Nick Schwinghamer

Product & Growth Leader, Former Director @ Shopify

Ottawa, Canada (-05:00 UTC) Englishfrom Edmonton, Canada
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Free
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30 min
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141 reviews / 164 sessions
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Nick was fantastic from start to finish. Nick responded to our help request incredibly promptly, and we proceeded to have a call within just a few days. On the call, Nick crammed more insights and valuable experiences into 30 minutes than I could ever possibly have wished for. Nick single-handedly saved us hours of trawling Youtube videos, reading blog posts, and scratching our heads. Not to mention, Nick is friendly, humble, and takes time to listen to your needs to make sure the call is maximally valuable for both sides. Can't recommend enough!

James

I had a game-changing call with Nick, a Growthmentor who introduced me to a completely new approach that has transformed our approach and marching plan. I can't express enough how grateful I am for his insights. Nick's approach was like a breath of fresh air. He provided a unique perspective that I hadn't considered before, and it was a true game changer for our startup. His innovative strategies allowed us to instantly enter the market with confidence. What impressed me the most was Nick's ability to understand our specific needs and tailor his advice accordingly. He took the time to learn about our business, challenges, and goals, which made his insights even more relevant and valuable. In conclusion, my call with Nick was nothing short of extraordinary. His new approach has given us the tools and confidence to enter the market with a bang. If you're looking for a Growthmentor who can offer fresh perspectives and game-changing strategies, Nick is the person you need to connect with. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with him, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for our business.

Marc Nieding

Nick was the first Growthmentor I’ve had a session with and it was awesome. It completely surpassed my expectations. Nick was friendly, listened to my situation and delivered focussed responses and insights from his own experiences. He had given me a laser focussed go to market strategy. I’ve been with a tech accelerator for 5 months and Nick delivered more value in the 30 minute session. I highly recommend Nick. Thanks for the session.

Neil Henshaw

Bio

Being an entrepreneur and building something great is hard. Let me help you. I've been lucky enough to lead teams through all stages of growth, from inception, to finding product-market fit, to scaling success and maintaining market leadership and have learned a ton along the way. My roles have spanned technical (engineering and product management), as well as more business focused (growth, partnerships and operations) positions, giving me a good understanding of the numerous challenges faced by a wide range of companies. Some of the things I'd love to help you with include: - Product strategy (what to build and for who) - Go to market strategy (how to get adoption for what you build) - Operations strategy (how to support the daily needs of what you've built) - Setting KPIs and understanding opportunities through data - Building a team and helping them thrive - Attracting developers to build on your APIs - Leadership development I love deeply understanding problems and helping motivated people break through their challenges and achieve their goals, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you. Book some time with me today, and let's chat!

Expertise

  • Building a team

    I've managed teams in person and remotely all over the world since 2010. Whether you're wondering when the time is right to make a key hire, how to interview potential candidates or how to get a team to perform to their full potential, I can help. I've always loved mentoring a team and helping them grow and succeed and would be happy to share those learnings.

  • Go to market strategy

    In my career I've help bring numerous products to market, focused on driving user awareness, adoption and success. I've launched brand new products, every size of feature update and helped migrate hundreds of thousands of customers to new solutions quickly and effectively to technical and non-technical audiences. From full fledged, multi-faceted campaigns to pricing models and marketing tactics and everything in between - let's dive in.

  • Growth marketing

    I've had experience directly implementing growth strategies from the most unscalable custom outreach, to SEO, PPC, partnerships and content marketing, and have also managed teams doing the same.

  • Product analytics

    I LOVE data. In all my roles, I've always been keenly interested in understanding things from a quantitate perspective and have learned a ton. I have lots of experience talking about KPIs, how to measure success, analyzing product analytics to look for opportunities and building data into team culture.

  • Product management

    Building products that solve problems is something I've always loved. I was trained as an engineer and have a builder mindset, but have spent a good chunk of my career as a product manager or working closely with the product teams around me. I love talking roadmaps, features, user journey's, how to pitch new ideas to get buy in, working cross functionally, how to measure success and more.

  • Remote work

    I've worked remotely full time for the past couple years now, as many people have. Even before that, though, I was managing remote teams for years. Building engagement, a strong team culture and using tools that make getting work done easy in a remote environment isn't easy, but I'd be happy to help.

  • Venting frustration

    Let's face it - we all have bad days. If you need someone to vent to, are looking for some fresh perspective or want a quick gut check before you put your plan into action, I'm here for you.

Toolkit

  • Trello logo

    Trello

    14 years of experience

    I've used Trello for years across numerous teams as a lightweight way to stay organized and coordinate between multiple people. Great for simple stuff like to-do tracking, to pipeline monitoring, feature development flows and more.

Industries

  • Marketplace

    Experience building a marketplace to connect people who create 3D printable files to people with 3D printers, experience building an online education platform targeted at course creators and experience in the e-commerce saas space with Shopify.

  • E-Commerce Platforms

    Worked at Shopify for 4.5 years, and understand broad market dynamics and trends, as well as the developer ecosystem of apps and agencies operating around ecommerce.

  • E-Learning

    Thinkific and Shopify were both Saas companies and the majority of my major learnings in growth occurred at those two companies. They are both platforms with really diverse target markets.

Experience

  • Thinkific

    VP of Product
    •thinkific.com/

    Joined the now publicly traded company in their early stages as the first hire in Product Management. - Oversaw product roadmap working closely with CEO, COO and CTO to define company strategy - Implemented process and tooling for customer feedback and roadmap planning - Built KPI dashboards to track progress across multiple departments - Defined and managed product development flow to increase velocity and clarity (from scoping, to UX, engineering, QA and launch) - Competitive landscape research and customer interviews to identify key opportunities and customer pain points

    SaaSB2BEdTech

  • Pinshape (acquired)

    Co-Founder, Head of Product, Head of Growth
    •pinshape.com/

    As Co-Founder/COO of Pinshape, a Silicon Valley-backed company, I lead many areas of the business, performing as both Head of Product and Head of Growth. Together with my two co-founders, we successfully grew Pinshape from a part-time side project, into a team of experts and one of the most respected and loved 3D printing communities in the world in the span of 2 years. In my position I created a data-driven culture through the use of analytics and lean methodologies, fostering a mutual respect for all ideas and a focus on results.

    B2CE-Commerce

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