SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We looked at the world in 2008, 2009, and we said, “How come it’s almost impossible to connect two companies to do business, especially if they have complex business processes, but we can all connect as consumers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, every single day we want to do business? .”

Payment Solutions 144

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 144

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

It then laid out a careful strategy to transform Adobe, largely via M&A, into a company offering cloud-based subscriptions that would “give everyone everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences.” Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

ProfitWell

MAY 18, 2020

Why it's never been easier to sell subscription. The beauty subscription box startup Birchbox launched in September 2010 as the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent. Hiring without money in the bank presented a challenge, but she said offering part-time hours or equity in the business was a good solution. In an article by Inc.

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Data Sales Hiring Customer Lifetime Value Subscription 52

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

And the third thing is what is it about the product or the business model that they’re basically contemplating that gives them a very defendable technology advantage? How defendable is the technology of the product or the business model? And so those depending on the stage of company, those have varying factors.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

Netflix has become the largest subscription video provider in the US, outstripping cable and satellite. Nearly two decades after Netflix’s launch, streaming providers are out to “capture the entire trillion-dollar Hollywood ecosystem ” with new content production models. Smartphones. But the iPhone did spread widely as a disruption.

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Innovation Technical Review Travel Business Model 71

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Put simply, enduring companies have moats which defend their business model - they are a competitive advantage. There are many examples of businesses with moats and they’re characterised as being difficult to replicate (which is why they’re desirable) - below are several examples: Moat. Subscription business model.

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User Pilot

MAY 19, 2021

Does your product help employees save time while invoicing? The easiest way to find out what jobs your audience needs to get done is to…ask them: Source: Userpilot.com – we are in the business of helping companies improve product adoption. What job do they need to get done with your product?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Renaud Visage : I think there’s been many examples of companies being built on top of just one partner, Facebook or Twitter, for example, then they were denied access for whatever reason, and their business failed. Romain Huet : Yeah, totally.

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Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 119

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For a SaaS company (and almost any business), both success and failure depend on decisions that founders make: team members, target groups, product functionality, and of course business model. This one is less common in the SaaS industry but in general is considered by subscription based service providers.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

How to optimize your freemium model. Stories of ditching a freemium model. When is freemium the right strategy for your business? Is Freemium The Right Business Model? Is freemium an effective lead generation, conversion, and revenue driving strategy for your recurring revenue-based business?

Pricing 82

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ProfitWell

JULY 15, 2019

In that one sentence Dyson created the most prolific business model of the next two decades: freemium. Bundled service providers like AOL have phased out and cloud-based subscription services are enjoying their time in the sun. At the end of the post, Wilson says: I would like to have a name for this business model.

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Pricing Business Model Cloud Venture Capital 41

SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2020

I have seen my fair share of storms and or crises from the early days of the dot-com boom and bust to 2008, 2009 crisis and then having a front-row seat at some of these turnarounds that iconic brands like Evernote, and more recently on the board at Gap which is undergoing its own transformation. So we spent a lot of time there.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

As for Nick, prior to Gainsight he was the CEO @ LiveOffice where he grew cloud archiving ARR from $2m in 2008 to $25m in 2011 and drove and negotiated the acquisition by Symantec for $115m in cash. I eventually ran another Saas company which I ran and then sold. You need one for your customers.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

In this blog we’ll talk about SaaS business and top 50 SaaS companies in 2020. SaaS businesses are organizations that provide subscription-based software applications that are centrally hosted on their servers over the internet. Indeed, assisting SMBs with invoicing and payments does work for them.

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