Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Unlike most SaaS companies who offer a single product, LinkedIn offers three: Talent Solutions, Premium Subscriptions and Marketing Tools. Salespeople buy Premium Subscriptions to network and search on the platform. In 2007, the Premium Subscriptions generated 53% of the revenue.

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Zuora

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By Sergio Claudio, VP, Brand Experience When Zuora was founded in 2007, we had a vision that the world was […]. The post From subscription management to monetization: Evolving our brand alongside our transformation appeared first on Zuora.

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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. #2: Tien Tzuo, Founder & CEO @ Zuora Shares the $100m Question All SaaS Founders Must Ask. Episode No. Episode No.

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Stax

JULY 1, 2024

Learn More What to Look for in a Payroll Process Ease of use Payroll software shouldn’t add more time to tasks like invoicing, payroll reports, or benefits management. OnPay OnPay is a cloud-based payroll and HR solution founded in 2007. Factors to consider when choosing a payroll software include headcount, budget, and tax compliance.

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FastSpring

JUNE 12, 2019

You may recall the initial Payment Services Directive (PSD) established by the European Commission that was initially adopted in 2007, then updated in 2009 and again in 2012. The PSD was established as a legal framework that all payment service providers must adhere to in order to sell goods and services in the European Union.

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Totango

MAY 27, 2022

Customer retention: a satisfying experience of the product motivates the customer to renew their subscription. In business since 2007, Dropbox has offered users a limited amount of free storage space with the ability to upgrade to access additional space and features. By 2021, the company was pulling in $2.7 billion in revenue.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

But back to the product side, adopting PLG means creating the optimal user journey to engage the customer from the login stage onwards – seamless login, onboarding, subscriptions plans, built-in security, and support features all need to work in tandem to create the best results. Best For: Subscription Management, Billing.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Subscriptions – Recurring transactions with a fixed amount will be exempt from the second transaction forward; only the initial transaction requires SCA. In 2007, the European Commission adopted the initial Payment Services Directive (PSD). Why is it happening? million in 1998.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 17, 2021

The oldest Gen Zers turned 10 in 2007, the year Apple launched its first iPhone. Or, as consulting firm McKinsey puts it : As access becomes the new form of consumption, unlimited access to goods and services (such as car-riding services, video streaming, and subscriptions) creates value. million people worldwide used the internet.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Today, we're taking a look into the future.the future of subscriptions. Listen wherever you get podcasts: The future is subscription. Here at ProfitWell, we fully believe in the future is subscription. Tien is the CEO of Zuora —a leading company in the subscription economy (a term coined by them). The subscription impact.

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Chargify

AUGUST 6, 2019

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth. 2007: 48 customers. 2007: 15 employees. 2007:$255,000. 2008: 317 customers. 2009: 1,150 customers. 2010: 3,855 customers.

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 18, 2020

Two weeks later, they offered me a free, three-month pro subscription in this follow-up email: After my first experience with this product, any email I get from them just makes me remember how much I struggled. Captivated by what the author, a SaaS content marketing expert I respect, said of the product, I signed up for a free trial.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Adam: A lot of our listeners are going to know you best through your writing; isn’t that how Marc originally found you back in 2007? It was just such an attractive thing to work somewhere where you have an awesome group of entrepreneurs who are in it to help other entrepreneurs. Andrew: That’s right.

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 16, 2020

And we introduced a subscription business model. The suites and the subscription model have been a huge success. Let’s fast-forward to 2007/2008 when you became an EIR for Redpoint Ventures. Both of these ideas are visible at Adobe today. Did that period influence how you manage a software company?

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Revenue – Users exhibit some kind of monetization behavior, such as signing up for a paid plan or renewing their subscription. The AARRR metrics framework was first introduced in 2007 by Silicon Valley investor and founder of 500 Startups, Dave McClure. AARRR metrics framework background: Who created it and why?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Publishing, subscription & monetization tools can help build your fanbase.” a financial software company founded in 2007 and based in Southern California. Deal: “30% off your first subscription period.” Writers: World Anvil is a writing software, novel planner & worldbuilding app! Deal: “50% off your first year.”

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OPEXEngine

MAY 10, 2022

We have been asked quite a bit lately how companies navigated the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and what companies can do today to protect against a downturn. This ratio is calculated by the change in subscription revenue between Q3 and Q4, multiplied by 4, and divided by the sales and marketing spend for Q3. Source: OPEXEngine 2022.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We started the business in 2007. I recruited a classmate of mine from college and we set out to create this marketing automation product geared towards the small and mid-sized business. From a product point of view, our timing was impeccable. We sold the business in 2012. We’d been in business for five years.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. But it can be a real challenge knowing that’s what you’re doing from the outset. They noticed that a big design conference was coming to town, and all the hotels were booked.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Also, be sure there’s an email subscription option on each of your web properties. Since its launch in 2007, Dropbox has quickly become a market leader in cloud storage. These platforms provide simple templates and automated emails based on triggered events. Start an eBay Store. If you sell any type of good, you need to be on eBay.

Social Media 145

Social Media Strategy Marketing Business 145

ProfitWell

AUGUST 6, 2019

Choosing not to run ads on their platform means Netflix has to rely solely on subscriptions for their recurring revenue, which drives their price into the upper ranges of willingness to pay. Netflix is a first mover in subscription entertainment. By allowing shared logins, Netflix runs into an issue with personalization.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

And from about 2007 till 2010 we bootstrapped and built the first version of the Pluralsight you see today. My co founders and I were software developers, so we knew how to write the code, to build the website, to build the learning platform, to build the video distribution model. Our salesforce didn’t know which one to sell.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Today, we see the publishing industry as a subscription stalwart. Your top subscription news. Subscription OG. In an article on Zuora ’s blog, our friends over there remind us why the publishing industry is such a fundamental part of the subscription operation. Subscription Sapien : Tien Tzuo. Scribd + $58 million.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

SaaS vendors delivering subscriptions as well as professional services typically have gross margins between 60-70%. Better cost management of professional services for companies selling services alongside subscriptions. SaaS vendors with no professional services have the highest gross margins, typically above 80%.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Your top subscription news. In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. And that’s a wrap for your October 22 subscription news. Recruit your friends into the subscription know by sending them to recurnow.com to sign up for episodes on the daily. The pods on ecommerce. Let me know: abby@recurnow.com.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Your top subscription news. In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. And that’s a wrap for your October 9 subscription news. Recruit your friends into the subscription know by sending them to recurnow.com to sign up for episodes on the daily. The pods on ecommerce.

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SaaSHolic

MARCH 20, 2023

Nascia em 2007 outra empresa de tecnologia — chamada Zynga — que buscava agradar um público um pouco mais específico: os gamers. Que esse mercado é gigantesco, todos sabemos.

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User Pilot

JUNE 24, 2024

Loyal customers don’t just keep using your product and renewing subscriptions. Dropbox’s referral campaign Founded in 2007, Dropbox was one of the first online file storage platforms and still remains one of the key players in the cloud storage space. It gets better. Cuvama resource center built in Userpilot.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With both free plans and paid subscriptions available, small businesses can benefit a lot and boost their business successfully. From creating and designing effective newsletters and emails to receiving valuable analytics and performance reports, Brevo helps you automate and enhance your marketing campaigns to the next level.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 30, 2020

Relocated to Chicago early in 2007, as you said earlier. Sam Jacobs: I s it a one time engagement as a subscription? Andrew Sykes: Habits at Work is more than a decade old, but it has gone through various reincarnations. We were originally called Health at Work, based in Dallas, Texas. Andrew Sykes: It’s almost always ongoing.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Its main goal is to assist businesses in managing their financial routines and optimizing procedures such as accounting, stock, banking, and electronic invoicing, among other things. Businesses can use Unico’s facial recognition service to improve onboarding and security. Founded in: 2007. Wabbi Software S.A.,

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 29, 2022

Even Netflix, the world’s most popular subscription-based video streaming service, would tell you that it is not their investment in SEO that keeps them thriving — but their massive library of videos and original programming. The fundamentals of delivering an excellent product and keeping customers happy give any company staying power.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

What was perhaps less predictable was the ensuing prevalence of the subscription-based business model. And it’s not just the startups playing this game – Steve Jobs was proudly averse to the notion of subscriptions, and now Apple spends most of its earning calls boasting about the performance of its services division.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 28, 2022

Papaya Global also offers payment management solutions, and it makes money through subscription-based plans. PayEm is an Israel-based FinTech company that helps global organizations to integrate their ERP and financial systems with their payment solution. Founded in: 2007. Founded in: 2016. Founder/CEO: Eynat Guez.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since its establishment in 2007, Babbel has grown its business manifold and now is a leader in the language travel market. It is a subscription service available as a web and a mobile app. Founder/CEO: Gregor Greinert, Bernd Korz, Niklas Korz, Ithamar Adema. We consider Babbel the pioneer in online language learning and speaking.

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Technical Review SaaS Point of Sale Banking 10

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2007. ProfitWell provides industry standard subscription financial metrics that uncover pockets of hidden revenue through unmatched subscription intelligence. ProfitWell is used by over five thousand subscription companies every day, including Meetup, HubSpot, and Teamwork.com. Based in: New York. ProfitWell.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft launched OneNote in 2003, and it became a part of its Microsoft Office suite in 2007. This makes it an ideal choice for businesses that use Microsoft Suite regularly (or have a subscription to it). Currently, OneNote is offered as a bundle with Windows 10 and 11. Why It’s time to start using New-Age Playbooks?

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