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Jay Nathan

Founder & Managing Partner
Across the years and a number of different functional executive roles, I have developed a customer retention and growth methodology for building, managing and scaling tech companies serving a wide range of end-markets and customer sizes.

After spending nine years with Blackbaud and a successful exit of PeopleMatter to Snagajob in 2016, I founded Customer Imperative, a purpose-driven company focused on helping B2B SaaS retain customers, grow revenue and scale customer success.

Since founding Customer Imperative, my team has worked with dozens of B2B subscription businesses to design and execute customer-centric growth plans.

In addition to being a full time entrepreneur and SaaS fanatic, I am a dedicated husband, father of three, and an active member of Seacoast Church in Mt. Pleasant, SC (just outside of Charleston). I enjoy hiking and running, and I am a 30-year student of the guitar.

While still a number of years away, my long-term ambition is to launch a Jimmy Buffett cover band. For now, B2B SaaS growth is the focus.

Check out the Gain, Grow, Retain Podcast: https://customerimperative.com/podcast/
Credentials
Appalachian State University
Walker College of Business
BS Business Administration

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Posts by Jay Nathan
Customer Insights: The devil is in the details
The journey to combine, correlate, clean, analyze and act upon customer data is never-ending. Learn More ›
Don't change. Transform.
SaaS and other services monetized via subscriptions and transactional models need transformation to survive. Learn More ›
Humans Never Get Tired of Personalized Communication
Let’s stop hammering our users with boring, tired content, and start giving them something to anticipate. Learn More ›
Why aren't you letting CSMs design the customer journey?
One challenge that we have in Customer Success organizations is retaining and growing our best individual contributors. Learn More ›
The Second Sale
The Second Sale begins immediately after the first sale is closed, and it’s a continuous flow of small wins. Learn More ›
Customers don't onboard, users do
The second sale is the one in which we convince users to attend trainings, share information and ultimately USE our product. Learn More ›
Customer Portfolio Segmentation for Customer Success Managers
Customer portfolio segmentation strategy is usually determined by size of account, industry vertical, product package purchased, or a combination of these and other factors. Learn More ›
Loss of champion as a major source of churn
Change of Sponsor/Champion can be a major source of churn. This is when the financial buyer of your service leaves the company or is promoted into another area of the business. Learn More ›
Dig deeper to understand customer churn
Disappointed, but oddly satisfied, I hung up the phone from a call with a recently-churned customer. I wasn’t satisfied that we lost a customer, but I was now armed with valuable new information that would lead to a breakthrough in our sales model. Learn More ›
Are you giving customers tools when they need solutions?
Service in the on-demand economy is not about responding when a user reports a problem; it’s about being there in advance to teach users how to get value from your product. Learn More ›
Three Killer Cs
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The Customer Success Data Gap
Too many SaaS companies deploy Customer Success Managers who capture and share anecdotes and stories instead of using data to generate insights that tell a cohesive story. Learn More ›

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