Product Growth Stories

Vertical SaaS built for healthcare staffing is generating 26X ROI, here's how product-market fit in a highly regulated industry actually gets found. Featuring Patrick, Co-Founder at Kavala, a workforce management platform purpose-built for healthcare staffing optimization, backed by an exit to Okta. Jean-Michel and Patrick break down how Kavala landed its first senior living client through board relationships, why their first non-founder hire was a UI/UX designer, and how they achieved a 20% increase in staff retention by building software employees actually want to use. They also cover how COVID accelerated gig-style work in healthcare and why enterprise sales in this vertical runs through corporate headquarters, not individual facilities. šŸ„ First client came from a board member intro, not inbound or cold outbound šŸ“Š 26X ROI driven by end-user adoption, not executive mandates šŸŽØ First non-founder hire was a senior UX designer, usability as a growth lever šŸ¢ Enterprise deals close at the corporate level first, then roll out to all locations šŸ¤– Automated shift-filling removes the 24/7 on-call burden from frontline managers ā±ļø 00:00 Why Patrick co-founded Kavala after an Okta exit 03:10 Landing the first healthcare client through investor networks 06:45 Design partners and balancing custom vs. broadly applicable product 09:20 How 26X ROI and 20% staff retention were actually delivered 13:00 Why their first hire was a UX designer, not a salesperson 16:15 Trade shows as the primary pipeline channel in healthcare 19:30 How COVID forced gig-style work into healthcare staffing 23:00 Scaling from startup swarming to functional specialization 26:00 Automation's role in giving healthcare managers their lives back šŸ”„ Ready to add $1M in new revenue to your B2B company this year? Apply to Scale šŸ‘‰ https://www.rapidproductgrowth.com šŸ”— Website: https://www.rapidproductgrowth.com šŸ”— Jean-Michel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmichelthink/ #VerticalSaaS #B2BSaaS #ProductMarketFit #RapidProductGrowth #HealthcareTech

What is Product Growth Stories?

Want to scale your SaaS to the next level? Here's the exact playbook from founders who've done it.

Product Scale Stories helps B2B SaaS founders and CEOs break through growth plateaus and scale past $5M ARR. Each episode features real conversations with founders who've successfully scaled their companies, sharing the exact strategies, pivots, and lessons that drove their growth.

Hosted by Jean-Michel Moreau, CEO of Rapid Product Growth, a growth expert with 20+ years of experience in tech and SaaS companies. He helps founders scale using the Massive Feedback Method - a scientific approach to sustainable growth without burning cash on failed hires or ineffective agency relationships.

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