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No, You Shouldn't Build Integrations

No, You Shouldn't Build Integrations

The new, younger SaaS buyer has grown up in world of integrated products and services in their personal lives, and now expect the same in the world of work.

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Good App Marketplace/Bad App Marketplace

Good App Marketplace/Bad App Marketplace

I've spent way too much time analysing and evaluating over 100 App Marketplaces - the mature ones, the new ones, the large ones, the small ones.

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The Seamless Integration of Apps, Integrations, and AI

The Seamless Integration of Apps, Integrations, and AI

G2 just released their May '24 State of Software report, and it includes some fantastic nuggets on the momentum of AI adoption.

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Why Marketplaces Are the Future of SaaS Go-to-Market

Why Marketplaces Are the Future of SaaS Go-to-Market

"Never before have SaaS companies spent SO MUCH for SO LITTLE!"

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The HubSpot App Partner Program: Why We Eliminated Tiers

The HubSpot App Partner Program: Why We Eliminated Tiers

When I joined HubSpot in November 2018 to lead the HubSpot Connect Partner Program, Scott Brinker had a pretty big initial "ask" for me.

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Do Marketplaces Really Drive 15% of B2B Partner Leads?

Do Marketplaces Really Drive 15% of B2B Partner Leads?

Most App Marketplaces launched in the last 5 years. Co-Marketing has been a core component of partnerships since... well, ever.

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How to Make Your First Product Partnerships Hire

How to Make Your First Product Partnerships Hire

Heres's a real challenge for SaaS leaders: where to start when hiring someone to manage integration-focused partnerships.

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Cycle acquire 80% of their customers through App Marketplaces. Here's how.

Cycle acquire 80% of their customers through App Marketplaces. Here's how.

Cycle's founder Mehdi Boudoukhane recently sat down with Anna Nadeina, Head of Growth for saas.group, to chat about Cycle's journey.

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Always be launching (in App Marketplaces)

Always be launching (in App Marketplaces)

Once your listing has dropped off that "newly added" list, how can you stay top of mind with potential customers?

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Saturated ecosystems are a myth

Saturated ecosystems are a myth

Around 2013, a few years after Facebook launched our Ads API, we started to hear concerning feedback from some of our earliest partners.

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Make it hard for Platform Partnerships teams to ignore you

Make it hard for Platform Partnerships teams to ignore you

There's a common misperception that App Marketplaces and their partner ecosystems are small, elite clubs.

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Sell the way platform customers like to buy

Sell the way platform customers like to buy

In early 2019, during my first few months at HubSpot, we held a "Connect Partner Day" at our HQ in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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