Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. These enterprise product manager roles can be (counterintuitively, even more so than the startup roles) about taking a massive step back and taking control of the product vision. The post From Startup to Enterprise Product Manager: Is Bigger Always Better?

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

I’m often asked by B2C product managers how B2B companies are different, or about switching between the two. What’s Enterprise? Business-to-consumer (B2C) targets individuals and families. Another fuzzy line divides SMB (small/medium businesses) from enterprises. Unstated B2C Assumptions. What’s B2B?

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 11, 2021

On the surface, B2B customer support issues might look quite different from those of B2C. But despite these differences, Farhan Virji , VP of Customer Happiness at Later , believes that there is actually quite a lot that B2B support teams can learn from their B2C colleagues. 3 B2C support trends and lessons learned.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 13, 2019

The first strategy of that next wave of growth is to expand your addressable market. How to expand your market. There are three ways companies typically expand their market: By expanding to other verticals. In B2C, that is companies who start with a high end product and then create simpler or less expensive versions of it.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2022

Case Category: Market sizing & Estimation, Goals & Measures Case Type: Investor pitch by a startup planning to launch smartwatches in India ?? Apart from bringing TAM, SAM, SOM, also get the growth projection for 2–4 years and demonstrate the strategic roadmap while covering the marketing strategy.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 13, 2018

The same cannot be said about large and complex enterprises. Another observation is that agile is very successful with b2c companies where they are majorly focused on the end customers. In b2c companies, the competitive landscape is changing so rapidly that you have to become agile otherwise competition will eat you up.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I’m often asked what KPIs B2B/enterprise product folks should use, or what OKRs they should choose. Why KPIs from consumer companies don’t fit well with B2B/enterprise. Companies in the foreign exchange markets make a lot of money. Most of us have seen Pirate Metrics , Qualified Marketing Traffic, or Net Promoter Score.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 11, 2019

When I started in product management in the mid-1980s, most product managers were hired to work in traditional B2C businesses, which is where the idea of product management originated. Product managers were difficult to hire even when the need for talent was coming more specifically from enterprise and B2C software and technology companies.

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Product Management University

MAY 24, 2021

This is where B2B and B2C product management completely diverge. For example, consider the workflows that cross marketing, sales and finance, or customer service, shipping and billing, or IT, human resources and all departments. Critical versus nice-to-have monikers will be obvious when you look at it from this angle.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

In my new PM role at a large B2C, I felt lost. Enter Jobs To Be Done, a methodology that forgoes customer persona creation to instead segment markets and product opportunities around the different types of goals (jobs) customers use a product to achieve. But that was my old job in edtech. About John Kresse. Better Decisions.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The story you tell to the market, the competitive moats you build, the pricing models fueling your growth – everything that got you to where you are needs to be reimagined for your new buyer. Analysts estimate that by 2022, global corporate eLearning will grow to be a $30 billion market.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Indeed, among our customers were B2C companies, small businesses, and large enterprises along with customers in places and industries well beyond Silicon Valley. For a growing business, segmentation is necessary to know your customers and your market, and share this understanding across teams. Assessing progress on our strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 23, 2019

You go to the market with much fanfare talking about all the problems that you have solved, the quality of your processes, and how you have one of the best teams. She works to bring ideas to life by building innovative products in the B2B2C and B2C world that positively influence people’s behavior on a societal scale. Make It Right!

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Creating buzz with consumers or even having a product go viral is quite easy in a B2C (business-to-consumer) environment. However, getting the attention of your target customers with B2B marketing strategies is a lot harder. B2B marketing targets businesses and organizations rather than individual consumers.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Product Talk

MAY 13, 2020

Grow market share. Here are a few questions to help you imagine different scenarios: Will you grow revenue because you will have more products to sell that capture more of the Total Addressable Market ? Will you grow revenue because your company will take a share of new markets and new budgets/wallets? Grow profit. Grow margin.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

After over four years of working freelance/contract, I entered the full-time job market for the first time this year. When I say niche down, I mean finding the narrow slice of the market where you can beat out all of the competition. How to navigate this terrible job market? I braced myself for a painful, prolonged process.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So while these shifts in consumer behaviors may be expedited by current circumstances, many unexpected industries were already exploring how to adopt B2B strategies for B2C – without losing the personal customer relationships that are at the core of their businesses. Learning from B2B. This time, it’s personal.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

How are consumer and enterprise products intrinsically different? Having had experience developing and launching B2B and B2C products, it made me think about the differences between these two different product categories. #1 Whereas B2C products cannot be customized for your 100+ or 10000+ end customer base.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

Photo by Ono Kosuki from Pexels OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a useful tool for goal setting and team alignment, and in recent years they have gone from being used primarily in quantitative parts of the organization (namely sales and marketing) to being very popular in product and technology as well. Marketing creates lead goals.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Research from Epsilon shows that 80% of customers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized marketing campaigns. This statistic highlights why market segmentation is important: it allows tailored product marketing customized to the needs of distinct market segments.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 7, 2018

It’s titled Building Products for the Enterprise. The authors join this episode to discuss how product management is different for enterprise software products, including: Differences in consumers from B2B and B2C. How the scale of enterprise customers impacts product work. The impact a direct sales team has.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

Is there a difference between developing a product for enterprise and a consumer? Although in both cases your software product is used by humans, an enterprise is a legal entity, while a consumer is a person. And the fact that an enterprise is a legal entity makes product management for enterprise products a little different.

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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After understanding specific user personas who might actually need the technology (which frankly, could be very clunky when worn frequently), Google Glass then pivoted towards selling to enterprise customers. Two metrics that I’ve found useful for the Top of Funnel include: Conversion percentage from B2B demand generation marketing.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Software as a Service offers specialized tools for product growth , CRM, project management, ERP, collaboration, financial management, customer service, and marketing automation. Microsoft offers enterprise solutions, productivity suites, and cloud services for both B2B and B2C sectors, emphasizing innovation and efficiency.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

B2B marketing automation helps businesses grow faster, while not breaking the bank. How do you effectively implement B2B marketing automation into your existing product marketing activities? In this article, we’ll cover: What B2B marketing automation is and how it benefits marketing and sales teams.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

Whether B2C or B2B, all businesses must now deliver digital experiences that are easy to use, delightful, and personal. Third, the lines between sales, marketing, product, and support are blurring. With a plethora of comparable options in the market, customers will take their business to the company that provides the best experience.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

That might seem obvious or naïve, but recent conversations with several B2B/enterprise clients suggest that it’s actually controversial. For context, enterprise tech companies tend to have a small number of large deals each quarter that really matter. ( B2B is lumpier than B2C.). We’re the best in the market.”

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B2B Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Getting confused between what to do as a B2B Product vs B2C Product manager role? It is important to understand what B2B and B2C products are. And B2C products are products or services that are sold directly to consumers. Here is a brief overview of the key differences between B2B and B2C products.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2016

Palo Alto’s Lean Product & Lean UX Silicon Valley meetup, led by Dan Olsen, hosted Rich for… What: “ Challenges of Enterprise Product Management “ When: Tues, 23 Aug, 6pm – 830pm. This creates different problems for product managers than with high velocity ecommerce or B2C tech product.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Marketing your SaaS is a complex task involving many roles, one being a growth marketer. But you may be thinking, what exactly is the role of a growth marketer, and how do they help grow your product ? In contrast, traditional marketing managers primarily concentrate on classic marketing campaigns for customer acquisition.

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Userpilot

MAY 19, 2021

The B2B SaaS marketing space can feel a lot like an echo chamber. SaaS marketers need to move fast and break things, but rather than jumping from one ‘shiny new growth hack’ to another, stick to a few tried and tested tactics first. What do SaaS Companies spend on B2B Marketing? Creating A B2B SaaS Marketing Plan.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Finding the right opportunity or the perfect candidate can be challenging in todays competitive market. Product managers with ads or performance marketing experience. B2B Product Managers with no B2C experience. Those with experience in enterprise-level AI platforms. Who would be a BAD fit for this job? Android-first PMs.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

And what type of analytics really matters for a product marketing manager? In this article, I'll talk about why product analytics tools are important, how you can use them, and the best product analytics tool on the market. Is product analytics the same as marketing analytics? How many analytics tools do you need?

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

They don’t value experience running product management teams , instead overweighting narrow technical or market segment familiarity. Sales execs want more sales-y Heads of Product; development execs want more engineering-ish Heads of Product; marketing teams want a marketer in product clothing… no candidate passes muster with all groups.

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