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Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams

Intercom, Inc.

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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The biggest thing funding does to a B2C startup

NextBigWhat

Well, the biggest thing funding can do to a B2C startup is not just hiring talent or spending on customer acquisition, but on managing support. Let’s just accept that customers… The post The biggest thing funding does to a B2C startup appeared first on NextBigWhat.

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical

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What I Look For in a Senior Designer Portfolio at a Consumer-Facing Early Stage Startup

The Product Coalition

We’re a non-profit, but design and technology-wise we operate more with a B2C mindset because our founder comes from the B2C world (he created Shopzilla, which he later sold to become TikTok). I can usually immediately tell if they have an eye for B2C design that matches what I’m looking for. Here’s what I look for: 1.

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Ask Teresa: For Customer Interviews, Who Counts as a Customer?

Product Talk

If you work on a B2C product , your customers are the people who buy and use your product. For example, if you work at a startup that sells a digital whiteboard product, you likely have an organizational buyer (maybe someone in finance or an IT manager) and end-users (the people who use the digital whiteboard to do their work).

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Dispelling 3 myths stopping B2B Product Managers using B2C product research tactics?—?Terem…

The Product Coalition

Dispelling 3 myths stopping B2B Product Managers using B2C product research tactics Product Managers of Business-to-Business (B2B) products keep telling me that “the tactics consumer product companies use just aren’t relevant for us in customer development”. The best-known, unicorn B2C companies?—?Facebook, This isn’t true.

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5 Things I Learned During The Transition From B2B to B2C

The Product Coalition

3 years ago I decided it’s time for me to leave my product role in a large B2B software company and start my own B2C startup called Missbeez. I would like to share with you some of the insights of my journey so far and the key differences between leading a B2B product and a B2C one. In a B2C product?—?conversion

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