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10 mistakes I made in my first head of marketing job
Candidly sharing some of the mistakes I made early in my leadership career so you can avoid them.
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The power of pain
How to drive growth by leverage customer pain for positioning and messaging
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B2B startups — B2C has something to tell you.
Insights from marketers from Assembled, Grammarly, Atlassian, and DocuSign who have done both B2B and B2C.
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Reflections on one year of First Impression
What I learned from starting First Impression a year ago, plus, some of my favorite Substack posts.
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Why your CMO wants to quit your startup
Top reasons founders lose their head of marketing and how to keep them.
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Positioning at different stages of PMF
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The art and science of great customer interviews - Part I
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What if the problem you are solving is not that urgent?
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Why your CMO wants to quit your startup
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B2B startups need to build a brand now more than ever
Top brand myths busted with examples from Notion, Deel, Maze, Twilio, and Stripe.
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What if the problem you are solving is not that urgent?
How to position, brand, and market a product that is solving a significant but not urgent problem.
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Are you solving the right problem?
How to define a problem, why it matters, and traps to avoid.
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Positioning at different stages of PMF
When is the right time to do positioning work? How soon is too soon? When to reposition, and more.
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Redefining success
Reflections on defining success authentically to align with our core positioning
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Shaping product and marketing with customer insights- Part II
How Loom, Duolingo, Uber, DocSend, and Webflow leveraged user insights.
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The art and science of great customer interviews - Part I
How to listen for what your customers are not telling you.
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Differentiation: The beating heart of strong positioning
How to stand out, be relevant and authentic while staying true to your essence.
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How do you know if your startup has a positioning problem?
Key symptoms that don't announce themselves and how to recognize them.
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First Impression
A marketing newsletter for early-stage startups. Hema Padhu led marketing @ Honeybook, DocSend, Abstract, Maze, OctoML, and more.
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