Scale to Sale: Stories from Salesforce ISV founders
A podcast series where James Gasteen (former ISV founder and CEO of Unaric) talks to Salesforce ISV founders at various stages of their entrepreneurial journey - from those just starting out to founders with serial ISV exits.
Scale to Sale: Stories from Salesforce ISV founders
Win New Logos Through Customer Success
In this episode, James is joined by Lorenzo Frattini, founder and CEO of Clayton, who shares his journey into the Salesforce world and how he identified the need for his company. Clayton helps companies reduce risk and improve agility in Salesforce implementation programs. Clayton finds flawed code, written by humans or generative AI, twice as accurately as any code scanner.
Takeaways
- Clayton helps companies reduce risk and improve agility in Salesforce implementation programs.
- Marketing strategies that have worked well for Clayton include content creation and engaging with the audience.
- The primary buyer persona for Clayton is the enterprise buyer in charge of Salesforce, but SIs also value the technology.
- Customer success is a key focus for Clayton, and they prioritize building a strong relationship with their customers.
- The future of the Salesforce ISV app ecosystem is expected to be more crowded, but there are opportunities for disruptors to stand out.
- Advice for founders includes focusing on the right problem, building the right team, and getting the technology foundations right.
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Background
04:55
Acquiring the First Customers
09:52
Buyer Persona and Customer Success
14:30
Challenges of Bootstrapping
25:06
The Future of Salesforce and Advice for Founders
If you are a Salesforce ISV founder with an interesting story to tell, we'd love to hear from you. Send us an email to podcast@unaric.com and we'll be in touch.