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GitLab’s Hila Qu on What B2B Companies Can Learn About Growth from B2C

OpenView Labs

In conversation with Blake Bartlett , she walked us through how B2C and B2B growth strategies compare across each phase of the customer journey from acquisition to retention and expansion. When I joined GitLab, I was starting a new product-led growth team within the product organization,” Hila says. “We Defining Growth . Acquisition.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

How does Sam think about the relationship between sales and marketing? Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. What is the strategy that we have at the company level? What are our values?

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

If you're generating something that's brand new, like a brand new category, nobody understands about it. Today, a lot of the PLG SaaS tools require sales motion upfront because nobody understands those tools. Because that (abandonment) wouldn’t be a solid foundation to acquire more new users. You need a lot of education.

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PR for Startups : Interview with PR Expert Julija Jegorova

Teamgate

Working in-house for startups is often ‘a one man job’ as you do everything: from general comms strategy to media placements and everything in between (social media, product descriptions, attending / organising events, etc.). Hence, PR should become an essential part of your integrated marketing strategy.