How a hot shot teen ‘growth hacker’ made startup HashChing $7m

Short on funds for marketing the company HashChing advertised for a so-called 'growth hacking' event, and Vigder got in touch. "Tamir approached us and started calling me the next day. He said he was a great growth hacker and he chased me every day asking how his application was going," HashChing chief executive Mandeep Sodhi recalls. He knew about HashChing and our capital raise, and details about the business none of the other participants knew. It went viral with 500,000 views on YouTube within 24 hours, dramatically raising the startup's profile and generating $70 million in home loan applications. With nothing to do in his spare time, he made the unusual decision to go to as many business conferences and startup meetups as possible. I called CEOs and investors, and I just wanted to learn as much as I could," he tells The Australian Financial Review. "I called Mandeep for the first time at 10pm one night and just said I could help them grow. Don't spend all the money on the initial launch or on unnecessary things. Spend the least money you can, and then invest in the product.