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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. You can deploy subscriptions as a service, billing as a service, fraud prevention as a service. Platforms-as-a-service. Key takeaways.

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Companies With Usage-Based Pricing Grow 38% Faster

OpenView Labs

Today we know of HubSpot —the maker of marketing, sales, and service software products—as a preeminent public company with a market cap above $17B. So in 2011, they introduced usage-based pricing. ” Healthcare marketplace Zocdoc initially charged doctors an annual $3,000 flat fee for access to the platform.

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“From Hackathon to Unicorn” Talkdesk Co-Founder Tiago Paiva and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

In 2011, Tiago Paiva won a Twilio hackathon by embracing the overlooked call center industry. You were founded in 2011. But I had forgotten it was in July 2011. Tell folks what Talkdesk is today, and why Contact Center’s a big space, and is that the same as 2011? Everything needs to be done right now.

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Collect’s founder Alex Delivet on automating data collection

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: If you’re starting a business, make sure you have the technical skills to build, manage, and grow your services internally. I started my first startup called Trip XP, which was a marketplace for activities, much like what Airbnb does, but we did all the mistakes that you can make.

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

A great way to look at this is through the lens of buyer psychology and the way that products and services get procured in the modern market. People are not buying technology products and services in isolation anymore. But it also allows you to run the analysis of like, okay, we have 100 tech partners and 300 service partners.

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Top 20 SaaS Companies in Brazil

SmartKarrot

Amber also offers AmbarConaz, an online marketplace connecting supply chain and construction sites. Founded in: 2011. Creditas is an online marketplace for asset-backed consumer loans. Founded in: 2011. The company’s services cater to small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in: 2011. Wabbi Software S.A.,