DiscoverPrivate Equity Value Creation PodcastEp. 86: How To SaaS Team | Turning Marketing into a Growth Engine for PE-Backed Companies
Ep. 86: How To SaaS Team | Turning Marketing into a Growth Engine for PE-Backed Companies

Ep. 86: How To SaaS Team | Turning Marketing into a Growth Engine for PE-Backed Companies

Update: 2025-08-21
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In this episode, Shiv Narayanan sits down with members of the How To SaaS client services team to talk about the most common marketing challenges inside PE-backed portfolio companies—and how to solve them.


Chief Client Officer Farhad Chikhliwala, VP of Marketing Taylor Moore and Director of Marketing Tatiana Morand discuss why poor tracking and misaligned spend can drain ROI, how to prioritize the right order of operations for go-to-market, the role of the CMO as a “custodian of investment” and how to align team structure with the investment thesis. Tune in to hear about overlooked growth levers like upsell and cross-sell, how to find 20–40% efficiency in existing spend and how to balance AI adoption with the marketing fundamentals that still drive enterprise value.

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Ep. 86: How To SaaS Team | Turning Marketing into a Growth Engine for PE-Backed Companies

Ep. 86: How To SaaS Team | Turning Marketing into a Growth Engine for PE-Backed Companies

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