Elena Verna (Dropbox) Analyzes Airtable's Shift to Enterprise and Slack's Product Roadmap

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This week, Unsolicited Feedback welcomes Elena Verna - the OG of PLG, former SVP growth at Survey Monkey, and renowned PLG advisor to Miro, Amplitude and MongoDB. Now, she’s the Interim Head of Growth at Dropbox, and trust us, you’re not going to want to miss what she has to say as today’s trio: Discuss what it takes to be a solopreneur expert (starts immediately) Battle it out with AI-written PLG trivia (starts at 9:30) Debate whether Airtable’s shift to enterprise is a disaster in the making (starts at 19:54) Evaluate Slack’s move to multi-product-company with new workflow tools and AI features (59:06) This uncovers a deeper conversation around the dangers of betting on a single growth loop. Airtable's Shift to Enterprise Airtable's CEO has announced a shift to enterprise, which has caused concern for Elena and Fareed. Why? The word "SHIFT." Growth loops hit plateaus. When that happens, you need to layer other growth loops on top, not shift away from the plateaued loop. It seems from the announcement that this isn't a layering of enterprise on top of PLG, but rather a shift away from PLG. It's likely that many enterprise wins were a result of Airtable's PLG motion.

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