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SaaS Backwards - Reverse Engineering SaaS Success

Ep. 66 - Finding the best route for growth—with Steve Benson, CEO of Badger Maps

May 12, 2023
37:55

Working at Google’s mapping team, Steve Benson thought that field salespeople needed a lot more functionality to adequately plan their routes.

So, in 2012 founded Badger Maps and set out to build a tool where field sales teams could not only build routes, but also visualize their customers on a map on their mobile device that automatically connected with their CRM. 

To ensure product/market fit, Benson personally talked to hundreds of field salespeople to ensure that this was a problem worth paying for and not just a nice-to-have. 

Key takeaways from this episode: 

  • When and what skills/background to look for when hiring the first salesperson. 
  • The importance of founder involvement in early product management. 
  • Debt vs. equity financing and how Badger Maps used debt most effectively.
  • The role that thought leadership content played in building their reputation. 

Other resources to check out:

Interview with Vinay Bhagat, Founder and CEO of TrustRadius who publish a yearly report about how B2B buyer behavior is changing.

The Lead Gen Mistake I Guarantee You’re Making – how to create content that better identifies intent from today’s b2b buyer.

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