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We wanted to round out another great season of BUILD with a recap of key learnings from all of our guests. 

We wanted to round out another great season of BUILD with a recap of key learnings from all of our guests. We had an incredible roundup of executives from thought-leading companies join us to share their candid points of view on everything from GTM and product strategy, organizational design to optimizing productivity and more.

Season 8 Recap *Bonus Episode*

Season 8 Recap

Our guests have been where you are and know what it takes to make it big in the world of SaaS. 

Join OpenView as we talk to founders and operators about everything from who to hire to how to price your product. 

BUILD products. BUILD teams. BUILD your company. 

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Brian Balfour has seen, been responsible for, and taught exponential user growth since the early 2000s. Learn why he thinks growth shouldn’t be a function at a company, why product growth is like the game Battleship, and a whole lot more.

What You Should Know About Exponential User Growth

After Nir Eyal wrote the B2B product bible, "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" in 2013, he turned his attention toward how to break habits—bad ones. 

Listen in to hear Nir explain why our distraction isn't just a tech problem, the myth of ego depletion, and whole lot more. 

Nir Eyal's Take on Getting Stuff Done Without Distraction

Thinking about your valuation? You should talk to Sean Fanning—our very own Director of Corporate Development. Learn why Sean believes everything is valued on cash flow (eventually), 6 metrics every company should key in on and more. 

 SaaS Metrics: Making Tradeoffs to Maximize Enterprise Value

Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Zeit, is a big believer in 2 contradictory ideas. First: To create a successful business, you have to create a ton of customer value that’s both viral and distributed (open source is great for this). Second: But successful open source projects need to have a strong backing and foundation—not just code submitted ad-hoc. Learn how Guillermo rectifies those ideas into Zeit’s strategy for building a successful open source business—and community.

 Zeit on Monetizing an Open Source Project Without Killing Your Community

Camille Ricketts, Head of Marketing at Notion, is building a B2B brand that embodies honesty and humility.
Learn why Camille is prioritizing cleverness over efficiency, her marketing strategy for the End User Era, and more.

 Notion’s Roadmap for Building a Winning Brand

Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO of Superhuman, puts his stake in the ground that game design philosophy is integral for building B2B products. 

Learn the differences between gamification and game design (the gap between them is huge), the scientifically-backed reason why Superhuman sometimes purposefully makes email harder, and more. 

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Ariel Winton

VP, OpenView