Growth, Sales, and a New Era of B2B

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Martin Casado

Growth, Sales, and a New Era of B2B

Something is Happening

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✓ Less money to create a startup

✓ Plays to the founder’s strength of product

✓ Incumbents have no defense strategy

✓ Startups can come from anywhere

Growth + Sales

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A Cross Vertical Trend

User Authentication

Survey Software

Storage & Content Collaboration

Open Source

Team Collaboration

Cloud Services

Dev/DevOps Tools

Video Conferencing

Design Tools

APIs

Content Enrichment

New Categories

Consumer Companies

PRODUCT & MARKETING DRIVEN

Enterprise Companies

VALUE & SALES DRIVEN

Marketing Led

Brand Matters

Unit Economics Defined by Growth

Sales Led

Product Simplicity Matters

Enterprise Companies Consumer Companies

Relationships Matter

Unit Economics Defined by Sales

Product Value Matters

Marketing Led

Brand Matters


Sales Led



Product Simplicity Matters Product Value Matters


Marketing Led

Brand Matters


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Marketing Led

Brand Matters


Sales Led






CONSUMER ENTERPRISE

The VC Perspective

Investing in ConsumerUSERS ARE FICKLE.

WILL PEOPLE LOVE IT?

Investing in ConsumerUSERS ARE FICKLE.

WILL PEOPLE LOVE IT?

“THE GRAPH IS SMARTER THAN YOUR THEORY”

Investing in Consumer


Investing in Enterprise

WILL IT WORK?

BUYERS ARE PREDICTABLE.


In Enterprise, Sales/Technical Team

Invest Early

In Consumer, Product/Design Team Invest After Traction

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B2BGrowthSales: The Modern

Enterprise Startup


B2BGrowthSales: The Modern

Enterprise Startup

Startup focused on simple use

case

Gets bottoms up adoption

Becomes a well known brand

Overlays sales Products grows in

complexity and value

1Buying software is a

daily ritual everyone does. 2There are more

users who have budget (e.g. marketing, HR).

Why Now?


SurveyMonkey’s Organic Adoption to 60M Aggregate Registrations

SUCCESS STORIES OF THE BOTTOM UP MOTIONC

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LAUNCH 10 Languages 21 Currencies

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LAUNCH Unlimited Annual Subscription

LAUNCH Audience

PARTNER NBC News

LAUNCH Apple App

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PARTNER Fortune

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INTEGRATIONS Marketo • Microsoft • Google

PARTNER The Washington Post

INTEGRATIONS Salesforce • Oracle • Slack

LAUNCH Enterprise • CX • Engage • Apply

SurveyMonkey Genius

PARTNERS CNBC • The New York Times

INTEGRATIONS Stripe • Workplace

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If we are unable to continue to increase adoption of our products through our self-serve model, our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be adversely affected. Historically, our business model has been driven by organic adoption and viral growth, particularly from conversion of our free users to paid, with approximately 80% of our new individual paying users coming to us. We are currently expanding our sales force, which has historically been limited.”


Dropbox Relies on Bottoms Up Marketing Through $1.1B+ Revenue

SUCCESS STORIES OF THE BOTTOM UP MOTIONOur lack of a significant outbound sales force may limit the potential growth of our business. Historically, our business model has been driven by organic adoption and viral growth, with more than 90% of our revenue generated from self-serve channels. As a result, we do not have a significant outbound sales force, which has enabled us to be more efficient with our sales and marketing spend.”

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Dropbox Integrations Salesforce • Microsoft • HP

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Infrastructure Optimization Completed

Dropbox Professional Dropbox Paper

Smart Sync500M+ Registered Users 180+ Countries $1.1B+ GAAP Revenue 11M+ Total Paying Users


Growth MotionExample: Cloud-based, simple product engaging single user

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Two Motions: Many Times the Operational Complexity

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Bottoms Up Growth with No Sales

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Growth Engine Doesn’t Lead to the Correct Buyer

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Bottoms Up Growth Cannibalizes Sales

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Product Considerations

Start simple. End complicated.

Move from horizontal to

vertical.

Analytics and growth levers should be in

product.



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