the situation
a founder running product, sales, and customer success at the same time. a growing customer base at the stage where onboarding, reporting, and product direction all needed to be built out.
what i did
- streamlined and automated parts of the customer implementation process. kickoff workflows, hubspot configuration
- configured hubspot for ~10 customers. workflows, dashboards, and reporting using impactpilot data
- built a help center in helpscout with loom-based onboarding guides and training sequences
- created automated quarterly value reports. one button generates reports for all customers, showing usage, engagement, and cost savings
- ran product strategy sessions with the founder. rethought user flows, feature prioritization, and positioning across different customer use cases
- helped draft the plan toward funding
the result
- onboarding structured and automated
- quarterly value reports fully automated. one button generates reports for all customers, showing usage, engagement, and cost savings
- founder with clear processes, a working hubspot instance, and a grounded product direction
- identified that the next step was a dedicated full-time CSM as the customer base grew