Marketing Led Growth Playbook — Amrita Mathur // Superside

Amrita Mathur, VP of Marketing at Superside, talks about how to build a bulletproof marketing-led growth strategy. In the B2B tech and SaaS world, it is uncommon for marketing to have a seat in the decision-making process from day one. Superside challenged the status quo and prioritized marketing from their startup days which resulted in hyper-growth for the company. Today, Amrita discusses marketing's growth-led playbook.
About the speaker

Amrita Mathur

Superside

 - Superside

Amrita is VP of Marketing at Superside

Show Notes

  • 02:14
    Marketing led growth from start up to hyper growth
    Amrita had the challenge of creating an efficient go-to-market strategy with limited resources. By conducting experiments to identify the most effective approach, marketing was able to play a significant role in leading the company's hyper-growth
  • 04:29
    Driving growth when you are sales led vs product led
    In a product-led company, the product is the primary driver of growth. In Supersides case, the marketing team has a lot of influence on the product and basically molds the product to fit the market, which is how other marketing teams typically operate.
  • 09:09
    Why Superside prioritized marketing from day one
    The decision to prioritize marketing was a result of the experimentation with messaging and the tweaking of the product to better serve its target audience. Because of the confidence in the potential of the product, they wanted to invest in marketing from day one.
  • 11:36
    The marketing playbook for early stage startup growth
    In the early stages of a startup, market research is critical. Supersides approach consisted of forming hypotheses based on usage data, identifying buyer personas, and conducting interviews with potential customers to gain valuable insights for their go-to-market strategy.

Quotes

  • "There are two worlds, the product-led world, and the sales-led world. In our situation, we're a sales-led company." -Amrita Mathur, Marketing VP, Superside

  • "Most early-stage startups don't hire a VP of Marketing on day one. I think that's the difference with Superside." -Amrita Mathur, Marketing VP, Superside

  • "Even if you don't know your TAM right away, having a good understanding of what could be the size of this market from day one, if we played our cards right, is helpful." -Amrita Mathur, Marketing VP, Superside

About the speaker

Amrita Mathur

Superside

 - Superside

Amrita is VP of Marketing at Superside

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