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Product-Led vs Sales-Led Growth: Can SaaS Companies Really Do Both?

The product-led vs sales-led growth debate is often framed as a choice between two opposing models. I think that framing is too simple for the way SaaS customers actually buy software.

Product-Led vs Sales-Led Growth: Can SaaS Companies Really Do Both?

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The product-led vs sales-led growth debate is often framed as a choice between two opposing models.

I think that framing is too simple for the way SaaS customers actually buy software.

A user might discover a product, start free, invite colleagues, and prove its value without speaking to anyone.

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The product-led vs sales-led growth debate is often framed as a choice between two opposing models. I think that framing is too simple for the way SaaS customers actually buy software. A user might discover a product, start free, invite colleagues, and prove its value without speaking to anyone.

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