Startup growth playbook — seed stage channel selection
Quick answer
- 01What is it?
- Seed-stage growth playbook focused on channel selection and prioritization. Helps founders with product-market fit decide where to invest limited resources for maximum traction. By @WeiYipei. The value is a focused slice of growth marketing judgment, useful when several similar skills cover the same ground.
- 02Inputs
- Context for growth marketing: your goals, audience, constraints, and any source material the skill asks for.
- 03Output
- A ready-to-use result for growth marketing: the analysis, copy, or recommendations the agent produces.
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Install as a package
Installs this one skill package for your coding agent, including any supporting files that skill ships with — not every skill in the repository. Read the tutorial.
$ npx skills add gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills --skill startup-growth-playbookSkill instructions
The instruction file for this skill. The skill also includes other files you need to install to use it.
⚠️ 区分 B2B 与 2C
本 skill 默认偏 dev / 开源 / B2B SaaS。若产品是 2C 消费品 / 教育 / 应用 / 游戏:核心指标换成 D1/D7/D30 留存、激活率、病毒系数 K(非 MRR/CAC/LTV);冷启动渠道换成垂类社区 / 短视频 / 垂直 KOL(非 PH/HN/LinkedIn)。完整 2C 适配指南 + 各国渠道公开数据见 → gingiris-seo-geo/references/2c-adaptation.md。
📦 Install
clawhub install startup-growth-playbook
What you get after installing:
- Channel scoring matrix to evaluate 15+ growth channels against your product
- PMF-to-growth bridge — signals that you're ready to scale vs still iterating
- Sequencing strategy for which channel first, second, third — and when to switch
Startup Growth Playbook — Seed Stage Channel Selection
🌍 Language / 语言: 中文 (#%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88) | English (references/en/README.md) | 日本語 (references/ja/README.md) | 한국어 (references/ko/README.md)
You have PMF but limited resources. This playbook helps you pick the ONE channel that will work.
- Channel scoring matrix: Evaluate 15+ channels against your product and audience
- PMF-to-growth bridge: Signals that you're ready to scale vs still iterating
- Organic vs paid: Decision framework based on CAC, LTV, and runway
- Founder-channel fit: Why some channels work for you specifically
- Sequencing strategy: Which channel first, second, third — and when to switch
Stage-gated growth sequence
| Stage | Goal | Primary work | Exit evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| First 10 users | verify pain and language | founder outreach + interviews | repeated problem and aha moment |
| Activation repair | make first value repeatable | onboarding/docs/product | activation and second-session improvement |
| PMF validation | verify willingness to pay | pricing + paid interviews + retention | segment-specific retained/paid cohort |
| Repeatable growth | prove one channel | one channel, one offer, clean attribution | stable CAC/activation/retention |
| Scale | add channel and localization | budget, partners, compliance, payment | marginal economics hold |
Channel experiment card
For every proposed channel output: audience, intent signal, offer, asset, weekly capacity, spend/time budget, source UTM, activation event, retention window, continue threshold and kill threshold. Never choose a channel from reach alone.
First-ten-users motion
Start with founder-led outreach to competitor followers, LinkedIn keyword/job-title results, Reddit/X conversations and service marketplaces. The supplied course uses directional reply benchmarks of 1–5% for competitor-follower DMs and 10–15% for targeted LinkedIn outreach; treat them as planning priors and replace them with your own cohort after the first 200 messages.
Activation-before-scale guardrail
If weekly acquisition rises while activation remains under the product's minimum acceptable threshold, stop spending and fix onboarding/product. Report source → signup → activated → retained → paid as one cohort chain.
Related Gingiris Skills
- Full version: https://clawhub.ai/gingiris-1031/skills/gingiris-b2b-growth
- All skills: https://clawhub.ai/gingiris-1031
- Follow: @WeiYipei on X (https://x.com/WeiYipei)
🔗 About the Author
Iris Wei — Growth consultant for 150+ AI startups. Ex-COO at AFFiNE (69K GitHub stars).
- 🐦 Twitter: @WeiYipei (https://twitter.com/WeiYipei) — Daily growth tactics
- 💬 Consulting: @Iris_carrot on Telegram (https://t.me/Iris_carrot)
- 🛒 Premium Bundle (all 5 playbooks + templates): Get on Gumroad ($249) (https://gingiris.gumroad.com/l/gingiris-complete-global-launch-bundle)
- 📚 40+ Free Playbooks: gingiris.tools/skills (https://gingiris.tools/skills/)
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Supporting file: .clawhub/origin.json
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Supporting file: references/en/README.md
Startup Growth Playbook — Seed-Stage Channel Selection
You have PMF but limited resources. This playbook helps you pick the ONE channel that will work — and invest where traction compounds.
Channel Scoring Matrix
- Evaluate 15+ growth channels against your specific product and audience
- Score channels before spending on them: a channel that works for someone else's product is not evidence it fits yours
- The output is a ranked shortlist, not a to-do list — seed-stage teams cannot run five channels at once
PMF-to-Growth Bridge
- Know the signals that say you're ready to scale vs. still iterating on the product
- Scaling acquisition before those signals show up wastes your limited runway
- Growth work and PMF work are different modes — be honest about which one you're in
Organic vs. Paid
- A decision framework based on three inputs: CAC, LTV, and runway
- Don't pick paid or organic by taste — let the unit economics and your remaining runway decide
Founder-Channel Fit
- Some channels work for you specifically because of who the founder is
- Match the channel to the founder's existing strengths and audience instead of copying another company's motion
Sequencing Strategy
- Which channel first, second, third — and the signals that tell you when to switch
- Sequence deliberately: prove one channel before layering the next
B2B vs. 2C Calibration
This playbook defaults to dev tools / open source / B2B SaaS. If your product is 2C (consumer, education, apps, games):
- Swap core metrics to D1/D7/D30 retention, activation rate, and viral coefficient K — not MRR/CAC/LTV
- Swap cold-start channels to vertical communities, short video, and niche KOLs — not Product Hunt / Hacker News / LinkedIn
- Full 2C adaptation guide with per-country channel data lives in
gingiris-seo-geo/references/2c-adaptation.md
Related Gingiris Skills
- Full B2B version: https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills/tree/main/skills/gingiris-b2b-growth
- 2C adaptation guide: https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills/tree/main/skills/gingiris-seo-geo
- All skills: https://clawhub.ai/gingiris-1031
Supporting file: references/ja/README.md
スタートアップ・グロース・プレイブック — シード期のチャネル選定
PMF はある、でもリソースは限られている。このプレイブックは「本当に効く 1 つのチャネル」を選び抜くためのもの。
チャネル・スコアリング・マトリクス
- 15 以上のグロースチャネルを、自社のプロダクトとオーディエンスに照らして評価する
- お金と時間を投じる前にスコアリングする。他社で効いたチャネルが自社に合う保証はどこにもない
- アウトプットは優先順位付きのショートリスト。シード期のチームに 5 チャネル同時運用は無理
PMF からグロースへの橋渡し
- 「スケールしてよい」シグナルと「まだプロダクトを磨く段階」のシグナルを見分ける
- シグナルが出る前に獲得をスケールさせると、貴重なランウェイを浪費するだけ
- グロースの仕事と PMF の仕事はモードが違う。今どちらにいるか正直に判断する
オーガニック vs 有料
- CAC・LTV・ランウェイの 3 つを入力とする意思決定フレームワーク
- 好みでオーガニックか有料かを選ばない。ユニットエコノミクスと残りのランウェイに決めさせる
ファウンダーとチャネルの相性
- あるチャネルが「あなただからこそ」効く理由がある
- 他社の成功パターンを真似るのではなく、創業者自身の強みと既存オーディエンスにチャネルを合わせる
シーケンス戦略
- どのチャネルを 1 番目、2 番目、3 番目にやるか——そして切り替えのタイミングをどう判断するか
- 意図的に順番をつける。1 つのチャネルで手応えを証明してから次を重ねる
B2B と 2C の使い分け
本プレイブックのデフォルトは開発者ツール/オープンソース/B2B SaaS。プロダクトが 2C(コンシューマー・教育・アプリ・ゲーム)の場合:
- コア指標を D1/D7/D30 リテンション・アクティベーション率・バイラル係数 K に置き換える(MRR/CAC/LTV ではなく)
- コールドスタートのチャネルを垂直コミュニティ・ショート動画・専門 KOL に置き換える(Product Hunt / Hacker News / LinkedIn ではなく)
- 国別チャネルデータを含む完全な 2C 適応ガイドは
gingiris-seo-geo/references/2c-adaptation.mdを参照
関連 Gingiris スキル
- B2B 完全版: https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills/tree/main/skills/gingiris-b2b-growth
- 2C 適応ガイド: https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills/tree/main/skills/gingiris-seo-geo
- 全スキル: https://clawhub.ai/gingiris-1031
Supporting file: references/ko/README.md
스타트업 그로스 플레이북 — 시드 단계 채널 선정
PMF는 있지만 리소스는 한정되어 있다. 이 플레이북은 '진짜 통할 단 하나의 채널'을 골라내는 방법을 다룬다.
채널 스코어링 매트릭스
- 15개 이상의 성장 채널을 자사 제품과 타깃 오디언스에 비추어 평가
- 돈과 시간을 쓰기 전에 먼저 점수를 매길 것. 다른 회사에서 통한 채널이 우리 제품에 맞는다는 보장은 없다
- 결과물은 우선순위가 매겨진 쇼트리스트. 시드 단계 팀이 채널 다섯 개를 동시에 돌릴 수는 없다
PMF에서 그로스로 넘어가는 다리
- '스케일해도 된다'는 신호와 '아직 제품을 다듬어야 한다'는 신호를 구분한다
- 신호가 나오기 전에 유저 획득을 확장하면 한정된 런웨이만 낭비하게 된다
- 그로스 작업과 PMF 작업은 서로 다른 모드다. 지금 어느 쪽에 있는지 솔직하게 판단할 것
오가닉 vs 유료
- CAC, LTV, 런웨이 세 가지를 입력으로 하는 의사결정 프레임워크
- 취향으로 오가닉/유료를 고르지 말 것. 유닛 이코노믹스와 남은 런웨이가 결정하게 하라
파운더-채널 핏
- 어떤 채널은 '창업자가 누구인가' 때문에 유독 잘 통한다
- 다른 회사의 성공 공식을 베끼는 대신, 창업자의 기존 강점과 오디언스에 채널을 맞춘다
시퀀싱 전략
- 어떤 채널을 첫 번째, 두 번째, 세 번째로 할 것인가 — 그리고 언제 갈아탈 것인가
- 순서를 의도적으로 설계한다. 한 채널에서 성과를 증명한 뒤에 다음 채널을 얹는다
B2B vs 2C 보정
이 플레이북의 기본값은 개발자 도구/오픈소스/B2B SaaS. 제품이 2C(컨슈머·교육·앱·게임)라면:
- 핵심 지표를 D1/D7/D30 리텐션, 활성화율, 바이럴 계수 K로 교체 (MRR/CAC/LTV가 아니라)
- 콜드스타트 채널을 버티컬 커뮤니티, 숏폼 영상, 버티컬 KOL로 교체 (Product Hunt / Hacker News / LinkedIn이 아니라)
- 국가별 채널 데이터가 포함된 완전한 2C 적응 가이드는
gingiris-seo-geo/references/2c-adaptation.md참조
관련 Gingiris 스킬
Common questions
How do I install Startup growth playbook — seed stage channel selection in Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex?
Run npx skills add gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills --skill startup-growth-playbook in the project where you want it, then ask your agent for the skill by name. The --skill flag installs only Startup growth playbook — seed stage channel selection, not every skill in the repository.
Where does Startup growth playbook — seed stage channel selection come from and what license is it under?
Startup growth playbook — seed stage channel selection comes from the gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills repository on GitHub. That repository has 73 GitHub stars. The skill is published under the MIT license.
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