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Sequencing Business Models: Can That SAAS Business Turn Into a Marketplace?

Casey Accidental

Let’s break down these definitions so we know where we’re at: SAAS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. Why Changing Business Models and Customers is Always Hard. 1 Saturated Growth in SAAS. Old habits die hard.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 Billion acquisition is just one milestone in the early innings of the company’s story.

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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! In this series, we will take a closer look at wildly successful companies to better understand how they got to where they are today. We will analyze both their mistakes and their victories to draw lessons that you can apply to your business. Image source). Image source).

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B2B Customer Service vs. Customer Success

Totango

In this article, we’ll take a look at the relationship between these two important ingredients for a successful SaaS business model. Effective customer success management and good customer service both stem from a company culture that places customers at the forefront. Place Customers at the Forefront Internally.

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How Focusing on Delivering Customer Value Generates Business Value with Gusto Co-Founder Josh Reeves (Pod 606 + Video)

SaaStr

If you want to optimize your growth for the long term, consider developing specific priorities in the areas of your business model, customer experience, and employee experience. Business model. This approach gets to the heart of the subscription-based business model. Make their life better.”.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

If you seem to be gaining traction, now would be a good time to solve the problem of recurring billing, which most SaaS business models rely on. After all, that monthly recurring revenue is the engine that makes a SaaS business work. That’s why we’ve built subscription management capabilities into our platform.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If we combine it with a business model that nobody really understands, it’s just too much. Felix : And then kind of as we raised our series B round where we said, okay, let’s try to build a really good and successful company, that’s when we shifted to a hundred percent subscription. Financial services.