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What are some considerations for launching something new for your company in a highly saturated, competitive market?

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  1. Alex Rodrigues
    Alex Rodrigues

    Superhuman Head of Marketing & Growth | Formerly Google, Plaid, early Venmo • 3mo

    Be laser-focused on who you're building for, leverage social proof, and build in public to create hype and pull demand before broad availability. Key strategies: 1. **Laser focus on the customer**: Know exactly who you're building for, what their challenges are, and how you solve them. The platform/ecosystem element is important — there may already be lock-in with existing product users. 2. **Building in public**: Run alphas and betas, and find big voices (e.g., people with large Twitter followi ...Read More

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  2. Bhavika Thakkar
    Bhavika Thakkar

    Microsoft Sr. Director of Product Marketing & Growth- Copilot | Formerly Adobe, GoDaddy, Xero • 3mo

    Focus on ecosystem differentiation and business model differentiation as your two key pillars when launching in a saturated market. Two main pillars: 1. **Ecosystem differentiation**: When the product as a standalone doesn't hold its own against established competitors, the ecosystem or collection of user journeys and features makes a stronger story. For example, at Adobe, the differentiation wasn't the stock marketplace product itself, but the ecosystem it lived in and its connections with othe ...Read More

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  3. Chandra Patel
    Chandra Patel

    Salesforce Senior Director of Product Marketing • 3mo

    Always anchor on differentiation ('why is doing it here better?'), align your go-to-market stakeholders early, hone your ICP, and use pilot customers to build real customer stories. Key considerations: 1. **Differentiation**: Always ask, 'Why is doing it here better?' This ties back to the ecosystem point — big company or small, differentiation has to be front and center. 2. **Stakeholder alignment**: Ensure alignment across go-to-market distribution and product leadership. Spend the right time ...Read More

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