OPEXEngine
MAY 19, 2020
A higher cost of capital will put pressure on capital spending, so if companies want to invest in technology, growth opportunities or acquisitions, the time is now. They cut R&D across the board, scaled back on sales and marketing activities, laid off valuable talent and ruled out acquisitions. Downturns upend the playing field.
OpenView Labs
APRIL 16, 2020
You were SVP of Business Strategy at Macromedia as the dot-com bubble burst and the economy halted after 9/11. Tom: I was at Macromedia at the time, and we were right in the middle of the largest acquisition we’d ever done. We came out with new products, new branding, new packaging, new GTM, new business models.
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ProfitWell
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
And as one of the first sectors to adopt the subscription business model, they have always empathized with the value of providing engaging experiences to readers. We’re seeing yet another example of the subscription model making it happen. We’ve had a lot of good insight come our way lately, and we’re all ears for more.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Join Qualtrics Co-Founder and CEO alongside SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin as Ryan reflects on the survey software maker’s acquisition by SAP this year. Ryan Smith: The backstory here is we turned down an acquisition offer for $500 million in 2012. I mean we targeted the academic market, which is a horrible business model.
SaaStr
JULY 20, 2021
Think of the business model behind being an independent board member. A possible one is because that’s their business model now. That’s actually not their business model at all. The VC business model is they get paid when they invest. They sell their time.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
About the episode: Tien Tzuo is the Founder and CEO of Zuora, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies that has been at the forefront of the rise of subscription business models. They have funding from some of the best in the business including the likes of Benchmark, Sequoia, Redpoint and Marc Benioff, just to name a few.
Point Nine Land
OCTOBER 22, 2019
For Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau, the lightbulb moment that led to the creation of Clio came out of a casual conversation they had in 2007 with the director of practice standards at the Law Society of British Columbia, an organization that can be compared in function to the National Bar Association in the U.S. Again, this was 2007.
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