Unlocking Smarter Job Searches and Sustainable Growth with Elliot Koss of Teq Crew

In this episode of Product Led Growth Leaders, host Thomas Watkins sits down with Elliot Koss, Principal Product Growth Consultant at Teq Crew, to explore the future of job searching, product-led growth (PLG), and retention-driven business strategy. Elliot shares his journey from product leader to founder of Career Amplifier, a new platform designed to eliminate friction in the job hunt and empower professionals with curated, intelligent job discovery. This episode delivers actionable insights for builders, consultants, and founders navigating product-market fit and sustainable growth.

From Career Coaching to Product Growth Strategy

Elliot’s career spans product management, data analytics, and engineering leadership—including time at QVC’s streaming service and Columbia Business School, where he coached MBAs on job strategy. These experiences inspired Career Amplifier, a curated job discovery platform that skips the noise of traditional job boards and delivers one relevant opportunity per day. Elliot describes it as a “command center” for the modern job seeker—lean, useful, and aligned with how professionals actually search.

But the conversation goes beyond career tools. Elliot emphasizes product-led growth fundamentals like onboarding gradually, launching features based on direct user feedback, and focusing on retention over pure acquisition. He shares examples of consulting work where simplifying UX led to conversion lifts, and he encourages founders to avoid overbuilding before validating. His mantra? Use the product like your customers do, and only grow when you’ve nailed the value.

In terms of business building, Elliot offers a refreshingly grounded take. He’s funded projects through client revenue, not VC, and cautions founders against chasing scale without clear goals. His insights into unit economics, bootstrapping, and PLG-driven iteration will resonate with early-stage leaders balancing ambition with clarity.

About Elliot Koss
Elliot Koss is a product growth consultant, founder of Career Amplifier, and advisor to early-stage startups. His expertise spans product development, analytics, and strategic coaching. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

About Teq Crew
Teq Crew helps growth-stage startups solve complex product and data problems with speed and clarity. Their lean approach empowers product leaders to build smarter and scale with confidence.

Links mentioned in this episode

• Teq Crew

• Elliot Koss on LinkedIn

Conclusion
This episode is a must-listen for any product leader or founder serious about aligning growth with user value. Elliot Koss brings tactical wisdom and startup-tested frameworks that simplify how we think about retention, experimentation, and problem-solving at scale.

Key Episode Highlights

• Why Career Amplifier sends only one curated job alert per day

• Elliot’s approach to PLG and why retention is the true growth engine

• Lessons from bootstrapping and staying lean while building

• How simplifying UX dramatically increased lead conversion

• The difference between building features vs. solving real problems

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Link to this episode:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/9209d0c2-e981-4edd-b8d8-20e75e8f7283/