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9 essential sales steps you need to grow your SaaS startup

Intercom, Inc.

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. In this post, I outline how SaaS founders should modify their approach and implement a simple sales methodology to increase their odds of success. The sooner you adopt these steps, the faster you’ll see growth.

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Product Management and Value Chain Analysis

All About Product Management

Porter views a company as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. The primary value chain online activities are as follows: Inbound Logistics: Data feeds (RSS, XML, CSV…), ad slots, business pain, keyword research, availability of community tools (e.g.