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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew Lauchner runs Growth Legend, embedding inside consumer brands to own lifecycle, email and SMS, and revenue operations. He wrote The Second Order, on turning first-time buyers into second-time buyers, and Close the Loop, on getting customers to bring the next customer.

As Senior Director of Growth and Retention Marketing at Gallery Furniture, he rebuilt the customer journey and the sales playbooks together, and worked on the promotions described in chapter 11. He has worked on growth and retention at Binance and 3Commas, and has been Head of Growth and Retention at Greatness Wins and at Nexus Agriscience.

The methods marked “from my work” come from client accounts in 2025 and 2026. Clients aren’t named and their numbers aren’t here.

What colleagues say

"Andrew led retention, lifecycle, and email/SMS, but what separates him from most in this space is how deeply he understands the role retention plays in the overall growth engine."

Akram Khan, Head of Marketing at Gallery Furniture, senior to Andrew but didn't manage Andrew directly

Andrew answers every note from people building a first offer, including those looking for someone to own it. Write to andrew@growthlegend.com or message him on LinkedIn.

This is one chapter of The First Offer, which is free and readable in full on a single page with no form in front of it.