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Motivating Development Teams

Mironov Consulting

As noted in my last post , Sales and Marketing often wonder whether Engineering is sufficiently motivated and engaged. But the symptoms aren’t so obvious to the outbound (and extroverted) part of the company. Some Engineering teams are unmotivated, though. Dev teams need more than task lists and reminders about productivity.

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How to Give Your Product Managers Negative Feedback (Part 1)

The Product Coalition

Even people with a developed growth mindset?—?ones No one likes to see their gaps pointed to, and for people who don’t have a developed growth mindset, it’s twice as hard. Or how working on outbound product management would make them better inbound product managers. Growth requires continuous effort, over a long period of time.

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How to build a billion dollar sales team like Stripe

Intercom, Inc.

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. billion in revenue) so it’s safe to say Jeanne and her team have helped do exactly that.

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Sparking conversations: How every team can benefit from conversational support

Intercom, Inc.

And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships. But conversational support doesn’t just benefit your support team. Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing.

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8 steps to craft a winning sales strategy, according to industry leaders

Intercom, Inc.

Developing a sales strategy is one of the core activities every business will have to undertake. You can delay it until you’ve acquired your first 100 or 1,000 customers, but at some point you’ll need to find sustainable traction in the market. 8 steps to develop a winning sales strategy. Define your ideal customer profile.

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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

Almost without fail, I find that the “maker” side of software companies (developers, designers, product folks, DevOps, tech writers…) and the “go-to-market” side of software companies (sales, marketing, support, customer success.) The go-to-market organizations really want something to market and sell.

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Spendesk’s Nicolas Marchais on evolving with your market

Intercom, Inc.

Creating a new product category also creates a plethora of challenges – from spotting the right market niche to convincing customers that yours is a service they need. Nico joined me on Inside Intercom this week, where we discussed everything from the three stages of company growth to how growing companies can address new markets.