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44 - The party is over
Episode 44

44 - The party is over

B2B SaaS Marketing Snacks · Kalungi

September 7, 202325m 29s

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Show Notes

2022 and 2023 brought new pressure to the software industry that many mature industries have felt for a long time. Here’s our take on what happened and where we go from here.

What happened?

  • 2010–2021 were the years of plenty, with an extra push in the back from COVID
  • Since growth capital was so cheap, it was easy to get away with mediocre performance 
  • The bar of performance was not high enough
  • Growth was seen as a metric of success, not profit 

Where do we go?

  • Add discipline to how you run, just do the basics really well
  • Deliver at a higher standard of execution
  • When you apply success metrics and business expectations of other industries to many companies in the software industry, software performance is poor
  • People got more excited about growth than things like CAC, and getting the most out of the customers and funnel they already had
  • Do your research. Find out where your competitors are lacking quality and invest your efforts in that. 

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Topics

b2b software saas marketing cmo strategies product content marketing go to market product strategy marketing leadership growth startups