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My Top 10 Mistakes in 10 Years: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta

Gainsight

Mistake #3: Not scaling based upon leading indicators We’ve had 3 periods in history where we scaled up way too fast: Early on, when we thought the enterprise opportunity for Gainsight’s Customer Success product was huge after closing *1* enterprise deal! So at Pulse 2014, I became a “grown up CEO.” Try to have more gravitas.”

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Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO

DISQO

Brings Proven Track Record Leading High-Growth Enterprise SaaS Companies. Alpha was founded in 2014 and is venture-backed by Spider Capital, Crosslink Capital and Calibrate Ventures. The post Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO appeared first on Feedback Loop. Media Inquiries. SVP Marketing, Alpha. Tom at alphahq.com.

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Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO

DISQO

Brings Proven Track Record Leading High-Growth Enterprise SaaS Companies. Alpha was founded in 2014 and is venture-backed by Spider Capital, Crosslink Capital and Calibrate Ventures. The post Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO appeared first on Feedback Loop. Media Inquiries. SVP Marketing, Alpha. Tom at alphahq.com.

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Method to the Product Madness

The Product Guy

When I joined Wetu in 2014, I was the 7th employee, we had just over 100 companies using our software, we were exclusively available in Africa, and the product was already 5 years old. Defining a discovery process will help immensely with the validation and feedback loop! More About The Product Mentor. Better Decisions.

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12 Benefits of Product-Led Growth for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

This means your sales team can focus on nurturing high-value enterprise customers who may require a more personal touch. Scalable and faster growth Slack had 8,000 subscribers on the day it launched in 2014. Benefits of product-led growth: Easier feedback collection. Userpilot resource center. New feature announcement.

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Product-Led Growth: The Ultimate Guide for Software Companies

Userpilot

Self-serve purchases also free up the sales team so that they can focus on enterprise sales. As users submit their feedback, make sure to close the feedback loop by acknowledging it and acting on it. This reduces the burden on the customer support and customer success team.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

In 2014, the first season of Serial aired, considered to be the first breakout podcast, with its narrative audio journalism drawing in 5M downloads in the first month. The release of this app is widely considered an inflection point for the industry, as it put podcasts a single tap away for hundreds of millions of users around the world.