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SaaStr 2018: Rob Bernshteyn – Lessons Learned Redefining a Really Big Category with Coupa

February 6, 2018 by Hoala Greevy

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After attending Justin Kan’s presentation, “Why I Now Love B2B More Than B2C”, I hustled over to Studio B at SaaStr 2018 to hear a fireside chat with Rob Bernshteyn and Jason Lemkin.

Rob Bernshteyn is CEO of Coupa, a cloud platform for business spend management (BSM).

Here are my takeaways from Rob Bernshteyn and Jason Lemkin’s fireside chat:

  • Coupa was founded 10 years ago. Currently has 600 customers and 1,000 employees. Went public 13 months ago (NASDAQ: COUP).
  • Rob: “Our #1 competitor is ourselves.”
  • Spirit of execution drives the company and gives it competitive edge.
  • If you’re able to deliver value for a customer, you should be able to keep them forever (customer for life).
  • Focus on delivering indisputable value to your customers.
  • Rob is big on Value as a Service.
  • Rob: “Customer success is not an afterthought for us.”
  • Don’t react to investor sentiment.
  • Coupa is cash flow positive and high growth.
  • According to Rob Bernshteyn, Coupa still struggles with brand awareness.
  • Coupa IPO was primarily done as a stamp of legitimacy and to build market awareness.
  • Coupa: C is for comprehensive, O is for open, U is for user centricity, P is fr prescriptive, A is for accelerated.
  • Coupa defines value for the customer at the pre-sale stage.
  • “The mindset has to be remove any barrier to friction.”
  • Have vision lock with the prospect. In other words, what is the business impact our solution will have on your organization?
  • “How will we know in 100 days from now if we’ve achieved our goal?” (great framing question)
  • I got the feeling Rob is a big fan of the book, “Crossing the Chasm.” He mentioned the term early majority customers several times.

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About Hoala Greevy

Hoala Greevy is the Founder CEO of Paubox. Kayak fishing (sometimes diving) when time permits.

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