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Finding Product-Market Fit – Expert Advice From Prowly’s CEO Joanna Drabent

Userpilot

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. Going global was difficult for Prowly, but after a year and a half, they found that their differentiating factor was catering to SMBs rather than enterprises. First the features, then the inbound marketing.

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360Learning’s Joei Chan on embracing innovation as a content marketer

Intercom, Inc.

Like, say, merging the idea of a reality TV docu-series with one of the key use cases of a fast-growing B2B startup. Before, I was working in other startups, working in content marketing, doing lead generation and inbound marketing but with a strong focus on telling brand stories and creating different types of formats of content.

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What to do if your product isn’t taking off

Lenny Rachitsky

Subscribe now P.S. New swag drop Q: I’ve been working on my startup for a couple of years now. Most startups, and new product ideas, fail—we all know this—but it’s different when it’s your product. Cold inbound interest: You’re seeing cold inbound interest in your product.

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8 steps to craft a winning sales strategy, according to industry leaders

Intercom, Inc.

When done correctly, your sales strategy will help your sales team execute with focus – SMB or enterprise, inbound or outbound, hunting or farming. Keep in mind, as your business matures from startup to scale-up, your sales strategy will need to evolve too. Establish clear, differentiated roles on your sales team.

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MadKudu’s Liam Boogar-Azoulay on building apps to expand your product’s reach

Intercom, Inc.

Startups building an integration strategy should start by understanding where to add value and what tools people are using to get that value today. One sure sign of a key brand is if the vast majority of your lead generation is from inbound, organic results. These are great companies with high inbound volumes.

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

Mixpanel

It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of teams to fail. And beyond the anecdotal, an often-cited 2019 study CB Insights found that “no market need” was the leading reason most startups don’t succeed. ” Credit: The Lean Startup Playbook. In short, yes.

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Understanding your ideal customers and how to sell to them

Intercom, Inc.

The process of defining your positioning strategy is not a one-and-done deal – in a crowded marketplace, it needs to be an ongoing exercise. Ambient Strategy founder and CEO April Dunford on the symptoms of weak positioning. For us, it was clear that startups and small businesses were the types of businesses we understood.