Chart Mogul

JUNE 23, 2022

In the SaaS world, that means the consumer-facing apps & marketplace SaaS have a tougher time ahead. You might be hard-pressed by your AWS bill but you’re not going to start replacing the engine to lighten the load mid-flight. Trust us, we did it recently and you can read more about our migration here.

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SaaS DevOps as a Service Marketplace as a Service Forecasting 52

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Whereas Facebook’s overall vision relies heavily on third-party developers having access to user data, Workplace wants to be the app that’s connected to all your other apps and a highly curated marketplace that has the best SaaS applications in the world. It’s about turning companies into communities.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Creating a marketplace does just that. For example, when coming to a cloud vendor, deciding to be vendor agnostic at the time of product design ensures you aren’t tied down to AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. If it’s not paid back soon, the customer will collect by canceling the subscription or requesting a refund.

Scale 52

Scale Payment Methods Payment Services Systems Review 52

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right. How AWS Does It.

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AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Congratulations you’ve built a product that’s proven itself in the marketplace! Many of our users begin their journey with Slack on our free subscription plan. Self-service freemium to feed the funnel. I actually enjoy doing my expense reports now, but expense reporting prior to Expensify was just awful. SaaS, right?

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Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Software Review 101

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. This wasn’t the case.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 241

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most famous lines from Citizen Kane is, “It's no trick to make an awful lot of money, if that's all you want is to do is make a lot of money.” Subscription. The subscription model is the “vanilla” SaaS revenue model, not that there’s anything boring about a well-worked subscription plan.

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Payments Revenue Payment Methods SaaS Payments 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). Anita Nielsen. Anne Slough. Beth Sunshine.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

OpenView Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

Our culture is fascinated with underdogs and overnight successes— companies, products, or services that seem to rise out of nowhere and completely change their respective industries. But these established companies drive what’s called “sustaining innovations,” which are modifications and improvements on existing services.

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Innovation Technical Review Travel Business Model 71