We invited growth experts to share their view on addressing growth metrics:

David Skok
Serial entrepreneur turned VC

This model applies only for SaaS companies that do a free trial or have a freemium business model.

Sam Mallikarjunan
Principal Marketing Strategist for HubSpot

Threaten to tattoo “We are not the user” on the inside of your team’s eyelids.

Smart people often end up building for in a way that makes sense to them because — well — they’re smart people. Your core user may have a different level of sophistication, different goals, and even a different background using technology.

Watch your customers use your software and focus on decreasing the time it takes for them to get the value they’re looking for.

Pierre Lechelle
SaaS Growth Marketer

Seeds of churn are planted early. If your sales process or your onboarding are broken, you’ll strongly limit the growth of your company and you’ll loose on the long run. Make sure your funnel isn’t leaking.

On that last point: Startups don’t have much ressources. Prioritizing work is primary to your success. Always ask yourself “What’s our biggest constraint right now?”.

Experiment on that area and measure your results. As soon as you lifted the constraint, move onto the next one. That process will allow you to create a repeatable, scalable and predictable company you’ll be proud of.

Krystal Higgins
Sr. Interaction Designer @ Google

Interact, don’t tell in your onboarding process.

Make it easy for new users to experience your value proposition by providing actionable, responsive guidance and removing passive, obstructive content like popups, videos, or slideshows.

Don’t just provide linear, step-by-step product tours but instead provide guidance in response to the user’s path through the product.

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