Leah Tharin

Product led growth and product led sales operator who publishes ProducTea

Why they're worth your time

Her core argument is that PLG and sales are not opposing camps, and her product led sales material is the clearest published account of how a self serve funnel hands qualified accounts to reps. She is also willing to say out loud when a company should not do PLG at all.

Background

Leah Tharin has run growth and product functions in B2B SaaS from early stage to past 100 million dollars in ARR, including as CPGO and later board member at GotPhoto and head of product at Jua. She writes Leah's ProducTea, a newsletter on product, growth and scaling with tens of thousands of subscribers, hosts the ProducTea podcast, and teaches product led growth and product led sales on Maven. She advises B2B leadership teams and evaluates growth motions for venture and private equity funds.

Known for

PLG Retention & expansion Sales process

Where they're public

Their own channels. Read the work first.

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