Demand pull is outrunning the plan for one still-small offering, and the company is visibly re-pointing itself at it
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes an identifiable offering/initiative that is still a smaller part of overall results, with both: (1) customer response running ahead of what company prepared for, and (2) company responding now by putting more behind it. Scan transcript for such an offering. Possible candidates: new languages, channel partner network, integrations (Zoom, Vimeo), Universal Reporting, Asana Partners, etc. But need to see if management explicitly says demand exceeds preparation and they are scaling up now. Look for phrases like "exceeded", "ahead of", "more than we expected", "we are investing", "hiring", "expanding" in response to demand. In the transcript, Dustin mentions "We are seeing record top of funnel volume" and "rapid expansions". Chris mentions "record top of funnel growth". But that's overall business, not a specific small offering. There is mention of "Channel Partner Network" and "new languages". Chris says: "the channel side, the sort of two focused investment areas there; one is continued focus on our technology and integration partners... And on the channel side in the regions, the program continues to grow quickly. We are seeing particular traction from our enterprise focused channel partners. The channel network is across 75 countries. It’s a growing and important part of our business. It’s not yet like a material part of the business, but it’s definitely bearing fruit." That indicates it's small relative to total business. But does management say customer response is running ahead of what they prepared for? They say "growing quickly", "particular traction", "bearing fruit" but not explicitly that it exceeded expectations or that they are scaling up capacity in response. They mention "we are aggressively hiring around the world on the sales and go-to-market teams" but that's general, not specifically for channel. Another candidate: "Asana for Zoom" integration. Dustin says "I am also excited about our deep integration with Zoom... Asana for Zoom leads to better meetings..." No mention of demand exceeding preparation. "Universal Reporting" - Dustin says "We’ve seen a lot of excitement, especially around Universal Reporting. So we’re actually just diving into some stats in the past few weeks. And our largest customers, in each of them, we see hundreds of dashboards being created and shared.
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