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Product-led growth is really data-led growth. You give away your free product in exchange for distribution AND insights into how users use it. Without data, you're flying blind.

PLG is not product-only — it's product-led. You still use email, sales calls, docs, and forums to activate users. The product just does the heavy lifting.

The most common PLG mistake: companies skip buying an experimentation tool and jump straight into building one. Building an experimentation platform requires not just engineering but data science and statistical expertise. Don't reinvent the wheel.

Many B2B companies are significantly lacking in product analytics—watching product usage closely is less important when you sell via human touch. But without strong product analytics, PLG will never work.

B2B PLG has 4 aha moments — not one: 1. The user aha moment 2. The team aha moment 3. The buyer aha moment 4. The paid-customer aha moment Most companies only optimize for #1.

Facebook's '7 friends in 10 days' aha moment doesn't translate to B2B PLG. At GitLab, the real moment was '2+ users collaborating on 2+ features within 14 days' — a team metric, not an individual one.