OpenView Labs

JANUARY 12, 2021

Pricing as a part of the customer experience (CX). The need to track and quantify value being delivered across the customer success process. Many companies are shifting from resilience to adaptation, which means that business models will be changing. Usage-based pricing should align with the value metric.

Pricing 53

Pricing Scale Outsourced Development Market Segmentation 53

User Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2023

In SaaS, as you develop your product and achieve product-market fit , you must consider the five user segments so you can improve product adoption and grow your business. They're important for software development to get early feedback, but they usually don't stick around. They include: Innovators.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Education 98

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 31, 2021

Tech debt refers to issues in legacy code that slow the development process, impact developers’ efficiency and productivity, and negatively impact the quality of the final output. It often occurs when software developers and engineers take shortcuts, resulting in design flaws and code that’s harder to maintain than it needs to be.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Scale 52

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 31, 2021

Tech debt refers to issues in legacy code that slow the development process, impact developers’ efficiency and productivity, and negatively impact the quality of the final output. It often occurs when software developers and engineers take shortcuts, resulting in design flaws and code that’s harder to maintain than it needs to be.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Scale 52

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2019

As for Andrew, he started his first software development company at the age of 18 and has been running Wrike for the last 13 years alongside advisory roles with both Ditto and Appulate. Here’s what Andy talks about: *Selling the way your customers want to buy. Why SaaS is your business model, not your mission.

Sales Hiring 150

Sales Hiring Scale SMB Sales Recruiting 150

How SaaS Works

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Introduction The software-as-a-service business model appeals to companies of all sizes from tiny startups to massive Fortune 500 companies. Those improvements are one of the big reasons why a user keeps paying every month to access your software product. Why is SaaS such an attractive business model?

SaaS Payments 40

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Solutions SaaS 40

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Invest in customer success. Many of these are names that you know, and this is actually the largest we’ve seen in history. I think it’s a really staggering stat.

Cloud 100

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 100

User Pilot

JANUARY 15, 2024

A robust SaaS dashboard enables data-driven decision-making for founders, department heads, product managers/marketers, and software developers. This helps your SaaS business make smarter decisions and achieve a higher ROI on the efforts of each department. Team alignment. User stickiness.

Metrics 105

Metrics SaaS Customer Lifetime Value Retention 105

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

As companies are increasingly interested to use SaaS as a winning strategy, several recent trends in 2020 have been observed amongst top SaaS businesses: In 2020, it is very important for SaaS businesses to create customer-success functions and take a more proactive approach towards customer success management.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

Jason : A lot of things I want to chat about with limited time, but I want to talk about business models, because we’re here about scaling revenue. Slack for Business? I don’t think that Yammer had that same software developer core that could get accelerated. Slack for…what’s the name?

Scale 339

Scale Sales Hiring PayPal Development Team Review 339

SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2020

This, in turn, means many software developers and companies will try their hands at developing new-age SaaS applications. Therefore, SaaS businesses must constantly innovate and improve their solutions to stand apart. SaaS cloud applications are steadily replacing their standalone counterparts in every department.

Business Model 10

Business Model Cloud SaaS Business 10

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

So it isn’t just one software algorithm, it’s not a patentable thing, it is the entirety that makes the value for the customer. Is it software? If you are One Medical, what is the business model? How can it be a subscription business when it’s healthcare? Is it delivery? All of those.

Outsourcing Services 142

Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Scale 142

SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Equipped with an extensive background in ecommerce and entrepreneurship, he handles all marketing and customer success efforts. On customer retention strategies, his response was as follows. Survey your customers frequently to measure customer satisfaction and handle all shortcomings that the customers raise.

Retention 21

Retention Outsourcing Services Strategy VP of Engineering 21

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 5, 2021

In recent years, Product Operations roles have evolved to include: Operations, Technical Ownership, Product Strategy, Project Management, Customer Success , and Professional Services. Products can be software, hardware, or even services. As business models change, so does the need to improve production management.

Scale 10

Scale Marketplace as a Service Product Marketing Software Development 10