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Product-Led Growth: Panacea or Boondoggle? with AgentSync Co-Founder & CTO Jenn Knight and OpenPhone Co-Founder Daryna Kulya (Pod 538 + Video)

SaaStr

OpenPhone and AgentSync are two SaaS businesses with very different growth strategies, but the same ultimate goal: to continue selling while simultaneously problem-solving for current customers. Choosing between a product-led or service-led growth strategy is a decision that is based on multiple factors: .

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The New Economics Of Customer Success: Showcasing The ROI Of Customer Success To Your CFO

Valuize Consulting

Customer Success Is A Growth Engine. You Just Need An Effective Customer Success Metric To Prove It. While this is an oversimplified example, it highlights the point that it’s a lot easier for CFOs to understand and accept the investment strategy in these areas of the business.

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Braindates Are Open for SaaStr APAC 2023!

SaaStr

The goal is to help each other learn something new, find mentorships, create partnerships, and exchange strategies. Straight from a SaaS CCO with Yellow.ai’s CCO with Shekar Murthy, Chief Customer Officer at Yellow.ai with Dumindu Tennakoon, General Manager at appiGo International Pvt Ltd How to achieve more with OKRs?

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SaaStr Enterprise is LIVE! Watch it here

SaaStr

Juggling People, Processes & Priorities: CTO Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines. Customer-First Focus: The Path to Hypergrowth. VP Customer Success & WW Support. The Future of the Customer. Chief Customer Officer. VP of International PEO Growth Strategy. Tarik Faouzi. Rose Nuñez.

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30+ Tough Learnings from Losing a Top Customer

SaaStr

. “That it was much easier to do more in order to keep that customer than to get a new “top” customer. That you can’t have a majority of y our revenue dependent on one customer. We all underresource customer success vs. sales. A good exercise to do after you lose any top customer.

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Mastering the Art and Science of Product-Led Growth With Gainsight

SaaStr

What does it mean to make your product the star in your SaaS growth strategy? It’s imperative to incorporate critical elements in your product-led strategy to ensure its success. Product-Led Growth: The Disruptive GTM Strategy. Every year, millions of new products are created and launched. Key Takeaways.

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Making the jump from Customer Success to CEO with FranConnect’s Gabby Wong

ChurnZero

Additionally, “leapfrog” candidates—those who come from a level below the C-suite, such as senior vice presidents—now make up roughly 5% of new chief execs. You understand the customer, and you understand the strategy. I put all that together, and that’s the customer value. They give us NPS goals.