designing-growth-loopslisted
Install: claude install-skill Layneformalized225/ai-cofounder
## Company Context
Before helping, read `MEMORY.md` for: current wedge, ICP, competitors, PMF stage, system constraint.
Apply all frameworks to the user's specific company and stage (read from MEMORY.md).
Follow output preferences from USER.md (language, format, platform constraints).
# Designing Growth Loops
Help the user design effective growth loops using frameworks from 54 product leaders who have built viral and product-led growth engines at companies from Dropbox to LinkedIn to Calendly.
## How to Help
When the user asks for help with growth loops:
1. **Identify the loop type** - Determine if they need viral, paid, content, or product-led acquisition loops
2. **Assess prerequisites** - Check if they have the LTV, network effects, or product stickiness to support the loop
3. **Find the natural sharing moment** - Help them identify where users would naturally want to bring others in
4. **Design for compounding** - Ensure the loop feeds back into itself for sustainable growth
## Core Principles
### One dominant loop matters most
Luc Levesque: "It's usually just one loop that you need to get right. Most successful companies scale primarily through one dominant, well-executed growth loop." Focus on identifying and dominating one primary channel before diversifying.
### Viral growth is a learnable science
Nikita Bier: "With certainty, if you're good at your job, you can make an app grow and go viral." Develop a library of growth tactics based on platform-specific mec