Growth Talks: Growth Marketing Strategies & Insights · 2025-11-12 · 47 min
When everyone can generate AI content, taste and storytelling are the new performance metrics. In this week’s episode of Growth Talks , Everett Butler , Head of Marketing at Lindy, joins host Krystina Rubino to unpack what it takes to bring a brand-new product category to market when there is no roadmap, no search volume, and no shared language. With over fifteen years of experience scaling teams at Tesla, Uber, and Affirm, Everett shares how to apply first principles thinking to build a go-to-market strategy grounded in fundamentals, aligned with real customer needs, and focused on clarity over complexity. Tune in to learn the key traits Everett looks for in modern AI marketers - and why taste, product-led storytelling, and genuine curiosity are more valuable than ever. ️Key Takeaways: Vision shapes strategy. When you’re launching a product, don’t copy a playbook. Create one. Start from first principles: know who needs you, what problem you solve, and tell that story clearly. Ship, Test, Learn. When you’re defining a new category, don’t get stuck on semantics. Use real language in campaigns and see what engages your audience. Go-to-market is part marketing and part anthropology.
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