Steve LaChance is an award-winning leader, writer, and speaker focused on taking the mystery out of strategic growth marketing, making it accessible to businesses of all sizes. With over two decades in business development, Steve has launched, scaled, and sold multiple businesses of his own. An experienced go-to-market leader specializing in quantifiable market and customer discovery, he practices and teaches others how to drive growth through authenticity, credibility, and empathy. Steve is the founder of discernr, which delivers product-market fit tools and strategies for accelerated product-led growth solutions.
"""Steve LaChance shows readers how to implement a winning PLG motion. He's up front when PLG isn't the best choice, and he demonstrates how credibility is the key to success. Buy this book-this guy knows what the f**k he's talking about."" -Tyler Shields, ten-time board advisor and CMO at JupiterOne ""Steve is hands down one of the best marketing leaders I have worked for in my twelve-plus years in the content marketing world-full stop. Apart from his marketing talents, I'm also continuously impressed by his outstanding leadership abilities. Steve's dedication, support, trust, and encouragement of his team (even those outside of the marketing umbrella) is unparalleled."" -Rilee Smith, Director of Content Marketing at Nucleus Security ""The notion that marketing and product-led growth are at odds is disproven in Steve LaChance's timely and necessary book. A roadmap for businesses to build trust and credibility with their customers and internal stakeholders sets the foundation for sustainable growth, success, and innovation."" -Irene Bratsis, Director of Digital Product and Data at International WELL Building Institute ""I've heard hundreds of marketers, and Steve on PLG is the best. Every sentence was a takeaway with zero platitudes."" -Alan Hirsch, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Contentware ""I've been building and executing product-led growth strategies for years and it's been hard to find good resources. I wish I had met Steve LaChance of discernr earlier. If you're considering or in the early stages of building a product-led approach, you should check this out."" -Mikala Vidal, Vice President of Marketing at Phylum ""Looking to improve your go-to-market strategy? Marketing for Product-Led Growth is the guide you need, with Steve LaChance's proven leadership and credibility insights."" -Gianna Whitver, Vice President of Marketing at Votiro, Independent Director at Scrappy Capital ""Steve LaChance is a marketing innovator and leader with a talent for crafting go-to-market strategies that drive success. His approach makes it easy for you to identify opportunities and develop effective strategies that resonate with users. I highly recommend his insights for any marketer who wants to level up their marketing!"" -Zoe Hawkins, Principal Content Manager at Sumo Logic"