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Spendesk’s Nicolas Marchais on evolving with your market

Intercom, Inc.

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. If people aren’t looking for your solution, you have to educate them about the problem your product solves. Short on time?

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Get Out of the ARPU-CAC Danger Zone with Channel Model Fit

Brian Balfour

The difference between these two are not the common mantras of build a great product, product market fit is the only thing that matters, or growth hacking. The reason is because most startups need to keep their payback period to less than one year.

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What to do if your product isn’t taking off

Lenny Rachitsky

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe now P.S. New swag drop Q: I’ve been working on my startup for a couple of years now. What are my options if my product isn’t taking off? Why should your target market be so narrow?

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What 14 startup investors and advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit

Mixpanel

Table of Contents The problem with defining product-market fit In search of quantitative indicators of product-market fit 6 things about measuring product-market fit 1. With that in mind, product-market fit is a spectrum 4. Once you find product-market fit, it’s not static 6.

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The ultimate marketing technology stack for 2019

Intercom, Inc.

The “shiny penny” approach (focus all your attention on the hottest tools in the market) or “head in the sand” approach (fall victim to analysis paralysis and avoid choosing any tools) are no longer viable. What is a marketing technology stack? This works as well for a B2B company like Intercom as it does for any B2C company.

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HubSpot’s Kieran Flanagan on product-led growth

Intercom, Inc.

Product-led growth generally is a good fit for companies that have a freemium option or a free trial. In a sales-led model, a salesperson needs to pitch the product. You’re probably familiar with product-market fit (determining the group of people who will become your customers). They’re created by inbound demand.