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Finding Your Focus - with Blackthorn's Chris Federspiel
Finding Your Focus - with Blackthorn's Chris Federspiel
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jan 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week on How To Win: Chris Federspiel of Blackthorn.io, a company specializing in Salesforce integration and application development. You’ll hear about Blackthorn's strategic approach to the Salesforce ecosystem, the critical role of customer feedback in shaping their product development, and the journey of focusing their offerings to achieve significant growth in the competitive SaaS market.Key Points:00:00:16 How did Blackthorn achieve its growth?00:01:30 How long to build first product?00:03:36 Time to hit 1 million ARR?00:04:21 Target customers for your products?00:06:09 Explain go-to-market strategy?00:08:18 Go-to-market for growth acceleration?00:09:54 Current product lineup?00:14:10 Target customer segment evolution?00:16:09 Effective customer acquisition channels?00:17:42 Monitoring competition?00:19:12 Unsuccessful strategic bets?00:21:45 Importance of company focus?00:22:12 What set Blackthorn apart from others?00:24:00 Top advice for B2B founders?00:25:57 How did Blackthorn win?Mentioned:Chris FederspielBlackthorn.ioChris Federspiel's XMy Links:Twitter / XLinkedInWebsiteWynterSpeeroCXL
Released:
Jan 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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