Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. and in 2014, it had the lowest digital penetration of any category. Grocery is the largest retail category in the U.S.,

Marketplace as a Service 142

Marketplace as a Service Scale Underperforming Technical Team Construction 142

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. Imagine regional taxi services, 4 in the US, each with a different app, different labor pools, different terms. ” will be “What are your unit economics?” Market fragmentation.

Startup 100

Startup Metrics Transportation Marketplace as a Service 100

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

Here are five quick takeaways: One of Aircall’s superpowers is that it built an App Marketplace – and then opened it up for partners to build their own integrations. Today, more than 60% of the tools on the marketplace have been built by third parties. Short on time? That’s the power of becoming a platform.

Marketplace as a Service 186

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Government Retention 186

BetterCloud

AUGUST 16, 2018

The data was collected as part of Exactis’ service as a “compiler and aggregator of premium business and consumer data,” which they then sell for profiling and marketing purposes. Which is pretty amazing since he died in 2014 at the age of 90 and was named J. Both are legitimate business models.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Technical Review 40

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Ceci Stallsmith: Yeah, I’d say at Slack it was quite easy to convince because a lot of people think some of our very early days, like 2014 growth, was due in part to integrations, so because we were seeing so much pickup of them it was very obvious, like we needed people to be able to build more integrations on us.

Payments 120

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 120

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Rob Gonzalez: Operationally, I look at, in particular, my experience at Endeca, but also another startup that sold to pharmaceutical companies and other life sciences businesses and financial services companies called Cambridge Semantics. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.

SaaS Payments 263

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 263

Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

While the convenience of combo meals abounds in all fast food restaurants today, in 1958 the opportunity to purchase a main dish, side, and drink for a set price (and less than if all the items were purchased individually) was a novel idea, and one that helped them stand out in a very competitive marketplace. TV is a great example.

Pricing 47

Pricing Innovation Scale SaaS 47