Best Stuart Balcombe Podcasts (2024)

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Bridging the Gap from Education to Customer Success with Jeffrey See 36:11

2+ y ago36:11

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Just how transferable are skills and experiences in other disciplines to customer success? One profession that seems to be at the forefront of the movement to CS is professional educators. And for good reason, there are lots of parallels between teaching and education and making customers successful, so much so that at times it's hard to tell them …

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Onboarding Operations: Value Paths with Samuel Hulick 38:27

2+ y ago38:27

38:27

So many companies fall in love with their product and focus their time on making them as high quality as possible, but the improvement that is actually most impactful for the business is being the best at guiding customers through a process that results in the outcomes they want. Building repeatable paths to value that enables customers to succeed …

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Experience Automation vs Humans in the Loop with Con Cirillo 39:36

2+ y ago39:36

39:36

What makes for a great customer experience? And how can you be intentional about making every touchpoint amazing when there is so much happening and so many fires to tend to at a growing startup? Should you try to automate everything and create "scalable" self-serve experiences? Or is a more human-led approach to making customers successful more ef…

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Onboarding Operations: Why Onboarding Matters with Donna Weber 26:52

2+ y ago26:52

26:52

In software we love to think in terms of scale and building once and selling forever, but there’s often a gap between what software can do and the outcomes customers actually want to achieve. Effective customer onboarding can help bridge that gap, ensure customers see value, and are set up for ongoing success. Today’s guest is Donna Weber, author o…

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Customer Success Starts with Company Culture with Ellie Hutton from Dooly 29:23

2+ y ago29:23

29:23

How do you become a customer centric company? That’s the question that so many companies are asking themselves right now because the truth is it’s really, really hard. I've been asking CS leaders what it takes in practice to become a company that genuinely cares about making customers successful. And there’s one thread that keeps being pulled. Comp…

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Onboarding Operations: Scaling Onboarding at Sendoso with Jerry Henry 28:28

2+ y ago28:28

28:28

Adopting new software is a big business decision for any company. You’re likely investing considerable time, money and effort to get it up and running. Having a partner that is aligned around your goals and expectations of that investment can be the difference between a prosperous long-term relationship and a spiral into frustration and ultimately …

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Producing Successful Customers at Scale with Dan Ennis from Monday.com 30:16

2+ y ago30:16

30:16

In a time where software is eating the world and companies are frantically trying to figure out how to grow bigger and scale faster it’s easy to forget that at the core of every business are people like you and me trying their best to help other people. But people don’t “scale”, so how do you ensure that your customers are still being successful ev…

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Putting Customers at the Center with Swiftly CCO Maranda Dziekonski 22:24

2+ y ago22:24

22:24

Companies that put customer success at the center are playing the game by different rules than those that don’t. In today’s world of commoditized software and infinite choice, the company that becomes their customer’s trusted advisor is the company that wins. Our guest today is Maranda Dziekonski, Chief Customer Officer at Swiftly. In this episode …

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Welcome to Happy Customers 2:06

2+ y ago2:06

2:06

What is a business without it’s customers? And importantly, happy, successful customers. Happy Customers is about why making customers successful — and ultimately happy customers — is more important than ever before. Over the course of this series we’re going to explore what people insides some of the world's top companies are really doing everyday…

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Understanding the Demand Side with The Re-Wired Group’s Bob Moesta 50:36

4y ago50:36

50:36

Bob is the President and CEO of the Rewired Group, a pioneer of Jobs to Be Done, the author of the Jobs to be Done Handbook and his latest work Demand Side Sales. On this week's episode of Customer Conversations, Stuart and Bob cover Defining and applying the demand side Where to start with identifying the “struggling moment” The limitations of cor…

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Building an Ecommerce Presence for a Major Brand with Maytex’s Michael Callahan 28:59

4y ago28:59

28:59

Michael Callahan is Vice President of eCommerce and Transformation for Maytex and Zenith Home Corp. Michael started his career in large CPG companies and has worked on national brands like Mr. Coffee, CrockPot and T-fall. Over the past 15 years, Michael has been transforming organizations to think Consumer and Digital First. He believes that the ke…

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Going Beyond Your Early Adopters with UpKeep’s Jeff Ignacio 24:52

4y ago24:52

24:52

Jeff Ignacio is the Head of Revenue and Growth Operations at UpKeep, managing the Go To Market Systems and Enablement teams. Prior to working at UpKeep Jeff spanned a variety of roles at both large tech firms such as Accenture, Intel, Google, and high growth ventures such as Vizier (viz-ier) and PatientPop. In this episode of the Customer Conversat…

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Shaping strategy with Basecamp’s Ryan Singer 40:57

4y ago40:57

40:57

Ryan currently leads product at Basecamp, is the author of Shape Up and the host of the Synthetic a Priori podcast. Here are a few of the topics we’ll talk about on this episode of Customer Conversations: The role and goals of customer research in the shaping process The workflow breakdown of the ‘jobs to be done’ framework Using research in your p…

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Customer support from cost center to profit driver with Gorgias’s Lucas Walker 33:55

4y ago33:55

33:55

Lucas currently leads product marketing and strategic partnerships at Gorgias and has previously founded successful companies including Venngage and Treats Happen. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Customer Conversations: Actionable steps towards improving your customer support Generating profit from customer support Red…

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Bootstrapped to booming with Tuple’s Ben Orenstein 32:42

4y ago32:42

32:42

Ben is the CEO and co-founder of Tuple (the best pair programming app for remote teams). He is also the host of one of my favorite podcasts the Art of Product, a former Thoughtbotter and the creator of several educational products for Rails developers. Here are only a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Customer Conversations. An upd…

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Voice of the customer to copy that converts with Nikki Elbaz 32:48

4y ago32:48

32:48

Nikki Elbaz is a persuasive copywriter and email specialist at CopyHackers who’s written revenue generating content for brands including Shopify Plus, Doodle and Resident Home. She’s an expert in using research to understand why customers buy (and writing emails that make them do just that) and has shared her research knowledge for Product Led Inst…

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Positioning for growth using customer insights with Customer Intelligence Institute’s Lorin McCann 33:32

4y ago33:32

33:32

Lorin is the Founder of the Customer Intelligence Institute. She has worked with dozens of high-growth companies including best-in-class startups, emerging market leaders, and unicorn companies to contribute to successful exits and record quarters. Here are only a few of the topics we’ll discuss in this episode of Customer Conversations with Lorin.…

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Leveraging AI and Automation for Growth with IMVU’s Lomit Patel 36:06

4y ago36:06

36:06

Lomit is the VP of Growth at IMVU. He is also the best selling author of the Lean Startup series book, Lean AI as well as a public speaker and startup advisor. Lomit has a ton of experience getting companies to and through the rocketship growth phase. Here are just a few of the topics we discussed in this episode: Monetization strategies for your h…

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Understanding your customer with Wonderment’s Jessica Meher 31:39

4y ago31:39

31:39

Jessica is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wonderment. Wonderment helps e-commerce merchants grow and scale their businesses. She has tremendous experience in marketing and startups. Her career expertise has included working at HubSpot, InVision and Techstars. Here are just a few of the topics we discussed in this episode: How Wonderment came to be User …

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Data driven decision making with Uber Eat’s Chip Koziara 27:28

4y ago27:28

27:28

Chip is the Manager of Strategy and Planning at Uber Eats. He has tremendous experience in pricing and partnership strategy. Here are just a few of the topics we discussed in this episode: Being data driven with your team When do you know when you have enough data and are ready to make a decision Using search data to augment your inventory of custo…

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Customer led growth with Elevate’s Claire Suellentrop 31:52

4y ago31:52

31:52

Claire is the Co-Founder of Elevate & Forget the Funnel. She has tremendous experience in SaaS marketing and growth. Here are just a few of the topics we discussed in this episode: What customer-led growth means and how to nail it The difference between customer-led and product-led The importance of creating the experience the customer needs How to…

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Why you need qualitative data to improve your product with Delighted’s Caleb Elston and Charles Studt 45:51

4y ago45:51

45:51

Caleb Elston is the Co-Founder and CEO of Delighted. Charles Studt is Head of Marketing at Delighted. Together they make a rockstar team of experts passionate about making your product better through customer feedback. Here are just a few of the topics we’ll discuss in this episode: The awesome story of how Delighted started Why you should dog food…

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The power of customer research with the author of The Mom Test Rob FItzpatrick 41:15

4y ago41:15

41:15

Rob Fitzpatrick is a serial entrepreneur and author of the classic customer research book, The Mom Test. Rob talks to us about the importance of customer research as it applies to your business through the various stages of growth. Here are just a few of the topics we’ll discuss in this episode: The incredibly cool story of how The Mom Test came to…

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Rapidly iterating to engaging content with VideGro’s Jenko Kent 29:58

4y ago29:58

29:58

Jenko Kent is the founder and creative director at VideGro and has spent almost a decade directing and creating engaging video content that drives serious ROI for DTC brands. In this episode, Jenko shares: Why rapid iteration beats perfect planning for creating content. The process VideGrow uses go drive outsized returns for brands. The types of vi…

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Building the marketing machine with Act-On’s David Greenberg 33:14

4y ago33:14

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David Greenberg is the SVP of Marketing at Act-On Software. David shares more about his background and how he wound up helping companies like Act-On grow successfully through marketing. Here are some of the highlights of what you can expect in this episode: What marketing can do to optimize your sales funnel Why you need qualitative data from your …

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Using customer insights to level up your content strategy with Adrienne Barnes 32:56

4y ago32:56

32:56

In this episode we’re joined by Adrienne Barnes. Adrienne is a B2B SaaS Content Marketer and strategist who’s advised and written for top B2B SaaS companies including Stripe, Drift, and Demio. She is also the founder of Best Buyer Personas. We discussed: Why it’s important to know the relationship your customers have with your company? How to apply…

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Why sales is all about creating customer value with Louis Nicholls 31:35

4y ago31:35

31:35

In this episode we’re joined by Louis Nicholls. Louis is the founder of Sales for Founders, SparkLoop and several successfully exited companies. He’s also the author of the Social Proof Handbook. We discussed: - The importance of understanding your customers goals - Creating shared success plans for customers - Why sales calls are the fastest way t…

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The power of personalization with Scout’s Jordan Crawford 32:16

4y ago32:16

32:16

Show Highlights Personalization is all about who you are targeting Everything starts with identifying and solving the customer pain points “Once you can target, the world changes for you” Nailing down an effective process to enable you to move into new segments Learn more about the future of personalization Resources Send with Scout Blog Reaching o…

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Building better products with intentional experiments with FYI’s Hiten Shah 34:58

4y ago34:58

34:58

Hiten is a prolific SaaS founder of companies including Kissmetrics and Crazy Egg and is now working on FYI. He also runs Product Habits to help other founders develop the habits they need for success. In this episode, Hiten shares: His framework for identifying product ideas worth pursuing, How to identify what your customer really want. What Hite…

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Value delivery systems with UserOnboard’s Samuel Hulick 48:43

4y ago48:43

48:43

Samuel Hulick is best known for running useronboard.com, producing pithy teardowns, and writing “The Elements of User Onboarding. We talked to user onboarding and UX expert Samuel Hulick about: The importance of understanding customers desired outcomes beyond your product. What it means to think of products as value delivery systems. How to get sta…

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Why marketing is all about relationships with DemandMaven’s Asia Matos 33:55

4y ago33:55

33:55

Asia Matos is the Founder of DemandMaven. In this episode, Asia lays out the truth in marketing for early-stage SaaS companies and startups to put your product on a rocketship. Learn more about the importance of customer research, extracting valuable insights from your data, finding problem patterns for your niche and more. Connecting with Asia Fol…

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Building internal tools with Chief’s Corey Zettler 26:43

4y ago26:43

26:43

Corey Zettler is the Director of Product Management at Chief. In this episode, Corey shares with us the difference of approach to building internal versus external tools. Learn more from Corey about measuring the performance of an experiential product, the importance of collecting qualitative data, sharing customer insights regularly with your enti…

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Preparing for the Enterprise with Troops Jonathan Bartlett 38:40

4y ago38:40

38:40

Jonathan Bartlett is the Chief Product Officer at Troops. Jonathan shares what you need to do now to prepare to sell your SaaS product to the enterprise. Other topics we discuss in this episode include managing your product like a business, comparing and contrasting a bottom up versus a top down approach to building your product, how product manage…

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Product Ideation with Trainual’s Chris Ronzio 21:25

4y ago21:25

21:25

Chris Ronzio is Founder and CEO of Trainual. In this episode, Chris shares with us the creative methods the Trainual team uses to continuously improve their product. Learn from their product ideation process, a host of valuable product tools and more. Resources Tools - Canny, Delighted, Intercom Podcasts - SaaStr Books - Impossible to Inevitable Ge…

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Customers before metrics with Churnbuster’s Kristen LaFrance 40:36

4y ago40:36

40:36

We talked to Churnbuster’s Head of Growth Community about and host of the Playing for Keeps podcast Kristen LaFrance about: What SaaS companies from the world of DTC Ecommerce. What retention based acquisition means and the impact making customers successful has on the business bottom line. How deeply understanding customers leads enables companies…

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Staying close to the customer at scale with Drift’s Maggie Crowley 24:07

4y ago24:07

24:07

We talked to Drift’s Director of Product Management and host of the Build podcast Maggie Crowley about: 1) Why "Shipped is not done" and how that influences goals and measurement at Drift. 2) "Staying close to the customer" and the processes Maggie and the Drift team put in place to ensure that happens as you scale. Resources The Build podcast Conn…

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Welcome to Customer Conversations 0:54

4y ago0:54

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Welcome to the Customer Conversations podcast brought to you by the team at LearnWhy. My name is Sean Boyce and I’m a B2B SaaS product strategist that loves learning about how to solve customer problems through software. And I’m Stuart Balcombe a product and growth nerd focused on helping companies discover the customer insights that drive their gr…

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