customer success

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Hatem Shafiq · across every show →

Everything said about customer success, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Shafiq: Early-stage companies either severely under-invest or over-invest in customer success
“One thing I learned is companies that are younger tend to be on the extreme ends. Either they're not investing enough in customer success because they're like, what is this? I don't understand this. Is this just support? We have the sales team to actually go c…”
Hatem Shafiq Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:43 a16z Podcast | The Rise of the CCO
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Shafiq: Pure customer obsession without structured financial models fails at scale
“So, not having a proper model and just, I'm customer obsessed, so I'm just doing it, doesn't really work at scale.”
Hatem Shafiq Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:48 a16z Podcast | The Rise of the CCO
Jul 18, 2025 negative
Opinion
Wu: Traditional Customer Success roles fail to justify cost in usage SaaS
“I think in a lot of cases, the role of CS is really much thinner than you would otherwise have. I think you really do want a team who's deeply embedded in the success of the company, but most CS folks on the label Aren't doing enough to justify that.”
Scott Wu Jul 18, 2025 ▶ 21:12 Tech Executives: AI Has Changed SaaS Forever (Don't Fall Behind)
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