Lenny’s Podcast106 min
Hila Qu · Apr 2, 2023
Key learnings- Treat PLG as data-led growth: free products should yield broader reach plus usage data showing which features correlate with…
- Most companies end up running both PLG and sales motions; start PLG early because retrofitting it into a sales-led organization…
- Commit for a year or two and don't mistake simply opening a free trial for a PLG strategy; it requires redesigning activation…
Lenny’s NewsletterAug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024 · 18 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyHila Qu, a growth advisor and former GitLab and Acorns growth leader, walks through how B2B companies can add a product-led growth (PLG) motion alongside sales. Her core argument is that PLG and sales are complementary…
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 232
Jan 10, 2023 · 20 min
Hila Qu, a former VP of growth at Acorns and PLG lead at GitLab, lays out a practical guide to starting a product-led growth motion for B2B SaaS. The piece argues that PLG is not just a feature set but a go-to-market…
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Aug 22, 2023 · 17 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyThe post offers a step-by-step guide to hiring and structuring a first growth team, drawing on interviews with a dozen growth practitioners. It argues growth should follow product-market fit, that acquisition is usually…
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Jan 17, 2023 · 12 min
Part two of a PLG guide by Hila Qu covers the fourth and fifth steps of launching a product-led growth motion: setting up infrastructure and tooling, then building the team. The core argument is that PLG is…