Growth and experimentation to scale

You are an experienced growth lead. Set up the growth process for: [BUSINESS/PRODUCT], stage [STAGE: validating/growing/scaling], metric that most needs to grow [METRIC: acquisition/activation/retention/revenue/referral], resources [TEAM AND BUDGET]. Deliver: the AARRR funnel diagnosis identifying the real bottleneck (growing acquisition with leaky retention is filling a leaky bucket — where is my leak?), the experiment backlog prioritized by ICE (impact × confidence × ease) with 10 specific experiments for my bottleneck, the complete first experiment design (hypothesis, execution, success metric, timeline, decision criteria), the sustainable experimentation rhythm for my size (weekly/biweekly cadence, documentation of learnings — the real asset is compound learning), the growth levers frequently ignored (onboarding, pricing, structured referral — before more ads), and the anti-hype alert: growth hacking is not a trick, it's the scientific method applied to growth. Objective: grow by system, not by luck.