This is a guest post by Steven Forth Co-Founder at Ibbaka Performance. Pricing is often thought of as a transactional part of business. Two parties get together and negotiate a price they can both live with. Done. Move on to the next deal. This is why the strategic nature of pricing decisions gets little attention […]
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Why Your PLG Company Should Invest in Sales
A sales team is like sunscreen––you need it even when you think you don’t. Chase Roberts, Twitter When you think of product-led growth, your first thought is, of course: the product. You simply cannot have a product-led company without a compelling product or service that solves an unmet and obvious need. But the truth is, […]
First Value, Then Price, Then Product
This is a guest post by Steven Forth, Co-Founder at Ibbaka Performance. Given the widespread recognition that value-based pricing drives faster growth and higher returns, why do so few companies apply it? There are two reasons, one most common in the start-up world, the other prevalent among established companies. The most common product development sequence […]
Your One Page Annual Go-To-Market Template
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 […]
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 […]
