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You’ve Had Initial
Success… Will You Be
Like Jay Z or Vanilla Ice?
Steve Sloan
Chief Product Officer, SendGrid
A successful first breakthrough doesn’t
guarantee long term success...
What is Your Destiny?
Lessons From
Consistent Successes
Start with
the customer
and work
backwards
“The key to staying on top of
things is to treat everything like it's
your first project.”
—Jay Z “My 1st Song”
“If you dialed
support, it was my
mobile phone and I
answered it 24x7.”
—Tim Jenkins, SendGrid Co-
Founder
Net Promoter Score = % Promoters - % Detractors
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 108
Detractors Neutrals Promotors
People pay with dollars but buy with their hearts
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Capture Those Insights with Stories
Creativity AND Discipline
Product
Channel Fit
Success Leaves Clues
● Start from the customer and work backwards
● Scale customer listening - how do they feel?
● Capture insights with stories not specs
● Build a system that drives creativity AND discipline
● Product-channel fit is essential
Steve Sloan
Chief Product Officer @ SendGrid
steve.sloan@sendgrid.com
Thank You!

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Do You Want to Be Rolling Stones or Vanilla Ice? by Steve Sloan, Chief Product Officer, Sendgrid

  • 1. You’ve Had Initial Success… Will You Be Like Jay Z or Vanilla Ice? Steve Sloan Chief Product Officer, SendGrid
  • 2. A successful first breakthrough doesn’t guarantee long term success...
  • 3. What is Your Destiny?
  • 6. “The key to staying on top of things is to treat everything like it's your first project.” —Jay Z “My 1st Song”
  • 7. “If you dialed support, it was my mobile phone and I answered it 24x7.” —Tim Jenkins, SendGrid Co- Founder
  • 8. Net Promoter Score = % Promoters - % Detractors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 108 Detractors Neutrals Promotors People pay with dollars but buy with their hearts
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  • 10. Capture Those Insights with Stories
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  • 16. Success Leaves Clues ● Start from the customer and work backwards ● Scale customer listening - how do they feel? ● Capture insights with stories not specs ● Build a system that drives creativity AND discipline ● Product-channel fit is essential
  • 17. Steve Sloan Chief Product Officer @ SendGrid steve.sloan@sendgrid.com Thank You!