So You Want to Grow Your SaaS Product Line (A Few Product Management Portfolio Notes)
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So You Want to Grow Your SaaS Product Line
(A Few Product Management / Product Strategy Notes)
@johngibbon In/johngibbon
John Gibbon
Where to Grow?
Products
Services Geographies
Industries
Customer Size Channel
Current Products Future Products
Current Markets
Future Markets
Market Penetration
Product Development
Market Development
Product Strategy: Ansoff Matrix
Suicide Leap
Assessing a Product Portfolio Direction • Problem?
– Opportunity
• Solution – Unique offering, breakthrough? – Why you? Competition?
• Business Model – How make money? – What money need? – Team? (Build? Market? Sell?)
• Where should we go?
• Why will we be successful there?
• How do we get there?
Is There an Opportunity?
• Customer Pain? – Sufficient Pain to Buy? – Top Problem of Economic Buyer?
• Big Enough Market? – Market Growing? Changing?
Total Market > Total Addressable Market > Your Share
Product Success Metrics
• Revenue • Market Share • Competitive Differentiation • New Users • Increased Usage • Increased NPS
.. But it’s Rarely a Green Field
You’ll Have to Make Some Tough Decisions
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Boston Consulting Group Growth Share Matrix
Product Portfolio Trade-offs
• New Product vs. Mature Product • New Market vs. Existing Market • Short Term vs. Long Term Revenue • Usage vs. Revenue • Client A vs. Client B • Research vs. Development • High Risk vs. Low Risk
Strategic Balance
Trade Offs