Finance & Operations
Board Room Challenges: How to Avoid a Lack of Clarity & Cohesiveness
The transition from the startup to the expansion stage often signals significant changes across the entirety of an organization, and...
by Scott Maxwell
Startup Strategy
Refocusing the Burn Rate Debate
It seems like everyone is talking about burn rates this week. Several high-profile VCs have sounded the alarm (starting with...
by Scott Maxwell
Startup Strategy
David vs. Goliath: Your Startup's Guide to Giant-Killing
Malcolm Gladwell delivered a keynote at HubSpot’s INBOUND conference in Boston yesterday based around his most recent book, David and...
by Scott Maxwell
Marketing
Go-to-Market Strategy: Should You Go Big or Start Small?

After you’ve narrowed your focus on a target, you need to craft the perfect attack plan. Should you start small and expand through premiums, or go big right off the bat? OpenView’s founder Scott Maxwell evaluates each go-to-market strategy, and his finding may surprise you.

by Scott Maxwell
Market Research
5 Customer Segmentation Strategies for Dominating Your Market

What separates the companies that make it past the early growth stage and those who don’t? A big factor is the ability to target the right customer segments and dominate them. OpenView founder Scott Maxwell shares five market segmentation strategies proven to work.

by Scott Maxwell
Market Research
Market Segmentation: How to Laser Focus on Your Target Segment

Your SaaS business is on a roll. You’ve acquired a number of early users, your churn is relatively low, and you’ve identified a host of new market opportunities that could lead to high growth. Time to step on the gas, right? Sure, if you know your target market segments. If you don’t, you may want to hit the brakes.

by Scott Maxwell
Marketing
The 4 C’s of Effective Go-to-Market Strategy Design

Converting today’s B2B buyers into customers requires the ability to provide them with the right targeted content experience at exactly the right time. And that takes having the right go-to-market strategy elements in place.

by Scott Maxwell
Market Research
Is There a Right Time to Design Your Go-to-Market Strategy?

If you’re a startup, you might be more concerned with your day-to-day than developing your go-to-market strategy for the long haul. But as OpenView founder Scott Maxwell explains, designing your strategy now will go a long way towards helping you win the war for customers and one-upping your competition.

by Scott Maxwell
Finance & Operations
4 Keys to Building a SaaS Company that Won’t Go Down the Drain

What does preparing the perfect bath have to do with SaaS success? Discover the four keys to sustainable growth for your software-as-a-service business.

by Scott Maxwell