OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We’ve been fortunate to be Datadog’s partners as they’ve rapidly scaled, launched major new product lines, went public in 2019, hit a $55 billion market cap and continue to exceed expectations as a public company. “Asking for a credit card when someone signs up for a subscription product is like asking for marriage on the first date.

Scale 93

Scale Business Software Review DevOps as a Service 93

CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You mostly need repeat purchases to get payments with a subscription model and it is easier to impress existing customers than starting all over to acquire new ones. Best practices: Consumption vs subscription. As the firm scales at $1B, the NRR dips and need not be declining. How is it helping them scale?

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 52

OpenView Labs

JULY 23, 2020

Product led growth is an end user-focused growth model that relies on the product itself as the primary driver of customer acquisition, conversion and expansion. The big advantage you have is distribution,” said Sid Sijbrandij, CEO and Co-founder of GitLab , a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool. Today they’re worth more than Slack.

Scale 80

Scale Software Review DevOps as a Service Investment 80

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

These companies resell the solution and bundle services around the solution to add value to the customer. They make their money on the margin from the software’s resell and their services to the end-customer. This approach works well when the licensee is required to host but prefers to outsource the DevOps. Customization.

Payment Solutions 74

Payment Solutions Payments Software Review Enterprise 74

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. Before joining Upfront Mark was Vice President, Product Management at Salesforce.com following its acquisition of Koral, where Mark was Founder and CEO.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Development Team Review Scale Software Review 153

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Prior to its July 2002 acquisition by Novell, SilverStream was a public company that had reached a revenue run rate in excess of $100M, with approximately 800 employees and offices in more than 20 countries around the world. How does David think about scaling sales teams? Three of these companies went public.

Scale 184

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 184