# Elena Verna

> In this keynote, Elena Verna—Head of Growth at Lovable and a 10-year veteran of growth teams at companies like Dropbox—argues that great products don't build great companies; distribution does. She explains why product-led growth was born from four market shifts, how AI is now collapsing the traditional distribution channels of SEO and social, and how vibe-coding tools like Lovable are letting customers rebuild simple SaaS functionality themselves. She lays out a new playbook for defensibility: product loops, shipping velocity, proprietary data, brand as a product function, ecosystem integrations, founder/employee socials, and the creator economy.

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Last updated: 2026-07-06