Zapier to pull in data into Google Spreadsheets, push data to Salesforce, and even drive automated press outreach so I don't have to hire an expensive PR firm. | Peter Borden | SaaS | Various | 1-100 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | InterState Analytics | Activation | Youcanbook.me | The only invite booking solution I've found that will automatically send out Google calendar invites. Saves so much time. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Hired | Acquisition | YesWare | Sales email automation | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | SumoMe | Operations | Workable | Job ad and candidate management. | Noah Kagan, Sarah Peterson | SaaS | Tools to grow web traffic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Teachable | Acquisition | Wordpress plugins | Visual Composer, Disqus, Drip, Segment, GA, Attention Grabber, Yoast SEO, Akismet, JetPack. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Hired | Operations | Wordpress | The standard content marketing platform. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Expandery | Operations | Wordpress | The only CMS worth its salt in my opinion. The open source nature of Wordpress means you can do a ton of development around it. Plugins I love, by the way, include Yoast SEO and Graphiq. | Peter Borden | SaaS | Various | 1-100 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Digital Marketer | Operations | Wordpress | Need I explain why WordPress is so awesome? :) | Ryan Deiss | Media | Search | Digital marketing media and education. | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Teachable | Operations | Wordpress | CMS of choice using the independent publisher theme or customize. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Task and Purpose | Operations | Wordpress | Plugins: AMP, Yoast SEO, Facebook IA. | Aubrey Arcangel | Media | 3M Monthly Uniques | Search, Social, Partnerships | 2 | News & culture content for military veterans. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Drift | Operations | Wordpress | Content management system | Dave Gerhardt | SaaS | Series-A | Content/PR | 2 | Chat messaging for marketing and sales teams. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Buffer | Operations | Wordpress | Content management system | Kevan Lee | SaaS | $10M+ ARR | Search, Social | 7 | Social media publishing and analytics marketing tool. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | AdEspresso | Operations | Wordpress | Content management system | Massimo Chieruzzi | SaaS | Private | Search, Social, Paid | 5 | Facebook Ads Manager. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Teachable | Operations | Wistia | Video hosting. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | SumoMe | Operations | Wistia | Video hosting. | Noah Kagan, Sarah Peterson | SaaS | Tools to grow web traffic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Digital Marketer | Operations | Wistia | We use YouTube for general video hosting and Wistia when we need to add custom CTA's, need analytics or need super reliable, high quality video hosting. | Ryan Deiss | Media | Search | Digital marketing media and education. | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Segment | Retention | Watsi | This charitable giving platform helps drive engagement with surveys and other customer development campaigns | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | HubSpot | Activation | User Testing | User research and testing platform. | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Growthhackers | Activation | User Testing | User research and testing platform. | Sean Ellis | SaaS | Series A | Twitter, SlideShare, Invites | 4 | Content curation and platform for managing growth experiments. | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | Hired | Activation | User Testing | User research and testing platform. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | HubSpot | Acquisition | URL Profiler | Run in-depth analysis on a list of URLs to find stats on how frequently they've been shared, how many links they have, how long the content is, etc | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Teachable | Activation | Unbounce | Landing page tool builder with the right integrations, best design and templates. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Namely | Activation | Unbounce | Landing page iteration. Easy to design new tests quickly. This tool really helped us scale our digital demand gen by increasing conversion 10x. | Nick Christman | SaaS | Series C | 30 | All-in-one HR software. | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Growthhackers | Activation | Unbounce | Landing page builder. | Sean Ellis | SaaS | Series A | Twitter, SlideShare, Invites | 4 | Content curation and platform for managing growth experiments. | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Segment | Acquisition | Unbounce | A simple GUI allows us to create beautiful lead-generation pages in a jiffy | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | Livestream | Acquisition | Unbounce | Build, publish and test landing pages without IT or software | Amber Van Moessner | SaaS | Growth | Search, Content, Events | 6 | Global livestreaming platform and services provider. | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | InterState Analytics | Operations | UberConference | It just works audio-conferencing for a great price, just wish they would add screenshare so I could drop Join.me completely. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Segment | Acquisition | Makes it really simple to reach new and existing audiences with relevant content | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Hired | Acquisition | TryProspect | Find targeted B2B leads. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | HubSpot | Operations | Trello | Boards, lists, and cards for growth experiments. | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Buffer | Operations | Trello | Use this as a swipe file to collect any and all bits of inspiration as you find them | Kevan Lee | SaaS | $10M+ ARR | Search, Social | 7 | Social media publishing and analytics marketing tool. | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | Inman | Operations | Treasure Data | Our data warehouse and connector. We feed everything into TD and it lets us mine for new insights that you can't get out of just one analytics package. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
39 | Livestream | Acquisition | Toolset 2.0 | Twitter activity automation. | Amber Van Moessner | SaaS | Growth | Search, Content, Events | 6 | Global livestreaming platform and services provider. | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | Hired | Acquisition | Toofr | An essential tool for finding anyone's corporate email address. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | HubSpot | Acquisition | TLDR | Blog summaries (Wordpress plugin). | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | HubSpot | Acquisition | Term Explorer | Seriously powerful semantic keyword tool. | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Teachable | Acquisition | Teachable | Customer education and online courses. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | Teachable | Referral | Tapfiliate | Affiliate management and tracking. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
45 | Hired | Operations | TalentIQ | We automatically update candidate profiles in your ATS database with up-to-date contact, employment, education, social, and personal data. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | InterState Analytics | Acquisition | Taboola | Up and coming channels for driving conversions, especially in e-commerce | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Teachable | Retention | SurveyMonkey | Freemium survey tool. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | Inman | Operations | SurveyMonkey | Freemium survey tool. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
49 | Teachable | Activation | SumoMe | Email collection tools and analytics. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | SumoMe | Activation | SumoMe | Email collection tools and analytics. | Noah Kagan, Sarah Peterson | SaaS | Tools to grow web traffic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Teachable | Revenue | Stripe | Domestic and international payments. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
52 | Segment | Revenue | Stripe | Payment collection, 'nuff said. | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | InterState Analytics | Operations | Streak CRM | I don't use this at all for the CRM features, but the email features (email opens, delayed send, thread splitting) are great. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Inman | Operations | StatsBot | A handy Slack app that gives daily and on-demand summaries from Google Analytics right in Slack. It's a great tool for keeping numbers top of mind. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | Namely | Operations | Squarespace | Used for hosting the blog. | Nick Christman | SaaS | Series C | 30 | All-in-one HR software. | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | InterState Analytics | Operations | SQL + Ruby/Python | This is the most under-used and under-appreciated growth tool of all, a little SQL plus Ruby/Python (even some Pandas or scikit-learn if you're feeling ambitious) takes you way further than many out-of-the-box analytics SaaS tools. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Hired | Acquisition | SpyFu | Keyword and competitor analysis. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Digital Marketer | Operations | Snagit | We use this tool to take high quality screenshots and do light image editing. | Ryan Deiss | Media | Search | Digital marketing media and education. | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Teachable | Operations | Slack | Internal messaging. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
60 | Task and Purpose | Operations | Slack | Internal messaging. | Aubrey Arcangel | Media | 3M Monthly Uniques | Search, Social, Partnerships | 2 | News & culture content for military veterans. | |||||||||||||||||||
61 | SumoMe | Operations | Slack | Internal messaging. | Noah Kagan, Sarah Peterson | SaaS | Tools to grow web traffic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Inman | Operations | Slack | Internal messaging. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
63 | Drift | Operations | Slack | Internal messaging. | Dave Gerhardt | SaaS | Series-A | Content/PR | 2 | Chat messaging for marketing and sales teams. | |||||||||||||||||||
64 | Digital Marketer | Operations | Slack | We use Slack to communicate internally and send each other funny emojis and gifs. :) | Ryan Deiss | Media | Search | Digital marketing media and education. | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | HubSpot | Acquisition | SEMrush | This tool is second to none for discovering the organic positions of a site that you don’t have analytics access for. It’s also a powerful keyword research tool. SEMrush is one of the tools I use most on a daily basis, especially when it comes to competitive research. | Matthew Barby | SaaS | $186M ARR | Inbound marketing and sales platform. | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Expandery | Acquisition | SEMrush | This is my ideal SEO stack. When monitoring organic rankings and staying abreast of any potential markup errors on the site, nothing beats these three. | Peter Borden | SaaS | Various | 1-100 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | AdEspresso | Acquisition | SEMrush | Keyword and competitor analysis. | Massimo Chieruzzi | SaaS | Private | Search, Social, Paid | 5 | Facebook Ads Manager. | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | Teachable | Operations | Segment | Operations data storage and cleaner tool integrations. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
69 | InterState Analytics | Operations | Segment | The simplest way to organize most of your metrics data into one place, and distribute it everywhere. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Inman | Operations | Segment | Segment is the glue between all of our other tools. It tracks hundreds of events, feeds data between multiple systems and helps us find insights we couldn't otherwise. We get end-to-end customer tracking because of Segment. Invaluable. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
71 | Hired | Operations | Segment | Operations data storage and cleaner tool integrations. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Growthhackers | Operations | Segment | Operations data storage and cleaner tool integrations. | Sean Ellis | SaaS | Series A | Twitter, SlideShare, Invites | 4 | Content curation and platform for managing growth experiments. | |||||||||||||||||||
73 | Drift | Operations | Segment | Operations data storage and cleaner tool integrations. | Dave Gerhardt | SaaS | Series-A | Content/PR | 2 | Chat messaging for marketing and sales teams. | |||||||||||||||||||
74 | Hired | Acquisition | Scripted | Find content writers. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Buffer | Acquisition | Screenflow | Screen recording and editing. | Kevan Lee | SaaS | $10M+ ARR | Search, Social | 7 | Social media publishing and analytics marketing tool. | |||||||||||||||||||
76 | Expandery | Acquisition | Screaming Fog | This is my ideal SEO stack. When monitoring organic rankings and staying abreast of any potential markup errors on the site, nothing beats these three. | Peter Borden | SaaS | Various | 1-100 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Segment | Retention | Satismeter | Integrated NPS makes it easy for us to identify advocates and opportunities for improvement | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
78 | InterState Analytics | Operations | Sanebox | This tool has revolutionized my inbox and saved me hours each week since I started using it. Absolutely magical. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Namely | Acquisition | SalesLoft | We use this to manage the core workflow for sales development. It's hard to manage a cadence of calls, emails, and follow ups across several technology tools and Salesforce. We put it all into one, saved our reps time, helped make our process more consistent, and improved visibility into our sales development process. | Nick Christman | SaaS | Series C | 30 | All-in-one HR software. | ||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Namely | Operations | Salesforce | System of record for prospects and customers. | Nick Christman | SaaS | Series C | 30 | All-in-one HR software. | ||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Livestream | Operations | Salesforce | Customer relationship manager (CRM) | Amber Van Moessner | SaaS | Growth | Search, Content, Events | 6 | Global livestreaming platform and services provider. | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | InterState Analytics | Operations | Salesforce | It's not the prettiest software but it's extremely configurable and integrates with basically everything. | Jamie Quint | SaaS | Seed | Help you understand your marketing spend. | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | CB Insights | Operations | Salesforce | Customer relationship manager (CRM) | Anand Sanwal | SaaS | Series A | Market intelligence for venture capital, startups and partnerships. | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Hired | Acquisition | RivalIQ | Competitive analysis across social, SEO and website content. | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Hired | Operations | Redshift | Data warehouse for BI | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Livestream | Acquisition | Recordit | GIFs of live video content and post them across social channels | Amber Van Moessner | SaaS | Growth | Search, Content, Events | 6 | Global livestreaming platform and services provider. | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | Teachable | Acquisition | Rapportive | In email user and outreach research and verification. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
88 | Inman | Operations | Qualaroo | We use Qualaroo constantly to get visitor feedback and to get qualitative insights to explain quantitative observations. | Morgan Brown | SaaS / Media | $3M+ ARR | Search, Social | 5 | B2B media company. | |||||||||||||||||||
89 | Growthhackers | Activation | Qualaroo | Visitor and user qualitative feedback. | Sean Ellis | SaaS | Series A | Twitter, SlideShare, Invites | 4 | Content curation and platform for managing growth experiments. | |||||||||||||||||||
90 | Teachable | Acquisition | PublicWWW | Customer and competitor research. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
91 | Task and Purpose | Acquisition | Pub Exchange | Publisher traffic exchange | Aubrey Arcangel | Media | 3M Monthly Uniques | Search, Social, Partnerships | 2 | News & culture content for military veterans. | |||||||||||||||||||
92 | Segment | Retention | Printfection | an API to startup swag, that we use in our Automated NPS hack | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
93 | Drip | Retention | Postable | Import posts from Google Docs to WordPress in one click. | Zach Grove | SaaS | Acquired | Lightweight email marketing automation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Buffer | Acquisition | Save content for later. | Kevan Lee | SaaS | $10M+ ARR | Search, Social | 7 | Social media publishing and analytics marketing tool. | ||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Hired | Operations | Pivotal Tracker | Zack Onisko | Marketplace | Series B | Jobsearch marketplace. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Drip | Operations | Pipedrive | Simple sales pipeline management. | Zach Grove | SaaS | Acquired | Lightweight email marketing automation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Segment | Operations | Periscope | Beautiful dashboards that keep our team motivated and up to date on our performance | Guillaume Cabane | SaaS | Series B | WOM, Paid, Events, Content | 6 | Data and analytics infrastructure as a service. | |||||||||||||||||||
98 | Livestream | Operations | Periscope | A SQL based application that plugs directly into your databases and lets you run, save, and share analyses over billions of data rows in seconds. | Amber Van Moessner | SaaS | Growth | Search, Content, Events | 6 | Global livestreaming platform and services provider. | |||||||||||||||||||
99 | Teachable | Acquisition | Perfect Audience | Facebook and Google ad retargeting. | Conrad Wadowski | SaaS | $3M+ ARR | Search, Partnerships, WOM | 7 | Create and sell online courses. | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | Buffer | Acquisition | Pablo | Social media images. | Kevan Lee | SaaS | $10M+ ARR | Search, Social | 7 | Social media publishing and analytics marketing tool. |