mavan

4-Day Work Week Fully Remote Growth Studio

Mavan

The growth studio that embeds elite talent — and respects your time.

Mavan is a Menlo Park-based, fully remote growth studio that embeds 170+ specialists — veterans of Apple, Google, Meta, Netflix, and Snapchat — directly into high-growth startups. Work four days, deliver results, live fully.

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The Mavan Work Week

Mon Monday ~8 hrs · Work day
Tue Tuesday ~8 hrs · Work day
Wed Wednesday ~8 hrs · Work day
Thu Thursday ~8 hrs · Work day
Fri Friday ✦ Day off
"We're currently trialing a 4-day work week in 2023, where we're moving towards a 32-hour work week at full salary." — Mavan Careers Page
170+ Elite Growth Specialists
70+ Startups Served
20+ International Markets
32h Work Week at Full Pay
Growth studio.
Built different.

Mavan embeds instantly — with the talent that scaled the world's most iconic companies — to build a custom growth engine for your startup. Rather than hiring expensive full-time executives, you get immediate access to proven specialists who know exactly what it takes to scale.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Mavan Group Inc has quietly become one of the most effective growth studios for Series A–C startups looking to compress their timeline from traction to scale.

Their team spans 20+ international markets and has collectively driven measurable ROI across Performance Marketing, App Store Optimization, Lifecycle, Demand Generation, CRO, and Martech.

Growth Methodology
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360° Evaluation

A full audit from conversion rates to product–market fit, mapping where growth is blocked and where it can accelerate fastest.

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Holistic Growth Strategy

A channel-agnostic, data-first strategy built on what works for your specific market, user, and stage — not generic playbooks.

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Rigorous Testing

Rapid experimentation across paid, organic, lifecycle, and product surfaces — shipping insights faster than any in-house team.

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Results Review & Tuning

Continuous iteration tied directly to north-star metrics and incremental ROI, with transparent reporting at every step.

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Client Results

ElevenLabs Six-figure
monthly budget

Mavan scaled ElevenLabs' search marketing channel to a high six-figure monthly budget over nearly a year, building repeatable paid acquisition infrastructure from the ground up.

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Luke Harries Head of Growth, ElevenLabs
KidStrong 60% CAC
reduction

By restructuring paid media and funnel strategy, Mavan cut KidStrong's customer acquisition cost by 60%, dramatically improving unit economics and enabling profitable scale.

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Erin Clift CMO, KidStrong
Autotech Ventures Launch in
90 days

From validated idea to live product in market — Mavan compressed the full build-launch cycle to just 90 days, delivering a working growth engine alongside the product itself.

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Quin Garcia Founder, Autotech Ventures
Fireflies Efficient
growth at scale

Mavan helped Fireflies grow efficiently at scale, implementing growth systems that balanced rapid user acquisition with strong retention economics across multiple channels.

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Dionatan Korb Growth Lead, Fireflies
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Five Values That Drive Mavan

Proactive

Self-starters who anticipate challenges and get to work on solutions before they're needed.

🔍 Curious

Lifelong learners who ask big questions and uncover big answers.

🤝 Reliable

Dependable, consistent, and accountable — to clients and each other.

⚙️ Efficient

Work smarter, not longer. Results measured by output, not hours clocked.

🏆 Excellence

High standards across every engagement, every market, every deliverable.

What Working at Mavan Looks Like A culture built around flexibility, output, and real work-life balance — not performative hours.
📆 4-Day Work Week

32-hour weeks at full salary. Fridays are yours. No guilt, no exceptions — it's the standard.

🏖️ Unlimited PTO

Take time off when you need it. Mavan trusts you to manage your own rest and recovery.

🌐 Fully Remote

Work from anywhere in the world. Distributed team across North America and beyond.

💡 Startup Resources

Have a startup idea? Mavan provides internal resources to test and validate your concept.

💸 Competitive Pay + Equity

Market-rate compensation with equity participation — rewarding long-term thinking.

🚀 Elite Network Access

Work alongside 170+ specialists who've scaled Apple, Google, Meta, Netflix, and Snapchat.

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Leadership

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Matt Widdoes Chief Executive Officer
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Dan Barnes President
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Ellyn Stanton Chief of Staff
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Sam McLellan VP of Growth
Work from anywhere.
Seriously.
Mavan is a remote-first company with its team distributed across North America and beyond. You'll work alongside a highly talented, diverse, and globally distributed team — with flexible hours that actually respect your life outside work.
Remote-First Async-Friendly Globally Distributed
Team Distribution
🇺🇸 United States 15 team members
🇨🇦 Canada 4 team members
🇲🇽 Mexico 1 team member
"Flexible work; work when, how, and where it works for you." — Mavan Careers
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Mavan operates a 4-day, 32-hour work week at full salary. The standard schedule runs Monday through Thursday, with Fridays off. This isn't a pilot — it's how Mavan works.
Yes. Mavan is a fully remote, globally distributed company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Employees and freelance specialists can work from anywhere in the world, in any time zone.
Mavan embeds 170+ growth specialists — veterans of Apple, Google, Meta, Netflix, and Snapchat — into high-growth startups. They deliver full-funnel growth through a four-pillar approach: evaluation, strategy, rigorous testing, and results tuning. They've worked with 70+ startups across 20+ international markets.
Mavan offers unlimited PTO. Combined with the 4-day work week, team members get at least 52 Fridays off each year on top of their regular time-off allowance.
Mavan primarily hires freelance growth specialists including Media Buyers, App Store Optimization (ASO) Specialists, Lifecycle Marketing Specialists, Demand Generation Specialists, CRO Specialists, and Martech Implementation Specialists.
Mavan Group Inc was incorporated on April 3, 2020, in Menlo Park, California. The company is bootstrapped (self-funded). It is led by CEO Matt Widdoes, President Dan Barnes, Chief of Staff Ellyn Stanton, and VP of Growth Sam McLellan.
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