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Akshay Kerkar

Akshay Kerkar

Vice President Product Marketing, LaunchDarkly

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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
Great question! Demand Gen team tend to be bigger than PMM teams, and also have access to a lot more budget :) Modern PMM teams should consider pipeline (and ultimately r...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing4y
A few other things to consider: Your team's research needs (qual and/or quant) Any analyst-related spent (either for research reports or to engage w/ analysts) Content-...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing4y
The answer really varies by company - I have seen instances of Product Marketing, Product Management, Finance, Biz Ops, and Sales Strategy teams own pricing. In an ideal...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
The structure of the PMM team is usually a function of the size of the company and it’s GTM model. The “typical” SaaS PMM team has a set of Core PMMs that are focused on ...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
Messaging is tricky, since everyone and their uncle tends to have an opinion on messaging :) The challenge with not having a clear approval process and roles/responsibili...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
Not all launches are created equal, so it’s important to have a t-shirt sizing exercise upfront to determine how large a launch is (and hence what level of effort/mix of ...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
I must admit that design disagreements have been rare in my experience. The best way to ensure alignment is to really think of your design partner as a true partner (vs. ...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing5y
Success should be measured based on impact to the org, and in B2B Marketing that really means pipeline (and ultimately conversion to revenue). PMMs that take this “full s...
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Akshay Kerkar
LaunchDarkly Vice President Product Marketing4y
Your pricing inherently reflects the value of your products, and since competitive comparisons will inevitably come up in deals, you have to translate all your competitiv...
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Credentials & Highlights
Vice President Product Marketing at LaunchDarkly
Top Product Marketing Mentor List
Product Marketing AMA Contributor
Lives In San Francisco, California
Knows About Self-Serve Product Marketing, SMB Product Marketing, Sales Enablement, Pricing and Pa...more