Growth
All things business growth
Growth
Interesting examples for SaaS Network effects (although some may not be network effects)
Duolingo’s $6-Billion Growth Marketing Case Study: Guilt, Memes, & Engagement Strategy
chantellemarcelle.com
With traction or without traction
4 types of Pricing studies
Study: Van Westendorp Method with steps:
Ask price considered "too low"
Ask price considered a "bargain"
Ask price considered "expensive"
Ask price considered "too expensive" Drawbacks: Hypothetical bias, not frequently used by companies or academics, open-ended questions can lead to inaccurate results When to use: Frequently
We had already built a small, passionate, paying customer base, but we found out the hard way that activation looks very different once you open the floodgates and allow anybody to signup.
Matthew Achariam • From idea to half the Fortune 500
How Airtable discovered its early adopters is a great example of Product Led Sales
The challenge with Airtable is that it's incredibly versatile—you can use it for virtually anything. It's applicable in every department within an organization and even for personal projects. Essentially, you're building your own software, which can be tailored for
How Airtable used Swag to drive micro-virality, focused on their early adopters or what they called champions
the other one that we did was dated to this Champions at scale was we spent a hilarious amount of money on really fancy swag I know this sounds silly but like branded airpods level of fancy swag admittedly more people are in the office back then now they are more remote and this would not work as well but back in the day if you gave people something really good like not a pen or a sticker really good they would show enough to absolutely everyone that they talked to because they were so excited they got branded airpods people would ask about it walking by their desks it sounds so like trivial but for that like you know a couple hundred bucks that we spent knowing like hey this person's already a champion and if someone asks them they're going to give a really good pitch totally worth it sometimes better to not skimp on swag hard to measure very effective
