Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. OKRs are a useful mental model - they make it crystal clear what people and teams should be striving for.

Underperforming Technical Team 213

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 11, 2019

But scaling a marketing team to the heights Segment have isn’t as simple as putting a bunch of A-players in a room and getting them to start churning out paid advertising. A slapdash approach to scaling marketing can result in confusion, frustration, conflict, turnover and ultimately poor business performance.

Scale 162

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Startup 162

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

We’re fresh from our first virtual global event, New at Intercom. You’ll hear from the product managers that led the ideation, planning, and development of these products, and get their unique insights into the ways each of them can uplevel your customers’ experience with your company.

Scale 118

Scale Banking Technical Review Software Review 118

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 25, 2020

But should you build your own in-house marketing team or hire an agency partner? Digital agencies are companies that help other businesses perform a specific function such as marketing, development, or design. They act as a substitute for an in-house team, serving the same labor function but outside of the organization.

Sales Hiring 145

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 145

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. SaaStr Annual is the SaaS event that you shouldn’t miss. It’s a three-day event with more than two hundred sessions.

Scale 90

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Underperforming Technical Team 90

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 15, 2018

Will Larson has managed infrastructure teams for some of the biggest names in software. Partnering with the Infrastructure, Data and Developer Productivity teams, his group builds the tools that support every Stripe engineer and keep Stripe reliable and performant. Making the shift from maintenance to innovation.

Engineering 214

Engineering Management DevOps as a Service Merchant Services 214

User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

“How World-Class Product Teams Are Winning in the AI Era” is one of the talks at this year’s Product Drive Summit. Delivered by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, it tackles the challenges and opportunities AI-revolution poses for product teams. AI enables product teams to achieve more with fewer resources. Did you know?

Underperforming Technical Team 104

Underperforming Technical Team AI Technical Review CTO Coach 104

User Pilot

MARCH 24, 2025

Want to advance your career in mobile product management or find top talent for your team? They are seeking a Mobile Product Manager to lead the innovation and expansion of their field service mobile application across iOS, Android, and various third-party integrations. Who would be a BAD fit for this job?

Mobile 52

Mobile Underperforming Technical Team Management Scale 52

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

In the race to win a customer’s business, it’s not really about how good your product is – it’s how fast you keep innovating. Speed, the ability to move and improve, to iterate and innovate, is paramount, and if you listen to Intercom on Product regularly, this probably sounds familiar. Paul: Yeah. Some of this cut deep.

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Underperforming Technical Team Headcount Sales Hiring Scale 249

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies.

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Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Market Research Outsourced Development 105

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. In 2012, Patrick co-founded ProfitWell (previously known as Price Intelligently), it offers an innovative price setting tool that helps businesses price their products and services according to their true value.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ML teams tend to invest a fair share of resources in research that never ships. If you want to invest in ML, hire someone with experience on both the tech and the operational side so they can start working with the product team from day one. Has this got to do with any particular chain of events? What’s up?

Artificial Intelligence 249

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI Search AI 249

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. “Well, fintech might be bad in the margins for me, but I can actually profit from this so let’s embrace it.”

Payments 214

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 214

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. She’s part of the founding team Doctolib, and the current chief development officer for the company. Okay, it’s not bad. We split our sales organization into four different teams. So, two teams cater to practices. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Sales Recruiting 125

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 125

Totango

MAY 15, 2024

From the urgent need for organizations to operate like startups to the surprising disparity in AI adoption between CS and support teams, these experts didn’t hold back. 1: For CS to jump ahead with AI, teams will need to operate like a startup Startups are known for their agility, adaptability, and willingness to experiment.

Customer Success 110

Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team AI Technical Review 110

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them. Short on time?

Sales Hiring 183

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 183

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2022

And we’re about to add basically a team collaboration tier on top of the product. The second question is more about, given that we’re basically users would be self qualifying into team management offering like a project management, et cetera. And you have to allow that, in fact, you have to support that in your sales team.

Scale 273

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Enterprise 273

User Pilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. Developers tend to overcomplicate code when they don’t have enough experience or want to show off their skills. Poor prioritization and external pressure are also common causes. Book the demo!

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Management Interviewing Scale 105

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. She’s part of the founding team Doctolib, and the current chief development officer for the company. Okay, it’s not bad. We split our sales organization into four different teams. So, two teams cater to practices. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 111

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Conduct a SWOT analysis Perform a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for each competitor. Identify their internal strengths and weaknesses, such as product quality, customer support , or market reputation. Define your unique value proposition by pinpointing what makes your product stand out.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Benchmarks Social Media 105

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). Know your forever user.

Scale 160

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 160

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Effective sales teams are also 81% more likely to be consistent CRM users , underscoring how vital these systems are for success. By the end of this guide, youll have a clear understanding of each platforms strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases. Startups, SMBs, and mid-market; teams wanting all-in-one marketing + sales.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 52

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Here are five quick takeaways: The founders of Spendesk noticed that, while the B2C space was innovating with peer-to-peer quickpay options, nothing like that existed in the B2B space (which often lags a few years behind the consumer market). Instead, focus on fostering a culture of communication and feedback loops between the team.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 12, 2020

You may have noticed we’ve taken a break from Intercom on Product over the past few months – we didn’t feel it was an appropriate conversation to continue in the midst of the tragic events unfolding around the world. And perhaps more importantly, how can you develop it? Or I’m reading the research team’s report.

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Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Communication B2B 173

User Pilot

JULY 29, 2024

We’ve curated 16 of the most innovative product campaigns from industry leaders like Userpilot, HubSpot, and Spotify, among others, that will spark your creativity and help you create campaigns that drive product growth. Looking for the best product marketing campaigns to inspire your next project? Search no further!

Product Marketing 104

Product Marketing Marketing Scale Underperforming Technical Team 104

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Adapting to remote work and eschewing business travel has forced a change – the events of the last year has already fundamentally changed how and where we do business. We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software.

Transportation 183

Transportation Business Travel Underperforming Technical Team 183

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Event marketing. Book a demo now to discuss with our team! This type of advertising emphasizes what makes the product unique and better than competitors, often showcasing its capabilities, innovative aspects, or how it solves specific user problems. Product-led blog content. Email marketing. Paid digital. Influencer marketing.

Advertising 105

Advertising Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Scale 105

User Pilot

MAY 29, 2024

Foster cross-functional team collaboration and communication. Best tools to use in your product development process: Userpilot – best tool for designing in-product experiences. Asana – best project management tools for teams. Userpilot helps product teams understand user behavior and drive product adoption.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Market Research Technical Review 105

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors.

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 105

User Pilot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A product design team includes specialists in UX design, graphic design, industrial design, research, prototyping, and data analysis. Next, research the market trends and competitors to identify their strengths and weaknesses. Gradually develop more complex prototypes. Keep testing and experimenting to further refine the design.

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Underperforming Technical Team User Experience Interviewing Market Research 95

User Pilot

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Are all teams involved or is it just a select few with specialist expertise? Organizations with successful research democratization initiatives also benefit from improved collaboration between teams. Research teams may also be reluctant to train others not to compromise research results or out of fear of losing their positions.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Data Analysis Software Review Systems Review 105

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

374: ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. If you think of this from a market size standpoint, there’s often this debate, is that good or bad?

Sales Hiring 232

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 232

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Customer insights enable SaaS teams to understand them better and build products that satisfy their genuine needs. SaaS teams use various insight types, ranging from quantitative metrics to qualitative feedback, covering aspects like awareness, purchasing behavior, and product usage. Let’s dive right in!

Social Media 105

Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Market Research Data Analysis 105

User Pilot

APRIL 28, 2023

There are many groups: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and at the far end of the curve, laggards. There are many options to choose from: event and feature tracking, customer journey analysis, customer feedback analysis, heatmaps , session replays, and retention analysis. Innovators make up just 2.5%

Customer Lifetime Value 98

Customer Lifetime Value SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 98

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Then I worked on “Pokemon: Mac and Cheese” for Kraft” Bob: When I was part of the new product team, we would not only design things we also worked with suppliers and would fly all over the world to actually get those lines up and running and do that kind of stuff. They’re like, “What are you talking about?”

Sales Hiring 265

Sales Hiring Sales VP of Engineering Underperforming Technical Team 265

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

What are the different marketing research methods product marketing teams can use to inform their strategies? Its goal is to help make informed decisions about product development , marketing strategies, pricing, and customer acquisition in SaaS companies. Book the demo to learn how Userpilot can help your team with market research!

Market Research 101

Market Research Marketing Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 101

Scytale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Develop and Implement Strong Cybersecurity Policies To ensure HIPAA compliance, it’s important to take a holistic approach. Your team is your first line of defense and should be trained and equipped to recognize and mitigate any threats or HIPAA violations. This means implementing company-wide cybersecurity policies and procedures.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services compliance Technical Review Healthcare 98