
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

Aug 19, 2020 • 26min
Building out your tech touch model w/ Alex Tran
Alex Tran, a Client Outcomes Manager from Gainsight, joins the discussion to discuss their approach to tech touch strategy.
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 17, 2020 • 28min
Recruiting and hiring in B2B SaaS customer success w/ Laura Wilson
Laura Wilson, an Executive Recruiter for Westwood & Wilshire LLC, joins Jeff to talk more about the recruiting and candidate landscape within B2B SaaS. They review some tactical elements that may be beneficial for first-time managers, candidates and more.
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 14, 2020 • 35min
Driving towards predictable renewals w/ Kristi Faltorusso
In a new weekly segment we've asked Kristi Faltorusso, VP of Customer Success at IntelliShift, to join us as we tackle Q&A that comes Inbound.
Our goal: to give tactical, direct advice to customer success leaders.
Today's segment:
Renewal management and how to look at the customer motions of your team
Relationship management and staying transparent with your customers to drive outcomes
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 13, 2020 • 42min
Building a culture of employee success and customer success w/ Casey Graham
Casey Graham, CEO of Gravy, drops by to talk about building culture - particularly how starting with your employee success can translate Into customer success.
He Is one of the most Interesting people to talk to, this conversation could've kept going for longer.
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Check out Gravy at https://www.gravysolutions.io/ -- tell them Gain Grow Retain sent you!
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbac

Aug 12, 2020 • 49min
How CSMs can maintain relationships during implementation and onboarding | CSM Office Hours
Gain Grow Retain has Introduced CSM Office Hours - a way for CSMs and Individual Contributors to connect peer-to-peer. No experts, no panel - just an open discussion to help them Improve In their day-to-day work.
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 7, 2020 • 31min
Putting the customer at the center of your business w/ Andy Burden & Steve Budd
Andy Burden & Steve Budd of Substribe join us to discuss how they approach putting the customer at the center of businesses.
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This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach of Customer Imperative, where we help B2B SaaS organizations build growth & retention strategies.
Learn more at https://customerimperative.com/
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 5, 2020 • 37min
Level up your relationships by asking open-ended questions w/ Bob London
Bob London comes back for Part 2! His first episode crushed it - go back and listen if you haven't already.... it is titled "Customer success managers can get more strategic w/ Bob London"
Today he comes back with even more questions that we can be asking to break through the noise with our customers.
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Check out more on Bob's website: http://www.chieflisteningofficers.com/
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 3, 2020 • 22min
How to keep customers engaged during enablement and education w/ Alex Turkovic and Samma Hafeez
We're bringing the Gain Grow Retain online community to life as we Introduce a new series called Off The Page - where we highlight conversations that are happening within the community.
Today we're joined by Alex Turkovic and Samma Hafeez who have spent their careers In the customer education and enablement space for a quick conversation on what they've picked up along the way.
Here's the thread If you want to join the discussion on GGR:
https://www.gaingrowretain.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=1&MID=11&CommunityKey=1261a423-6343-48a3-a722-6c04f19eacc8&tab=digestviewer
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Aug 1, 2020 • 36min
How to create smooth account transitions w/ Kristi Faltorusso
In a new weekly segment we've asked Kristi Faltorusso, VP of Customer Success at IntelliShift, to join us as we tackle Q&A that comes Inbound.
Our goal: to give tactical, direct advice to customer success leaders.
Today's segment:
How to shift CSMs between accounts and maintain good relationships with our customers
Changing the talk track to fit your customer segments and training your CSMs
The age-old question in your career: Do you become a manager or an Individual contributor?
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If you want to join the discussion with thousands of other customer success leaders, join Gain Grow Retain: http://gaingrowretain.com/
This podcast is brought to you by Jay Nathan and Jeff Breunsbach...
Jay Nathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynathan/
Jeff Breunsbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybreunsbach

Jul 29, 2020 • 20min
Higher Logic acquires Customer Imperative at the intersection of community and customer success
We've got some exciting news this morning - Customer Imperative has been acquired by Higher Logic, a software platform focused on customer engagement and communities.
We wanted to take a moment to reflect on this milestone for us personally, what It means for our Gain Grow Retain community, and the opportunity to come work for Higher Logic.
We're incredibly excited about this opportunity and we want to thank all of our friends, families, colleagues, members, and connections who have helped us get here.
This Is just the start!
Jay & Jeff