Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue.  Or B2B software services companies work the other side of the problem.  The

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

All startups built double-sided marketplaces, serving B2C as well as B2B customers. Therefore, the first question any aspiring agile startup should answer for itself is simple: is it a sales-driven, product-driven, or tech-driven enterprise?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

It is tailored for product teams who need to send NPS surveys inside their app and analyze it without technical expertise. 3 Delighted for e-commerce, tech, and non-profit teams Creating NPS surveys with Delighted. 4 Qualtrics for collecting multichannel feedback and B2B market research data Qualtrics NPS surveys.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Since there was no active grooming or planning session with the engineers, daily standups played the role of requirement review meetings. The team also agreed to initiate a weekly meeting to review and clarify requirements and to estimate the user stories. Long standups.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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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.). A promise to treat them equitably.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Especially in B2B/enterprise software companies, I see two dramatically divergent ( incompatible ) worldviews that IMO explain a lot of corporate behavior. Enterprise Sales and Solutions Teams… Are paid/rewarded/promoted for working with individual prospects or customers one at a time.  Sales

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That  This is a must-close.”

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2022

Tech-touch customer success offers a highly-relevant and personalized experience to your customer while also being automated using software. What’s better, any SaaS business can leverage tech-touch strategies to increase customer loyalty and scale customer success more efficiently. A tech-touch model is not the same as a low-touch.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

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. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. View the live stream….

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. While this article focuses on startups in B2B markets, we can extend it to B2C and B2B2C, while some considerations might be different. While the SAAS model has disrupted this thought process, enterprise software very much depends on forward integrators.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You wouldn’t expect to find a Brand Studio at every tech startup, but then again, we’ve always enjoyed doing things a little bit differently. Going upmarket usually involves a rebranding effort to appear more enterprise-ready. “Not too many tech companies have a smiley face embedded within their logo.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

And as nice as verbal assurances and a handshake are, as you grow and try to sign with more established, enterprise-level companies, you’ll find yourself more and more having to provide proofs of compliance before closing the deal: The shift to the cloud, more and more data breaches – it really put a magnifying glass on third-party risk.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

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. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. View the live stream….

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a B2B Product Manager? This career guide offers a detailed overview of the best B2B product management training options. There is no shortcut to becoming a B2B product manager. Business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) product managers (PMs) have mastered various hard skills.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Over this same period, one tech company has emerged to become similarly entrenched in the everyday life of people around the globe. What can we, in the SaaS sector, learn from one of tech’s true behemoths? Many SaaS startups are eager to graduate to the enterprise arena. Big enterprises are super demanding.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. In fact, we fire enterprise sales folks who don’t close big deals.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

In many ways it offers him a unique perspective which he shares with us here – from his early days exploring search as a means to supporting his gaming tournament websites to spearheading the growth of an increasingly important tech discipline. I first got started in SEO, I think at around 16 years old.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I’ve sat through planning for scores of major B2B migrations, and implemented a half-dozen of my own.  Usually  Usually the discussion is highly technical: APIs, data transformation, feature ladders.  But Every new enterprise customer expects 3-5 years of support for whatever they license.  So

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

Instead of reaching out directly to a sales team, customers are taking matters into their own hands and looking to trusted peer reviews for guidance. Amanda, who’s always worked at the intersection of marketing and technology, is, by her own admission, a data geek. That’s really been the core thread ever since for me.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We’ve written about the best conferences for product managers here —today let’s review the can’t miss conferences for product leaders (executives, C-Suite, and the like). Software as a Service has become the predominant business model for B2B software. Gartner Tech Growth & Innovation Conference. SaaStr Annual.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One Deep dives into obscure technical requirements isn’t the fastest path to a signature.

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Roy Madden

APRIL 4, 2022

In this article, we’ll show you how to use Leo to: Track your competitors and their strategic moves Stay ahead of consumer trends and insights Scout technical innovation Identify business development opportunities. Scout technical innovation. Crypto’ is a Technology Leo Concept that recognizes numerous terms for Crypto.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 20, 2019

Although product managers at consumer and enterprise companies have a title in common, the jobs themselves can vary drastically. So, how is product management in enterprise different from consumer tech? Solving problems once they’ve been discovered is equally as different between the consumer and enterprise worlds.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Picture this: You’re a stakeholder in a company specializing in enterprise SaaS solutions, and your team is embarking on developing a new product. When designing personas for enterprise applications, here are some key aspects to keep in mind: Role-Specific Needs: Enterprise personas often represent users with specific job roles.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 28, 2020

Enter GetAccept , the all-in-one platform for B2B sales teams that brings video, live chat, proposal design, document tracking and e-signatures together to simplify the life of a sales team. A centralized solution. The post How GetAccept uses all of Intercom to grow its revenue by 450% appeared first on Inside Intercom.

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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. B2B products are products or services that are sold to other businesses, rather than to consumers. Here is a brief overview of the key differences between B2B and B2C products.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream….

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Prototypes can be more compelling during internal progress reviews, user feedback sessions, or meetings to gain executive support for new initiatives because they are much closer to the finished product than written descriptions. With a clickable prototype, an internal review board can see just how the finished product will look AND function.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 26, 2022

At least in the B2B software product world, I haven't found that to be true. Things I frequently hear from B2B field/sales organizations: "Product doesn't understand how important this is.  They  And execs can't spend 70 hours reviewing 70 sets of product docs.  So Eventually, the CEO gives up.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s now so inexpensive to go to market that having a great tech vision and product isn’t enough. I was the technical co-founder of a company, but for the most part, I was just rolling from startup to startup. So we said, “Hey, why don’t we do that with enterprise software?”

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

According to user review platforms, their plans start at $7,000/year. Userpilot is perfect for non-technical teams. Ease of use: User-friendly interface and workflows for fast adoption by non-technical teams. App usage analytics: Pinpoints underutilized features in enterprise software so you can optimize the onboarding process.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is largely caused due to not researching enough around the market you are building for understanding the target audience and spending enough time with your customers to build empathy for them and understand their pain points. After hitting the market and failing, Glass has since pivoted to a B2B model and have changed their strategy.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  They are coming off customer calls, strategy sessions, renewal discussions, marketing automation planning sessions, compliance reviews, and industry analyst briefings that highlight improvements that must be made.  But each requestor (naturally) sees their item as urgent, strategic, top priority.    Now.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2024

Methods include in-app surveys , user interviews, user behavior data, reviews, and market research tools. Buyer persona : Helps create targeted marketing and sales strategies by focusing on the decision-makers in large enterprises. That said, this persona example is about Eddie, who represents IT decision-makers in large enterprises.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 18, 2021

Almost all apps experienced significant change in their DAU due to COVID-19. They’ve maintained far more of their COVID-19 acceleration or of their 2020 acceleration, as we’ll call it, nearly every day through the end of December, mostly due to continued restrictions, particularly in travel. Transcript.

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