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Why Most Companies Fail At Moving Up or Down Market

Brian Balfour

As a result they've differentiated their product on the things that enterprise customers care about: customization, security, and scale (that's their Market Product Fit). As a result they've differentiated their product on “All In One” since thats what mid-market customers care about. Marketo Their market is the enterprise.

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How Mobile Market Industry Leader Adjust Became a Japanese Success Story

freshtrax

Founded in Germany in 2012, Adjust now covers regions all around the world with 15 global offices and close to 400 employees. It’s the competitive differentiator for Japanese apps who want to enter the market both domestically and abroad. A: New leads relied on the usual forms of networking, inbound marketing activities, and events.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

We came out of private beta on January 27th, 2012, where we announced that we’d raised a million dollars. And it’s never an exciting feature, it’s not a differentiator. We incorporated in San Francisco on August 15th, 2011, I think. Once we got the money, we immediately started hiring.