If you were to ask me what the go-to-market strategy is for a company I am running, I should give you a concise answer, but I might talk your ear off instead. A go-to-market tells a story about what you are selling, how you are selling it, who you are targeting, how you are targeting […]
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Pricing and Innovation
This is a guest post by Steven Forth Co-Founder at Ibbaka Performance. As an innovator, one of your passions is to create value. Value for your investors? Yes. Value for your team? Yes. But the most important value you will create is value to customers or V2C. The simple formula that you are building your […]
3 Pillars of Metrics-Fueled Product-Led Growth
If you decide to embark on the product-led growth (PLG) path, you are also making an implicit agreement to make your product itself the center of attention. PLG brings clarity and focus to the product planning process but can also increase the risk of taking a wrong turn—metaphorically speaking. In the old enterprise-style, sales-led model, […]
5 Things to Know About Running a Capital Efficient Software Company
For many startup software companies (and their founders), an early capital-efficient approach to growth can make a huge difference in the long run. It can be the difference between having 6 months of runway versus an endless runway. It can make the difference between needing to make deep cuts when the business climate gets rocky […]
The Product Led Funnel
The other day my partner at Arthur Ventures, Pat, and I were talking about the go-to-market motion of a partner company and he used a phrase I hadn’t heard before. Product-Led Funnel. If you are a software entrepreneur you probably spend a lot of time thinking about product-led growth. How to get it, how to […]
12 SaaS Pricing Strategy Resources
Pricing is one of the highest-impact strategic decisions that startups make, yet often the least amount of time is spent on it. As 2021 begins, companies are sitting down to finish up their annual plans. One of the most crucial parts of this process is often reviewing and refining pricing strategy, which can seem daunting. […]
How to Interview a Product Manager
This article should really be titled, “How to interview a product manager (if you aren’t a product person) “ Because customer success, marketing, sales, support, and other operational roles are key stakeholders in a SaaS organization they are often called into the interview process for product managers. Especially for a company’s first product hire when there […]
You Hired a Bad-Fit Executive. Now What?
We don’t need an article to tell you what to do. If you hired a bad fit executive you need to have them exit the business. Doesn’t matter how long it took you to find the person. Doesn’t matter how much money you spent on a recruiter. Doesn’t matter than now you are questioning your […]
Can Professional Services and SaaS Coexist?
My SaaS and startup DNA includes a lot of experience in running professional services organizations. But knowing how professional services revenue is valued in the market (not as much as you would think), and how hard it can be to maintain high margins, I can never recommend a SaaS launch a professional service offering. But […]
How to Roll Out OKRs for the First Time
Many companies struggle to roll out OKRs for the 1st time. It takes a few OKR cycles to feel like you really hit your stride. So, it’s probably not going to go perfectly when you are just getting started with OKRs, and that’s OK. Here are a few tips to help smooth the path and […]
