I have 15 years experience in SaaS and always thought that product, actually, can sell itself. I hoped Product-led approach would be a cool accumulation of proven facts and practices why this indeed can work. Unfortunately, the book did not deliver anything new.
There are some good quotes you can highlight, but in terms of real information you'll find frameworks for kids, few stories to prove the point and almost zero statistics. Plus you will find some self-promotion.
How to really implement product-led approach? Well, there are some things:
1. Web site aligned with the product value proposition
2. Good onboarding flow
3. ...
4. PROFIT!
I am not kidding you, that is it. Any person with 2+ years of experience in low touch SaaS marketing knows that.
Overall, the main idea is good. The book is bad. No depth.
Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself Paperback – 28 May 2019
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Michael Case
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Excellent book for SaaS companies
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Who's the most likely candidate to pay for your product? Someone who's already using it. That's the driver behind Product Led Growth (PLG) strategies. The idea is that instead of (or in addition to) filling your sales pipe with leads pulled in from traditional in-bound and out-bound sales and marketing efforts and then progressively qualifying them as they work through your funnel, you use your product to qualify leads to a much higher level. Users already getting value from your product make the best leads.
PLG isn't without its risks though. What if your free offering doesn't provide enough value users don't get it? What if it provides so much value they don't need to pay to for the additional seats or features? This books helps a product manager like myself think through the different kinds of PLG approaches, understanding the risks and benefits of each approach. I enjoyed the book so much I shared it with the rest of our management team. It's spurred some great discussions and helped us all get on the same page about our approach. Highly recommended for any Software as a Service company that feels like they're hitting the limits of the traditional sales model (or need a leaner approach to bootstrapping their start-up phase).
PLG isn't without its risks though. What if your free offering doesn't provide enough value users don't get it? What if it provides so much value they don't need to pay to for the additional seats or features? This books helps a product manager like myself think through the different kinds of PLG approaches, understanding the risks and benefits of each approach. I enjoyed the book so much I shared it with the rest of our management team. It's spurred some great discussions and helped us all get on the same page about our approach. Highly recommended for any Software as a Service company that feels like they're hitting the limits of the traditional sales model (or need a leaner approach to bootstrapping their start-up phase).
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Useful insights at any stage of product or business development
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You might be in the early stages of designing a digital product, debating pricing pre-launch, or further down the track and wondering what to do next in your marketing strategy. Are you far enough along that you're worried about churn?
Wes pulls together product design, marketing and a broad swath of customer-related topics. There are diagrams and umpteen relatable real examples which made me stop, think, and add notes on our product design.
Do you know if your product has "ability debt"?
It's not a book to read right through in one sitting, or, if you do, you're then going to come back and bookmark and re-read and think about the implications.
I'm currently a solo startup founder and Wes's advice has helped me fine-tune our freemium model. I've also worked for one of the biggest CAD companies in the world and other international product companies. The highest praise I can give is to say I deeply wish we'd had this book back then to clarify a lot of fuzzy arguments.
PS don't read whilst hungry, there are enough great food analogies you might find yourself rushing out for a hamburger!
Wes pulls together product design, marketing and a broad swath of customer-related topics. There are diagrams and umpteen relatable real examples which made me stop, think, and add notes on our product design.
Do you know if your product has "ability debt"?
It's not a book to read right through in one sitting, or, if you do, you're then going to come back and bookmark and re-read and think about the implications.
I'm currently a solo startup founder and Wes's advice has helped me fine-tune our freemium model. I've also worked for one of the biggest CAD companies in the world and other international product companies. The highest praise I can give is to say I deeply wish we'd had this book back then to clarify a lot of fuzzy arguments.
PS don't read whilst hungry, there are enough great food analogies you might find yourself rushing out for a hamburger!

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Useful insights at any stage of product or business development
Reviewed in the United States on 29 May 2019
You might be in the early stages of designing a digital product, debating pricing pre-launch, or further down the track and wondering what to do next in your marketing strategy. Are you far enough along that you're worried about churn?Reviewed in the United States on 29 May 2019
Wes pulls together product design, marketing and a broad swath of customer-related topics. There are diagrams and umpteen relatable real examples which made me stop, think, and add notes on our product design.
Do you know if your product has "ability debt"?
It's not a book to read right through in one sitting, or, if you do, you're then going to come back and bookmark and re-read and think about the implications.
I'm currently a solo startup founder and Wes's advice has helped me fine-tune our freemium model. I've also worked for one of the biggest CAD companies in the world and other international product companies. The highest praise I can give is to say I deeply wish we'd had this book back then to clarify a lot of fuzzy arguments.
PS don't read whilst hungry, there are enough great food analogies you might find yourself rushing out for a hamburger!
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jonathan kelly
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Awesome!
12 June 2019 -
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I come from the project management world and am brand new to the SaaS world. This book was a great crash course in how to grow a SaaS business. The concepts were easy to understand and the book was very easy to read. Even though I had no previous knowledge of the SaaS world, I now feel like an expert. I'm super excited to get started growing our business.

Cameron Nuckols
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Worth the read
29 May 2019 -
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Wes does an excellent job at guiding business owners through the steps of building a business that is 100% product-led. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn of the strategies they can employ to grow their company via their product.
He dives deep enough into the data to give you meaningful experiments to try, yet not too far that you stop reading because of boring context. I especially loved the last few chapters that dive into specific areas you can improve when onboarding users so they have a delightful experience.
Honestly, this is one of the best written books on product strategy that I have read. I recommended it to my team immediately after finishing it.
He dives deep enough into the data to give you meaningful experiments to try, yet not too far that you stop reading because of boring context. I especially loved the last few chapters that dive into specific areas you can improve when onboarding users so they have a delightful experience.
Honestly, this is one of the best written books on product strategy that I have read. I recommended it to my team immediately after finishing it.