User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Marty Cagan is a popular name in the product management world. In many ways, he has shaped how successful products are built and how teams can be organized to work toward excellence. Marty Cagan is a well-known figure in the product management and technology industry. Who is Marty Cagan?

Management 105

Management Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Generative AI 105

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

TL;DR Customer discovery questions enable product teams to better understand customer needs and problems so that they can build products that the potential customer truly needs. Other data sources include product analytics, asking customer-facing teams, competitor analysis, and industry events.

Underperforming Technical Team 103

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Interviewing Social Media 103

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

The truth is that Product Judgment is a complex topic, and in my opinion, one that is very poorly understood by many. I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. How to obtain product judgment. Product Judgment does exist, and it is learned. It is not innate. This is not enough.

Underperforming Technical Team 291

Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Communication B2B 291

Point Nine Land

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We recently hosted the Point Nine Founders Summit, featuring several panels and presentations from founders, CFOs, COOs, and sales execs on building early sales teams and hiring your first successful sales leaders. It helps keep the product team focused on customer feedback and providing value in exchange for revenue.

Sales Hiring 125

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Advisors Technical Cofounder 125

User Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

How should I bring the disengaged users back to my product? Declining user engagement is a slippery slope to churn – every Product Manager’s greatest nightmare. The bad news is: there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’, cookie-cutter method. If this question is keeping you up at night – it well should.

Engagement 98

Engagement Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 98

SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2023

Mistake #1: Viewing Investors Only As Capital As founders build a team, they focus on obtaining complementary skill sets. When building a product, organizations are solving a specific need. Of course, building great teams and finding product market fit is critical, but don’t forget about product investor fit.

Development Team Review 209

Development Team Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team SMB 209

User Pilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate. Developing features without validation results in bloated products and unnecessarily drives the cost of development up. Product teams should invest in validation when developing the MVP.

Management 98

Management Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Scale 98

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Average salary: $196,172/yr. Average salary: $192,383/yr.

Sales Hiring 98

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

User Pilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. Why do developers overengineer software products?

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Management Interviewing Scale 105

User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need. Apart from testing the demand for the product, idea validation helps teams assess if they have the necessary expertise and resources to build the product.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Scale Interviewing 98

User Pilot

APRIL 7, 2023

When your product is catering to other businesses, it can be difficult for sales reps and other teams to understand the needs and experiences of the clients, especially if the client company sells multiple products. However, customer insights can help your teams understand all aspects of your B2B partners.

B2B 98

B2B Underperforming Technical Team B2C Scale 98

User Pilot

JULY 31, 2023

In this article, we discuss Pendo’s use cases, main features, pricing, limitations, and how it can help your product grow. TL;DR Pendo is a product growth platform for product , marketing , customer success , and UX design teams. Roadmaps are a new Pendo feature for communicating and sharing product vision.

Underperforming Technical Team 97

Underperforming Technical Team AI Scale Onboarding 97

User Pilot

MARCH 27, 2023

We finish with an overview of product analytics tools that your team can benefit from. TL;DR Product analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing usage data to get an objective and unbiased picture of user behavior in-app. What is product analytics? Why do you need to track product analytics? Book the demo!

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Churn User Experience 98

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

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They are hiring leaders, building teams, and attracting advisors in the US while devouring the SV SaaS playbook. AI is likely the next platform, dev tools are strategic given the scarcity of developers, cybersecurity is front and center for enterprises, and the data stack is still going strong. Proximity to customers helps too.

Scale 206

Scale Sales Hiring Cybersecurity Underperforming Technical Team 206

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at TCV’s Engage Summit the past two years. The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. As I have discussed in previous essays , product/market fit can be hard to interpret at the time.

Payments 63

Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 63

OpenView Labs

MAY 19, 2021

After college, Ashley joined Twilio and played a key role in helping the company reach, engage, and convert its developer audience. She’s an expert on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to building successful relationships with developer audiences, software marketing teams, and technical CEOs.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Development Technical Review Marketing 52

Casey Accidental

MARCH 29, 2022

What is not sexy can differ by company, but usually the sexy things are new products and few features. Non-sexy things include general user experience improvements, performance, developer velocity, infrastructure, technical debt, and, fortunately less than it used to be, growth. That is not the target for product/market fit.

Investment 139

Investment Underperforming Technical Team User Experience Scale 139

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR A product launch checklist is a list of all the actions to complete before, during, and after releasing a new product , feature , or update. New product launch checklist: Conduct market and customer research to assess the competitive landscape, identify unmet customer needs, and assess demand.

Underperforming Technical Team 104

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Social Media Market Research 104

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. Build a product that users love by delivering value and a good product experience.

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 105

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

How would you feel if you could no longer use our products? This is a question used in product-market fit surveys. Startups use these surveys in the early stages of product development to measure the degree to which a product satisfies market demand. Add a picture of your team member to humanize it!

Retention 98

Retention Scale Underperforming Technical Team Churn 98

User Pilot

APRIL 19, 2024

Effective market research requires clear and measurable objectives, guiding decision-making and ensuring relevance to the project’s needs, and should be accompanied by appropriate methods , including both primary and secondary research. This allows businesses to tailor their offerings and engage more effectively with their target market.

Market Research 52

Market Research Sales Recruiting Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Collaboration results in the development of products and services that make life easy for the people, driving the market, and indirectly leading to economic growth. While the workforce is directly engaged in company operations, executives make important decisions to ensure all goes well. Conduct in-depth research.

Underperforming Technical Team 89

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Finance Market Research 89

User Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2021

Before we get into what is considered a good NPS score, we have some good news and some bad news. What Is Considered Good NPS Score, and What Is a Bad NPS Score? Net Promoter Score is the result of a one-question survey asking the users how likely they’d be to recommend your product on a scale from 1 to 10. Table of Contents.

Underperforming Technical Team 93

Underperforming Technical Team Benchmarks Onboarding SaaS 93

User Pilot

MARCH 28, 2024

User analytics play an essential part in the product development and management process. It also explores different kinds of user data analysis, shows you how to conduct it, and introduces a few product analytics tools with the necessary functionality. For example, it may focus on product usage. Team collaboration (e.g.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Data Analysis AI User Experience 52

Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2020

To be successful, organizations have to have good product-market fit , customer trust, and a fantastic customer experience throughout the entire customer lifecycle. As such, much of sales and marketing’s focus is external to attract customers, and rightly so. Improved communication between sales, marketing, and product.

Sales Enablement 121

Sales Enablement Underperforming Technical Team Sales Communication 121

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

TL;DR Product analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing data about product usage and user behavior. Product analytics tools empower teams to make informed decisions on how to add more value and offer a better user experience. Pendo is a product adoption platform famous for high-quality analytics solutions.

Software Review 98

Software Review Systems Review Underperforming Technical Team Mobile 98

User Pilot

APRIL 18, 2023

The 4 types of customer satisfaction surveys are Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys, customer satisfaction score (CSAT) surveys, customer effort score (CES) surveys, and product-market fit (PMF) surveys. As a result, you can develop well-informed strategies to improve customer satisfaction. How was your onboarding experience?

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Scaling Onboarding Product Marketing 98

User Pilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to track the different types of product metrics to get product growth insights ? Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. Thus, these metrics let you assess the success of your product.

Metrics 96

Metrics Customer Lifetime Value SaaS Acquisition 96

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2021

If you don’t have tickets, lock in Early Bird pricing today and bring your team! When you get that thing where you’re a rational person and you think it will be great and 99 out of 100 people think it’s bad, that’s when you have opportunity. I was a software developer, a product person. Get tickets here.

Sales Hiring 333

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Headcount 333

User Pilot

MAY 30, 2023

Every successful product marketer has at some point wondered how to create a persona. Good user personas are critical to any successful product marketing campaign. As a result, one of its primary customer personas is a Product Manager from a B2B SaaS company. User persona example for Userpilot.

Social Media 98

Social Media Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team Product Marketing 98

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Gather insights about your customers from internal teams. Buyer personas are great to turn to when planning your marketing campaigns or when you want to make product improvements. You can then build a more informed marketing plan that engages customers in their preferred channel, with an impactful message, at the right time.

Software Review 98

Software Review Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing 98

Aaron Beashel

OCTOBER 31, 2016

During his time at Salesforce, Alex was fortunate enough to work directly with Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff, and together they utilised a framework Benioff himself devised called the V2MOM to align and manage the Service Cloud team. It was game-changing for the company, and for each team that implemented it.

Scale 100

Scale Underperforming Technical Team B2B Marketing 100

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Scaling a support team is challenging enough as it is. Maybe you’ve just extended support hours and it’s becoming harder to plan shifts for different time zones; maybe you’re spending hours figuring out schedules for the week ahead; maybe the inflow prediction was a bit off and now your team is under or overstaffed.

Scale 206

Scale Outsourcing Services Software Sales Hiring 206

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL;DR Heap is a digital insights platform that allows product teams to track user behavior in mobile and web-based applications. Userpilot is another product adoption tool with solid analytics , user sentiment tools, and an engagement layer that come at the fraction of the price of the alternative products.

Software Review 98

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Systems Review 98

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

As a product-first company, new product launches are a core part of Intercom’s DNA – which means there’s always an abundance of juicy launches for us product marketers to work on. Given our cadence of launches and updates, we’ve developed a pretty well-oiled launch machine over the past few years.

Underperforming Technical Team 170

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Product Marketing Churn 170

User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Which measures the customer’s experience with a specific product, feature, or team interaction. Ask users to rate from 1 to 5 how easy it is to use your product. Product evaluation surveys. Which gauges how users feel about product performance and what they value the most. Develop your product through a PMF survey.

Scale 97

Scale SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 97