The role of Customer Success is dramatically changing as SaaS solutions drive pervasive accountability to ensure the customer gets value from your solution.
In this presentation Paul Teshima (original SVP of Customer Success at Eloqua) walks through 13 years of learnings and a framework for a Customer Success Maturity Model, in the hope to take what was once an art and turn it into more of a science.
WordPress Cobb (Metro Atlanta) Users Group - May 11, 2021
How to elevate the customer experience every single time with easy steps that starts with the owner of the company down to greeting the customer.
An Interpreneur is someone who creates new ideas and concepts within a company. They have the ability to recognize ever changing business needs and develop solutions to solve them
WordPress Cobb (Metro Atlanta) Users Group - May 11, 2021
How to elevate the customer experience every single time with easy steps that starts with the owner of the company down to greeting the customer.
An Interpreneur is someone who creates new ideas and concepts within a company. They have the ability to recognize ever changing business needs and develop solutions to solve them
Why Should Your Business Invest In Reputation Management-Aaron Young
Online Reputation Management – or ORM, to save time! – is a vital tool now for most companies, as well as individuals, to employ in the ongoing battle to keep what’s written and said about them Online under control.
Learn More: https://www.digitalox.co.uk/6-reasons-online-reputation-management-isnt-working/
Zero to 100 - Part 3: Founder-led Selling - Pete KazanjyDavid Skok
Zero to 100 is a learning program from David Skok. It is a detailed instruction manual for how to take your startup from zero to $100m, with a particular focus on the area of building a go-to-market machine. So many of today’s founders come from a product or technical background, and have never been involved with sales and marketing. Right after starting their venture, they are hit with the huge problem of how to build their go-to-market organization and processes. It breaks the journey down into 9 steps, and explains why it is crucial not to skip steps in this journey in the rush to get ahead. The major Zero to 100 is a learning program from David Skok. It is a detailed detailed instruction manual for how to take your startup from zero to $100m, with a particular focus on the area of building a go-to-market machine. So many of today’s founders come from a product or technical background, and have never been involved with sales and marketing. Right after starting their venture, they are hit with the huge problem of how to build their go-to-market organization and processes. It breaks the journey down into 9 steps, and explains why it is crucial not to skip steps in this journey in the rush to get ahead. The major emphasis of the course focuses on building a repeatable, scalable and profitable growth machine. Once you have that in place, you are ready to hit the gas and scale like crazy.
To see videos of the presentations, click here: https://www.forentrepreneurs.com/matrix-growth-academy-zero-to-100-videos/
Aligning the entire Organization to achieve Business and Organizational GoalsKenny Ong
ECU Forward Networking Confrenece
SIngapore, October 2011
The importance of knowing your organizations Business Model (Profit and Non-
Profit) in order to achieve optimal alignment
l Aligning the entire organization: Structure, Leadership, People, Processes and
Culture
l Aligning core processes to achieve organization goals: Strategic Planning,
Budgeting and Performance Management
l Transforming Performance Management from a bureaucratic requirement to a tool
for managing and improving business performance
The Better Approach to Succession Planning - MITBA CEO Conference 2011Kenny Ong
Malaysian Insurance and Takaful Broker Associations (MITBA) CEO Conference 2011
Bali, October 2011
- Different Succession Planning objectives and motives
- Why Succession Planning don't work in many cases
- Matching your Succession Plan to your Business Model
- Practical aspects of Succession Planning
- Managing youe Talents Pipeline with proper Performance Management tools
R&D today: Addressing and enhancing Research & Development’s effectivenessKenny Ong
ABF Research & Development 2009, Singapore
*Applying theory to practice
*Matching R&D to Business Strategy and Organization’s Goals
*Enhancing R&D efficiency by selecting a key component criteria
*Keeping R&D close to where strategic decisions are made
A How-To Guide For Proactive Customer SuccessAmity
Whether it’s training, onboarding, or retention, proactive Customer Success is the secret to the success of your SaaS company.
In Customer Success, you’re expected to be proactive. Yet, when your inbox is overflowing with customer issues, customer questions, product updates, and onboarding requests… proactive turns out to be hard to execute. And we get that.
In this webinar, we will cover the five strategies you need to implement for proactive customer success.
ProductCamp DC 2014: Tales From The Product FrontlinesShardul Mehta
Shardul and Pradheep have, like many of you been at the forefront of getting products to market and markets to product. In this session they will share tales of success and almost successes and draw the audience into sharing their own product stories and anecdotes. So how about we get together to share stories on topics such as making evangelists out of early customers, how to say "no" when you really mean "no," what do you do when all you have is an idea and what does it take to get recognized and promoted as a product person.
Validating Your B2B Business Idea - For Entrepreneurs & FoundersAdam Moalla
My experience and take on validating a new b2b idea.
Summary:
Understand what would make an idea successful.
Understand yourself and capabilities.
Pick the right team to help you execute.
Think about your business KPIs.
Understand your competitors performance on these KPIs.
Prepare the right set of questions that you would need input on.
Talk to your potential customers in person and ask them questions that are related to your KPIs.
Modify & repeat.
Start growing sales with tools and partnerships.
Keep pushing.
Have questions or need advice on your startup? Get in touch with me to plan a call or meeting if you are in Berlin!
Why Should Your Business Invest In Reputation Management-Aaron Young
Online Reputation Management – or ORM, to save time! – is a vital tool now for most companies, as well as individuals, to employ in the ongoing battle to keep what’s written and said about them Online under control.
Learn More: https://www.digitalox.co.uk/6-reasons-online-reputation-management-isnt-working/
Zero to 100 - Part 3: Founder-led Selling - Pete KazanjyDavid Skok
Zero to 100 is a learning program from David Skok. It is a detailed instruction manual for how to take your startup from zero to $100m, with a particular focus on the area of building a go-to-market machine. So many of today’s founders come from a product or technical background, and have never been involved with sales and marketing. Right after starting their venture, they are hit with the huge problem of how to build their go-to-market organization and processes. It breaks the journey down into 9 steps, and explains why it is crucial not to skip steps in this journey in the rush to get ahead. The major Zero to 100 is a learning program from David Skok. It is a detailed detailed instruction manual for how to take your startup from zero to $100m, with a particular focus on the area of building a go-to-market machine. So many of today’s founders come from a product or technical background, and have never been involved with sales and marketing. Right after starting their venture, they are hit with the huge problem of how to build their go-to-market organization and processes. It breaks the journey down into 9 steps, and explains why it is crucial not to skip steps in this journey in the rush to get ahead. The major emphasis of the course focuses on building a repeatable, scalable and profitable growth machine. Once you have that in place, you are ready to hit the gas and scale like crazy.
To see videos of the presentations, click here: https://www.forentrepreneurs.com/matrix-growth-academy-zero-to-100-videos/
Aligning the entire Organization to achieve Business and Organizational GoalsKenny Ong
ECU Forward Networking Confrenece
SIngapore, October 2011
The importance of knowing your organizations Business Model (Profit and Non-
Profit) in order to achieve optimal alignment
l Aligning the entire organization: Structure, Leadership, People, Processes and
Culture
l Aligning core processes to achieve organization goals: Strategic Planning,
Budgeting and Performance Management
l Transforming Performance Management from a bureaucratic requirement to a tool
for managing and improving business performance
The Better Approach to Succession Planning - MITBA CEO Conference 2011Kenny Ong
Malaysian Insurance and Takaful Broker Associations (MITBA) CEO Conference 2011
Bali, October 2011
- Different Succession Planning objectives and motives
- Why Succession Planning don't work in many cases
- Matching your Succession Plan to your Business Model
- Practical aspects of Succession Planning
- Managing youe Talents Pipeline with proper Performance Management tools
R&D today: Addressing and enhancing Research & Development’s effectivenessKenny Ong
ABF Research & Development 2009, Singapore
*Applying theory to practice
*Matching R&D to Business Strategy and Organization’s Goals
*Enhancing R&D efficiency by selecting a key component criteria
*Keeping R&D close to where strategic decisions are made
A How-To Guide For Proactive Customer SuccessAmity
Whether it’s training, onboarding, or retention, proactive Customer Success is the secret to the success of your SaaS company.
In Customer Success, you’re expected to be proactive. Yet, when your inbox is overflowing with customer issues, customer questions, product updates, and onboarding requests… proactive turns out to be hard to execute. And we get that.
In this webinar, we will cover the five strategies you need to implement for proactive customer success.
ProductCamp DC 2014: Tales From The Product FrontlinesShardul Mehta
Shardul and Pradheep have, like many of you been at the forefront of getting products to market and markets to product. In this session they will share tales of success and almost successes and draw the audience into sharing their own product stories and anecdotes. So how about we get together to share stories on topics such as making evangelists out of early customers, how to say "no" when you really mean "no," what do you do when all you have is an idea and what does it take to get recognized and promoted as a product person.
Validating Your B2B Business Idea - For Entrepreneurs & FoundersAdam Moalla
My experience and take on validating a new b2b idea.
Summary:
Understand what would make an idea successful.
Understand yourself and capabilities.
Pick the right team to help you execute.
Think about your business KPIs.
Understand your competitors performance on these KPIs.
Prepare the right set of questions that you would need input on.
Talk to your potential customers in person and ask them questions that are related to your KPIs.
Modify & repeat.
Start growing sales with tools and partnerships.
Keep pushing.
Have questions or need advice on your startup? Get in touch with me to plan a call or meeting if you are in Berlin!
Starting a new business is not the same as running an operating business. Over the last decade, several management practices have emerged that recognize the particular challenges new ventures face. Steve Blank’s Customer Development Model and the related “Lean” movement are increasingly popular. This session introduces and defines the key concepts of these entrepreneurial management practices and explores how startups can use them at any step of their development.
How Enterprise SaaS Companies Justify Investment in Customer SuccessGainsight
The most successful Enterprise SaaS companies know that growing revenue only through new customer acquisition is the less efficient way to scale. Rather, they understand that growing revenue within your existing customer base - through up-sells, cross-sells, and expanded use - is the most profitable way to scale.
In fact, Enterprise SaaS companies that grow revenue - and company valuation - by expanding revenue within their existing customer base also know the key to making this work is to focus on - and operationalize - Customer Success.
This presentation - How Enterprise SaaS Companies Justify Investment in Customer Success - is from Pulse 2014, the biggest Customer Success industry event ever and included panelists from Bazaarvoice, ToutApp, Enviance, LinkedIn
How to measure your success as a Customer Success ManagerAmity
As CSMs, we can usually rattle off a number of metrics and statistics that we use to measure our customer's health and success -- but it gets a little less standardized when others ask us how we measure our own success. Renewals and churn are both important metrics to keep an eye on, but they're not the only ones.
In this webinar, we’ve partnered with Sparkcentral to discuss:
- The benefits of a top-down approach when re-evaluating CS team goals
- The importance of CSAT metrics
- Which KPIs to measure if Account Management and CS roles are combined
- Which questions to ask yourself when exploring and assessing your team’s current KPIs and goals
Join Krysta Gahagen and Julia Burnett, two Customer Success Managers from Sparkcentral, for the rundown of which KPIs are truly key for CSMs, and why.
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Specific ServPoints should be tailored for restaurants in all food service segments. Your ServPoints should be the centerpiece of brand delivery training (guest service) and align with your brand position and marketing initiatives, especially in high-labor-cost conditions.
408-784-7371
Foodservice Consulting + Design
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to radically reinvent the way we do business. This study explores how CEOs and top decision makers around the world are responding to the transformative potential of AI.
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
Copy of the presentation given at XP2024 based on a research paper.
In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
The Team Member and Guest Experience - Lead and Take Care of your restaurant team. They are the people closest to and delivering Hospitality to your paying Guests!
Make the call, and we can assist you.
408-784-7371
Foodservice Consulting + Design
Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
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Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
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678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
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1. Customer Success:
Moving From Art to
Science
Paul Teshima
Co-founder and CEO
Nudge
@pteshima
neednudge.com
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2. How Many of You:
Are Billable?
Have a Quota?
Ever Received a Cape From a Customer?
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4. “Looking back it always
seems like a well thought out
plan, but really it was just a
bunch of smart people
begging, borrowing and
stealing resources to help
customers be successful”
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5. A Customer Success Maturity Model
Learn to
Scale
Make it
Work, Then
Drive Value
Get to
Product
Market Fit
Grow the
Base
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6. 0-20 Customers
Get to Product Market Fit
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8. A Customer Success Maturity Model
Customers
0-20 20-100 100 – 1,000 1,000+
Stage
Get to Product
Market Fit
Make it Work,
Then Drive Value
Learn to Scale
Grow the
Base
CSMs 0 1-3 <8 By Segment
CSM Role N/A
Product
Engagement
Value
Adoption
Best Practices
Variable
Comp
N/A
50% Corp
25% Renewal
25% NPS
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
Systems CRM
CRM
CSP
CRM
CSP
Marketing
CRM
CSP
Marketing
AMs N/A 0 By Quota By Quota
AM Role N/A N/A X-Sell X-Sell
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9. Professional Services
Customer Success
Customer Support
User Experience
Market Maturity
Solution Complexity
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10. Product Improvements
Product Training/Support
Customer Success Managers
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11. How to Build the Business Case?
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12. Experiment in Phase 2
1, 1, 1 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
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13. Ensure you look at all
factors to drive product
engagement
Start building a business
case with what you have
Every customer matters
do whatever it takes
X Hire a CSM, just yet
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14. 20-100 Customers
Make it Work,
Then Drive Value
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15. “Culture eats
Strategy for
Breakfast”
- Peter Drucker
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16. A Customer Success Maturity Model
Customers
0-20 20-100 100 – 1,000 1,000+
Stage
Get to Product
Market Fit
Make it Work,
Then Drive Value
Learn to Scale
Grow the
Base
CSMs 0 1-3 <8 By Segment
CSM Role N/A
Product
Engagement
Value
Adoption
Best Practices
Variable
Comp
N/A
50% Corp
25% Renewal
25% NPS
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
Systems CRM
CRM
CSP
CRM
CSP
Marketing
CRM
CSP
Marketing
AMs N/A 0 By Quota By Quota
AM Role N/A N/A X-Sell X-Sell
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17. The Anatomy of a Great CSM
Great at Storytelling Naturally Curious
“Have” Domain
Optimistic, But Cynical
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19. “Storytelling works because the
best ones are memorable”
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20. Why Do You Need a Customer Success
Platform Now?
SALES CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
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21. Start customer success
storytelling sessions to
drive culture
Hire for motivation and
teach the skills
Start implement key CS
practices now, to impact
future growth
X Put account managers on
accounts to upsell
X Let your CSMs become
Tier 1 support
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22. 100-1,000 Customers
Learn to Scale
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23. How Many of You Measure:
Attrition by MRR?
by Customer Count?
By Net MRR?
Average time for new customers to be fully
on-boarded?
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25. A Customer Success Maturity Model
Customers
0-20 20-100 100 – 1,000 1,000+
Stage
Get to Product
Market Fit
Make it Work,
Then Drive Value
Learn to Scale
Grow the
Base
CSMs 0 1-3 <8 By Segment
CSM Role N/A
Product
Engagement
Value
Adoption
Best Practices
Variable
Comp
N/A
50% Corp
25% Renewal
25% NPS
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
Systems CRM
CRM
CSP
CRM
CSP
Marketing
CRM
CSP
Marketing
AMs N/A 0 By Quota By Quota
AM Role N/A N/A X-Sell X-Sell
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26. I have a hard time
saying “no” to
anyone
CUSTOMERS
SALES
PARTNERS
MARKETING
PRODUCT
SERVICE
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27. “Few races are won at the start, but many races are lost there”
- livestrong.com
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29. Set an Actionable Plan Based on Your
Product Value Lifecycle
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30. Find Hunters That
Should Be Farmers
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31. Our “Ideal” Customer Lifecycle
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32. Avoid the Sample of One
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33. Grow Exec Support by Developing a
Customer Success Cadence
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34. Map our your customer
product value lifecycle
Put pressure on other
groups to do their part
Develop a customer
success cadence with
your executive team
X Stop CSMs from leaving
the team to other roles
X Hire AMs without domain
and product knowledge
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35. 1,000+ Customers
Grow the Base
(faster, better, cheaper)
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37. As You Grow You Need to Upsell
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Source: Pacific Crest SaaS Benchmark Report
38. Cost to Renew/Upsell 5x Lower Than New
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Source: Pacific Crest SaaS Benchmark Report
39. However New ASP is Still Too Low
Source: Pacific Crest SaaS Benchmark Report
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40. A Customer Success Maturity Model
Customers
0-20 20-100 100 – 1,000 1,000+
Stage
Get to Product
Market Fit
Make it Work,
Then Drive Value
Learn to Scale
Grow the
Base
CSMs 0 1-3 <8 By Segment
CSM Role N/A
Product
Engagement
Value
Adoption
Best Practices
Variable
Comp
N/A
50% Corp
25% Renewal
25% NPS
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
30% Corp
30% Ren/NPS
30% Upsells
Systems CRM
CRM
CSP
CRM
CSP
Marketing
CRM
CSP
Marketing
AMs N/A 0 By Quota By Quota
AM Role N/A N/A X-Sell X-Sell
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41. Running the Machine
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42. The Organization Was Complex
Me
(92)
Consulting
and
Education
(14)
Professiona
l Services
(28)
Account
Mgmt
(4)
Product and
Premier
Support
(34)
Customer
Success
(12)
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43. Leverage upsells/x-sells
as a growth lever
Document, train and sell
the value of the
“machine”
X Underestimate the value
of over communicating
X Stop storytelling about
customer success
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