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14 Real-Life Product Adoption Examples for Every Stage of The Customer Journey

User Pilot

They include innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. The product adoption curve is a concept created by Everett Rogers back in 1962 and further developed by Geoffrey Moore in 2014. They include: Innovators. Innovators (2.5% Your job doesn't stop here.

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We Haven’t Hit Peak SaaS

Hitenism

In 2014, Mixpanel’s Series B pitch deck spelled out the company’s expansion plans over the next two years: 3x sales headcount and rapidly race towards distribution. Customer acquisition costs are higher because there are lots of tools that make marketing and sales more efficient, adding to the competition.

Scale 147
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The metrics behind Spotify’s IPO

Chart Mogul

“Our Ad-Supported Service serves as a funnel, driving more than 60% of our total gross added Premium Subscribers since we began tracking this data in February 2014.” Revenue is growing faster than the company’s costs, so Spotify’s gross margin is increasing — it rose from 16% in 2014 to 21% in 2017.

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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

Competition not only increases CAC, but it simultaneously decreases customer lifetime value (ouch!). We’re seeing three drivers of lower lifetime value: feature commoditization, less pricing power (price wars), and worsening churn. HubSpot, for example, launched a 100% free CRM product in 2014.

Scale 70
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

Competition not only increases CAC, but it simultaneously decreases customer lifetime value (ouch!). We’re seeing three drivers of lower lifetime value: feature commoditization, less pricing power (price wars), and worsening churn. HubSpot, for example, launched a 100% free CRM product in 2014.

Scale 51
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

Competition not only increases CAC, but it simultaneously decreases customer lifetime value (ouch!). We’re seeing three drivers of lower lifetime value: feature commoditization, less pricing power (price wars), and worsening churn. HubSpot, for example, launched a 100% free CRM product in 2014.

Scale 40
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Product-Led Growth: The Ultimate Guide for Software Companies

User Pilot

That’s because the number of customers that the company can support doesn’t depend on the number of employees and allows the company to scale up and down depending on the demand. PLG business can focus the resources they save in this way on developing innovative features and products that even better address user needs and wants.

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