
Gain Grow Retain
In the podcast dedicated to customer success leaders in the B2B SaaS and tech space, hosts Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer-first approach. The podcast is aimed at SaaS and technology leaders who are facing the day to day challenges of scaling.
This podcast is brought to you by Higher Logic.
Latest episodes

Oct 9, 2023 • 52min
Scaling CS: Mike Sasaki with Emburse
VP of Customer Success at Emburse, Mike Sasaki, discusses scaling CS for profitable growth in 2023. Topics include optimizing customer onboarding, empathetic customer service, executive engagement, and efficient task management. Insights on leadership and effective meetings for successful scaling are also highlighted.

Oct 2, 2023 • 44min
Rolling Out Changes
Dillon Young, leader of CS at Maxwell, and Jeff Breunsbach discuss handling changes, identifying indicators, trusting teams, prioritization, and effective resource allocation in B2B SAS customer success teams. Connect with Dillon for more insights on Lifetime Value.

Sep 25, 2023 • 40min
Implementation is Not Onboarding
This week Jeff Kushmerek joins Jeff Breunsbach to talk about the difference between onboarding and implementation
Onboarding
Implementation
Ongoing
Finite Period
Measurement - Time to Value
Measurement - Time to Launch
No handoffs
Multiple handoffs
Jeff K. shares his insights into how to handle the differing needs of Implementation in a way that supports the customer's goals, the metrics needed to be measured, and the outcomes that need to be defined.
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Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success.
We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page.
GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

Sep 18, 2023 • 40min
Setting Priorities for Your Team
Sandy Yu and Jeff Breunsbach talk about the importance of priorities in this week's Gain Grow Retain podcast. Knowing that there can only be one priority at a time, how do you select what to focus on? Here are some of the questions being discussed:
Prepare by understanding the resourcing, the organizational needs, and the cost of NOT doing it for each potential priority
Decide after gathering data (but don't let the research go on too long!)
What are the responsibilities of the leader in helping the team successfully work on the prioritized project?
How can you utilize routines to make it outcomes focused without stifling creativity?
Connect with Sandy
Revenue CCO
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Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success.
We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page.
GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

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Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 4min
Scaled CS: Daphne Lopes, Hubspot
Daphne Lopes, Principle Manager of CS at Hubspot, discusses how segmentation, data models, content, and cross-collaboration play a role in creating a customer experience based on scale without sacrifice in Hubspot's approach to scaled CS.

Sep 4, 2023 • 46min
How CS Leaders Can Adopt AI
Partners at Deloitte, Rohan Gupta and Gopal Srinivasan, discuss AI in Customer Success. They explore practical uses, challenges, and shifts needed for effective AI utilization. Topics include generative AI, customer outcomes, and sustainable SaaS growth. The conversation emphasizes streamlining processes, scaling teams, and enhancing community engagement.

Aug 28, 2023 • 9min
10-Minute Trumpet - Specialized Roles
Jeff discusses specialized roles in customer success teams and the importance of investing in these roles to drive value for all customers. The podcast also focuses on scaling customer success by rethinking engagement, operationalizing work, and specializing teams.

Aug 21, 2023 • 56min
The Vault -Building Relationships During Uncertain Times
Mark Stoddard and Dave Blake of ClientSuccess discuss the impact of COVID on customer engagement, offering practical tips. They also answer audience questions on adapting to changes in uncertain times, making this a relevant listen for customer success leaders.

Aug 14, 2023 • 45min
Scaling CS with Community
This week, Jay Nathan talks to Shauna McClemens about how Higher Logic Vanilla has built a strategy utilizing their customer community to scale CS programs. By ensuring that the entire community is focused on customer success, companies are able to provide a space for 'the right information at the right time for the right person' in a way that is more effective than any other method.
Listen to the process she and her colleagues worked through to move from a space that was operating without leadership to one that is providing value to customers through a variety of opportunities.
Connect with Shauna
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Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success.
We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page.
GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

Aug 7, 2023 • 8min
10-minute trumpet - Relationships at Scale
This week, Jeff takes a quick look at the increasing need to build relationships, and the need to do it at scale.
Why scale a relationship? The changing dynamic of the stakeholders themselves as well as the need to move away from a single point of contact are all factors. Take a listen to a variety of ways Jeff suggests to not only scale your relationships, but do it in a way that builds value beyond the current relationship building processes.
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Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success.
We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page.
GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.
*This podcast is sponsored by Higher Logic Vanilla.
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