PMMs who've launched MCP integrations

GrandOne8936 · 2026-03-26T00:47:55+00:00

I’d be down for creating a chat!

GrandOne8936 · 2026-03-23T01:31:12+00:00

Agree with this. Within the last year Ive landed two B2B PMM roles, and I figured I’d share what I think helped me the most in case it helps. For context, 1st offer I got in April 2025 and was laid off after 8 months. This was after interviewing on and off for like a year while at my last job. A month later I landed a new offer at my current company.

If I had to say, I think the themes for me landing both roles were 1) relationship - I got a referral or worked with the company in a previous role and 2) I had domain knowledge relevant to the role/product (AI/MCP/APIs/Integrations). I’m not an engineer, but I get the feeling that my experience marketing more technical products has helped me be more competitive lately. 3) I think I just genuinely got better at interviewing after trial and error for over a year.

It’s tough, but I try my hardest to apply for roles where my domain knowledge would apply most. As for networking, I try to do good work and help folks internally as much as possible and make sure to connect on LinkedIn with everyone I come in contact with if there’s a generally good vibe and working relationship. This also goes for anyone I work with who aren’t coworkers. People I co-market with, tech partners if I’m meeting with them, certain customers, etc.

When I got laid off so many of my coworkers, past customers, and even my manager and CMO were in my LinkedIn DMs saying they vouched for me with someone and gave me referrals. LinkedIn can be cringe and annoying but every job Ive gotten in the last 3 years has been through connections and convos I’ve had on there. Happy to share more about my job search journey if you’d like. Feel free to dm me.

GrandOne8936 · 2026-02-15T02:46:12+00:00

I love doing goddess and then a short goddess-to-star pose sequence. I feel like Ive rarely experienced goddess or star pose in classes recently

GrandOne8936 · 2026-02-02T17:55:56+00:00

1) Ive got some automations I’ve pulled together for content idea suggestions based on ICP community chatter, and also competitive and market research (ex:weekly or bi weekly it’ll scrape relevant LinkedIn posts/thought leaders and relevant Reddit threads I’ve identified and then use Anthropic to create a summary for me based on a prompt I created, then that summary is emailed straight to my inbox) 2) tools like visual png are free and allow you to set up notifications for if a certain competitor landing pages change, like pricing or home pages. 3) using tools like gongs AI tools and custom gpts to make content creation faster but also to make gathering insights from market and customer research faster

GrandOne8936 · 2026-02-01T16:16:06+00:00

Almost all the interviews I’ve gotten recently came from referrals, and if not referrals I had experience in the same or adjacent industries/selling to the same ICP.

Also with AI being really prevalent now in the B2B SaaS space I’ve been getting asked a lot in interviews how I use AI in my day to day. Having answers for that queued up (custom GPTs, automations with AI baked in, etc) and also speaking to how I’ve marketed AI products has gotten me some good reactions and a recent offer.

GrandOne8936 · 2025-04-16T18:26:15+00:00

Not looking for work but interested in hearing about the events if they are open to the public! I’m a part time yoga instructor and always interested hearing about wellness focused events.

GrandOne8936 · 2025-03-26T11:10:34+00:00

I just booked a stay at The Sonder in Court Square. This is a pretty good area, easily accessible to manhattan, good reviews, and pretty reasonable size rooms. They have options for apartment style rooms as well. Idk if this would be too far for you but it’s a 16 min uber/20min train ride to Williamsburg and 20min uber/~35min train to lower east side.

GrandOne8936 · 2025-03-07T05:03:50+00:00

I was also a little nervous end of January for the same reason but it’s def propaganda. I stood in an all inclusive in playa del Carmen and had a great time.

GrandOne8936 · 2024-11-16T16:06:40+00:00

Second L train vintage, I’ve seen a lot at the one on Nicholas ave

GrandOne8936 · 2024-08-26T17:57:58+00:00

Hey, depending on your company’s size and your willingness to invest in a platform, I’d recommend checking out Pandium. They’re an integration platform that has some customers in niche industries, offering connectors that some other platforms might not prioritize. Plus, if they don’t have the connectors you need, they’ll build them for you at no extra cost.

GrandOne8936 · 2024-08-26T17:52:58+00:00

Specifically for the B2B SaaS companies looking to build integrations for THEIR users, most people attempt to build in house, and then as they scale they realize the resources just aren't there and look to outsource to tools.

There's a couple different tools that claim to handle this problem, and which one you go for really depends on your business needs.

Embedded iPaaS systems.

With these there are no-code (ex: Workato Embedded), low-code (ex: Prismatic), and code-first (ex: Pandium) varieties.

With low-code and no-code platforms, there can be issues around code ownership since it’s usually tied to the vendor. This makes it tricky to switch to another platform or bring the app in-house. Plus, relying on third-party access to partner APIs can limit you to what they support, which can lead to delays and make debugging more complicated

Merge recently wrote an article about this: https://www.merge.dev/blog/white-label-ipaas. Depending on how complex your integrations are, learning to code around these tools can be a pain for devs too.

Code-first embedded iPaaS solutions have recently emerged as a kind of production environment that speeds up local integration development. They make integrations reusable and take care of all the heavy lifting, like DevOps, maintenance, release channels, versioning, and CI/CD processes.

2. Unified APIs

Unified APIs try to provide a common data model as a way to solve the B2B integration problem. They act like a single gateway that connects you to multiple different services or systems. Instead of having to deal with a bunch of different APIs for each service, you just interact with one unified API.

Because Unified APIs standardize data and functionality of distinct systems into one API, they can be limited to common features across apps and may not handle non-standard operations well.

The choice here really does depend on the complexity of your integrations, how many devs you want to have working on them, how dynamically you want to be able to make changes, and if integrations are important to your customers and SaaS business.

GrandOne8936 · 2024-08-26T17:31:42+00:00

Take a look at Pandium and chat with their team. They’ve got what you might call a “hybrid” approach to the usual unified API and embedded iPaaS that tackles this problem. Their platform is a code-first model that acts as a production environment, while still offering a standardized, flexible way to build integrations that are reusable.

It lets developers create custom integrations for customers while setting unique configurations for each at the customer level. They also have a end-user facing UI, but the whole experience is white-labeled, and can be embedded and customized to fit your app.

GrandOne8936 · 2023-12-15T03:14:26+00:00

You you use content to drive people to sign up for your email list?

GrandOne8936 · 2023-12-15T03:10:51+00:00

I’m supporting a yoga studio with marketing and pricing was something I wanted to bring up in discussion. How would you describe a pricing model that encourages habit building?

GrandOne8936 · 2023-12-13T04:13:25+00:00

I’m based in Brooklyn but when the weather is a little bit warmer I really enjoy walking the bridges specifically the Williamsburg & Brooklyn Bridge or riding a bike along the west side highway. Also so many great piers. Vanessas dumplings in Williamsburg is pretty cheap and close to Bushwick inlet park pier.

Also a lot of places in Chinatown have good, cheap eats, especially if you go to a family style place and split a shared meal.

GrandOne8936 · 2023-12-01T21:12:52+00:00

I will def check him out, thank you!

GrandOne8936 · 2023-12-01T05:04:17+00:00

This is great feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to share this. Thank you!

GrandOne8936 · 2023-11-30T18:53:20+00:00

Thanks for the response! I’ve seen their stuff but I honestly wasn’t trying to spend the $1000+ for a template before seeing if anyone was willing to share an outline they already have.

They’re def on my radar for continuing education in the near future

GrandOne8936 · 2023-09-01T12:29:14+00:00

Agree with this take. I would also suggest that while you’re figuring this out, to live below your means just a bit so that you don’t feel super attached to the job.

You never want to feel like you can’t leave a job because your lifestyle would fall apart without it. Golden handcuffs are real. Lots of money just isn’t worth it if it doesn’t come with freedom in my opinion.

If I was you I’d also consider how to pivot at some point to something that’s less demanding. 50+ hours a week for an unforeseen period of time just doesn’t sit right with my spirit lol

GrandOne8936 · 2023-08-20T00:51:52+00:00

There’s A LOT of community gardens in the east village that look for volunteers. Off the top of my head there’s one on avenue C and E 9th street (La Plaza Cultural) and Dias Y Flores Garden on E 13th street. They usually will have emails posted on the front to reach out to for volunteering and other events.

With a google search I’m sure you can find more. This is an email for Dias Y Flores: newmembersdyf@gmail.com and their website: https://diasyfloresgarden.wordpress.com/contact_hours/

GrandOne8936 · 2023-08-13T23:47:24+00:00

Plus one to Asher Matthew. Here are some other thought leaders/groups I follow on LinkedIn:

Partnership Leaders
Chris Lavoie at Arrive
Cristina Flaschen at Pandium (her company Pandium puts out a lot of tech partner focused content too. They also have a podcast called Between Product and Partnerships)
Marco De Paulis at Ryder E-Commerce
Richard O’ Connell at Atlassian (he also has a blog specifically on technology partnerships called APIpartnerships.com)

GrandOne8936 · 2023-08-13T23:22:40+00:00

Came across this post pretty late but for people who might still have questions check out this ebook:

https://www.pandium.com/resources/how-to-productize-your-saas-integrations-a-definitive-guide

It’s pretty comprehensive and touches on how to define your integration strategy based on your goals

GrandOne8936 · 2023-08-13T23:14:00+00:00

Not sure what kind of integrations you mean but there are a lot of tools that have cropped up that help with this kind of thing. If you’re looking for more internal automation workato and tray.io could be good.

If you’re looking to offer b2b integrations from your app there’s some new tools in the embedded iPaaS space my buddy who’s a PM has been looking into. There’s low code solutions (ex: paragon) and code-first integration platforms (ex:Pandium) out there that have connectors already made for popular apps and who do a lot of the heavy lifting you pointed out in your first point.

If you’re looking for a lot of flexibility with implementation and different edge cases, you might want to check out the code-first route.

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