How to Start Product Led Growth with Wes Bush and Blake Bartlett

Did you know that product led growth is a lot like bowling? 🎳 Not only that, but it may be time to consider using bumpers if it means you’ll get a strike.

On this week’s episode of the BUILD podcast we hear from Wes Bush, founder of the Product-Led Institute, author of “Product Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself” and fellow PLG enthusiast.

Blake and Wes unpack a TON of useful information in this episode including:

🎳 Why product led growth is a lot like bowling, and how to strike out

👋 When and how your sales team can make the biggest impact

🗺 How to get started with product led growth

❤️ The importance of customer empathy

All of that and more on this week’s episode of the BUILD podcast. Listen and learn more below.

About season 9 of the BUILD Podcast

This season, we’re unpacking what product led growth is and asking what growing product-led businesses looks like in the end user era. Follow along as Blake interviews industry leaders at companies like HubSpot, Lucidchart and Atlassian to discover the new customer journey and what that means for SaaS.

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Meg Johnson
Meg Johnson
Senior Manager of Creative Strategy
OpenView

As OpenView's Senior Manager of Creative Strategy Meg leads brand development for the firm. Obsessed with software, user experience and design thinking, she works to understand and scale OpenView's brand awareness through thought leadership content programs including: OpenView's podcast 'BUILD with Blake Bartlett' along with the video series 'PLG123' and 'Weekly Walks with Casey Renner'.
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