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March 12, 2011
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A casestudy of how Performable used the customer development and lean startup methodologies to win.
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Pivot to Win David Cancel The Lean Startup @ SXSWi
- March 12, 2011 Performable Case Study
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Our Vision for Performable ★ Combine Insights with Actions ★
Built for Marketers not Analysts ★ Powered by a Web-scale CRM ★ Software as a Service, No IT
Our Vision for Performable ★ Combine Insights with Actions ★
Built for Marketers not Analysts ★ Powered by a Web-scale CRM ★ Software as a Service, No IT “I want Performable to be the Salesforce.com of Internet Marketing”
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First Product Iteration
First Iteration: What We Learned ★ Automatic optimization didn’t matter
★ Marketers want to customize ★ WYSIWYG experience not gratifying
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Pivot #1
Pivot #1: What We Learned ★ Supporting customization is hard
★ SMB customers require education ★ Landing pages were “nice-to-have”
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Metrics-Driven Marketers
Metrics-Driven Marketers ★ Appreciated our platform ★ Willing to pay
up-front for solution ★ Heavy daily users of our software
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Pivot #2
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Startup Pivot Lessons Learned
Customers = Paid
Search Hard For Patterns
Move Ghetto Fast
Solve Customer Problems
The Real Competition is Indifference NOT Startups
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