Intro

In episode 738, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions. He explores how to target larger, enterprise deals after achieving product-market fit, and why word of mouth marketing can be great, yet is tricky to control. Rob also answers a later-stage question and cautions against trying to educate the market as a bootstrapper.

Topics we cover: 

• 1:58 – Expanding to enterprise deals after product-market fit
• 6:39 – Word of mouth marketing is tricky for B2B SaaS
• 14:36 – Educating the market as a bootstrapper
• 20:07 – Selling integrations through incubators and accelerators
• 24:38 – Developing a profit sharing model

Links from the Show: 

• Register for MicroConf Remote before Nov. 7th for Early Bird pricing & extras
• Ask a Question at Startups For the Rest of Us
• The SaaS Playbook
• TinySeed
• Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF by Jason Cohen
• F5Bot
• Syften
• Podscan
• Veed
• Devising a profit sharing program for micro-multinationals by Peldi Guilizzoni

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!

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