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Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself

Bush Wes

"Product-Led Growth is about helping your customers experience the ongoing value your product provides...and this book shows you how it's done." - Nir Eyal, Author of "Hooked" and "Indistractible"

"As captivating as a good novel, Product-Led Growth is an absolute must-read for SaaS business owners." - Omar Zenhom, CEO, WebinarNinja

"Why did I just blow $300K promoting a whitepaper?"

That's the hard question I asked myself but couldn't answer--after all, we were just following the same old SaaS playbook. Sure, sales cycles were long and acquisition was expensive, but that's how everybody grew their companies.

But after I helped launch a freemium product that went from 0-100K users in less than 12 months, I realized the traditional way of selling software was deeply flawed.

Hi, I'm Wes Bush, founder of the Product-Led Institute. And in Product-Led Growth, I show you how you can cut your acquisition costs and scale further than you ever thought possible...by making your product the tool that helps you acquire, convert, and retain customers.

But what does it mean to be "product-led"? How do you know if a product-led growth strategy makes sense for your business? And most importantly, how do you execute it?

You'll find answers to all of these questions inside this book. In addition, I'll also show you:



  • How to save 3-6 months of development and hundreds of thousands of dollars by launching a free trial in 24 hours--and why you should do it (Ch. 10)


  • Which HUGE mistake ProfitWell's Patrick Campbell says can "kill your growth and set you up for long-term failure"...and how to avoid making it (Ch. 8)


  • Which of the 4 most common SaaS pricing strategies is the ONLY one with long-term viability (Ch. 9)


  • What the "Triple-A" sprint cycle is and how to use it to build a sustainable growth process--in just 1 month (Ch. 12)


  • How to stop paying customers from slipping away (Ch. 15)


  • The 3 apocalyptic "tidal waves" that are coming for SaaS companies--and what you MUST do to survive them (Ch. 1)


  • How to make free trial and freemium users hunger to upgrade to paid (Ch. 9)


  • The single biggest cause of leaky funnels and how to fix it, fast (Ch. 10)


  • Which 7 people you need in your "tiger team" to run a successful product-led growth team (Ch. 11)


  • The #1 thing to improve right now to maximize your customer lifetime value (Ch. 14)


Product-Led Growth also comes packed with "do this, not that" real-life examples from the industry's biggest brands--as well as a collection of high-converting email scripts you can customize and send out immediately to turn more users into customers.


So if you are a SaaS founder, key decision-maker, or marketer wondering what your next strategic step should be, order your copy of Product-Led Growth today.


"This is one of my favorite books of 2019." - Zeno Roch, Chief Product Office, Liferay Cloud


"A must-read book for SaaS founders, especially if you have a self-serve SaaS." - Kaloyan Yankulov, Encharge


"This book is epic. If you want to know more about how to build a product-led business, you need to read this. Go. Buy. It. Now." - James Gill, CEO, GoSquared

Book Details

  • Publisher: Product-Led Institute
  • Publish Date: May 28th, 2019
  • Pages: 276
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.75in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9781777119317
  • Categories: EntrepreneurshipCorporate Finance - Venture CapitalConsumer Behavior - General

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Praise for this book

"The future of growth belongs to product-led companies. At HubSpot, we realized this a few years ago, which is why we disrupted our own business model before anyone else could."

- Kieran Flanagan, VP of Marketing, HubSpot

"Product-Led Growth is about helping your customers experience the ongoing value your product provides. It is a critical step in successful product design and this book shows you how it's done."

- Nir Eyal, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

"The future of growth is product-led. Data shows that companies leveraging a Product-Led Growth strategy perform better on average - faster growth, higher margins, lower burn and stronger valuation multiples. Product-Led Growth will soon become the norm, making it table stakes for SaaS companies that want to win in their markets. What is your company doing to adapt to the product led growth revolution?"

- Blake Bartlett, Partner, OpenView

"Product-Led Growth changes how companies grow because it brings a focus on how the product you've built can help you acquire more customers. Customer acquisition doesn't just become something marketing is focused on, the responsibilities for acquiring great customers expands to the product team as well."

- Hiten Shah, Co-Founder of FYI, Product Habits and Crazy Egg