Tien-Anh Nguyen
Chief Business Officer at UserTesting
Startup Strategy
Startup Marketing: When Less is More

The hype around Internet darlings might give the impression that startup marketing is a necessity. Yet, sometimes less exposure is better marketing.

by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Market Research
Operationalizing Your Segmentation Strategy at the Business Unit Level

In the second post of a two-part series, Tien Anh Nguyen looks at how companies can operationalize their segmentation strategies at the business unit level.

by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Market Research
Operationalizing Your Segmentation Strategy: Company-wide Initiatives to Consider

The best sales expansion strategies hinge on segmentation. OpenView’s Tien Anh Nguyen describes the company-wide initiatives every expansion-stage company should take.

by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
Time: The CEO's most precious resource
In Ben Horowitz's influential article on Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO, he quoted a very memorable line from Andy Grove, the legendary...
by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
New Marketing Channels: Winning by Going Off the Beaten Path

How can fleet-footed upstarts challenge flat-footed incumbents who have grown rich in the increasingly competitive marketing environment?

by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
Industry Interviews for Market Research: The Dos and Don'ts
What are Industry Interviews? Industry Interviews are informational interviews conducted with participants in a market that the company is selling...
by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
Why You Need a Superstar Market Data Analyst to Support Your Strategy Development
Why hire a market data analyst? Recently, I fielded several requests from our portfolio companies in looking for potential support...
by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
Online Sleuthing Techniques to Learn about Your Competitors' Marketing Tactics
How to find cool marketing channels and tactics that competitors and related vendors are using? In a comprehensive analysis of...
by Tien-Anh Nguyen
Startup Strategy
Can You do Market Research for Free? Yes, With Your Own Internal Databases!
Commonly overlooked but invaluable sources of customer data Good market research is essential to developing and executing great marketing strategies....
by Tien-Anh Nguyen