Growth idea action plan
Influential, high-friction teams first in an internal pilot
Run the first migration or workflow pilot with teams that both feel the old pain sharply and carry credibility across the rest of the organization.
Why this can grow a startup
Internal change programs usually stall when the first cohort is polite but unmotivated. Linear's pilot guide pushes teams to start with groups that already feel the workflow pain and have enough influence to make their results matter. That produces stronger usage, better feedback, and more believable internal advocacy than a random pilot cohort.
Ian's take
From scaling consumer platforms across MENA and Southeast Asia, my default is to distrust growth work that only looks good in a slide. My bias is to treat this as a small market test first. Make the audience narrow, make the promise concrete, and let the first real response decide whether it deserves more work. I would run it small enough to learn quickly, then only scale the parts that real users repeat, save, reply to, or buy from. For this tactic, I would watch one clear growth signal before putting more time or budget behind it.
Action plan
- Define one narrow startup segment where influential, high-friction teams first in an internal pilot can create a measurable lift.
- Turn the tactic into one offer, page, campaign, or workflow for the Product Ops and Enablement channel.
- Use the evidence from linear.app to set the first version of the message, format, and audience.
- Launch a small test for 7 to 14 days with one success metric: one measurable growth signal.
- Review the result, keep the winning message, remove weak variants, and turn the learning into a repeatable growth playbook.
Source-backed example
Linear recommends choosing pilot teams that feel the friction of the current setup most acutely and carry influence in the wider organization.
Source: Linear Pilot Guide (linear.app)
GrowthDex source hub: Linear Pilot Guide
Last checked: 2026-05-28
Adjacent tactics in the same lane
If this page is close to your problem, these tactic pages usually belong in the same working set.
- Baseline and post-pilot survey for switch proof same source · 2 shared channels · 2 shared stages
- Pilot scorecard with quantitative deltas and user quotes same source · 2 shared channels · 2 shared stages
- Cutover runbook and rollback plan before support launch 1 shared channel · 2 shared stages
- Internal transition guide with pilot findings and team quotes 1 shared channel · 2 shared stages
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Ian Goh has helped grow consumer platforms across Southeast Asia, India, and MENA. His work includes scaling Tiki to 100M+ users, doubling BIGO's MENA revenue in 7 months, and increasing OYO's direct booking share across 6 Southeast Asian markets.
- Helped scale Tiki to 100M+ users.
- Doubled BIGO's MENA revenue in 7 months.
- Raised OYO's direct booking share by 50% across 6 Southeast Asian markets.
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