Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

no human involvement ever) exceed 40% of our revenue, and as we passed the first $10,000,000 in ARR revenue, it declined a bit and never exceeded a third of our direct revenue, measured all on its own. Today it’s a token amount of revenue for the product at nine figures in ARR. Another great example is Box.

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Zuora

APRIL 2, 2024

Modern businesses are embracing and experimenting with how they think about business models and monetization strategies. Monetization is how businesses create value, bring that value to market, and generate and collect revenue from it.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In a recent Workshop Wednesday, Tolithia Kornweibel, CRO, and Jamie Edwards, Head of Go-to-Market Operations and Tools, share how Gusto maximizes revenue so that you can do the same. Their hope in sharing this model is to help fellow revenue professionals grow their businesses similarly.

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SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2022

During his SaaStr Annual presentation, Tom Clayton, CRO of Bill.com, shared his insights and advice for growing revenue streams to maximize business success. . Pursue Diverse Revenue Models. Sometimes, it takes innovative thinking to pull more revenue out of a current customer base or business model.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 31, 2023

Proving your Business Model Works - Build, Define, and Review But how do you prove your numbers? R : Revenue - Can you monetize any of this behavior? Another thing that Dave has done well is to look at the value of different marketing channels: There’s a lot of value in this presentation.

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Predictable Revenue

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Deep dive into the mistake that turned into a business model that gets George McGehrin's clients to pay him to market to them, and building a model that is recession-proof. The post How George McGehrin gets his clients to pay HIM to market to them appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

This article will go through 13 software monetization solutions to help your software product create great revenue streams and drive product growth. TL;DR Software monetization helps generate revenue using various new business models to reinvest in development and enhancements.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2016

The probability of discovering product/market fit early, of hiring a great technical team, finding the right initial reference customers. When thinking about a potential market opportunity, articulating the list of business model chained probabilities can be useful. Other business models assume multiple hypotheses.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

If driving more customers was your customers’ #1 need, and that’s not what you helped them with, you probably didn’t build a very successful business, or the problem of solving customer acquisition for that market is very difficult. What Types of Businesses Are We Talking About? 2 Desire for Market Networks.

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

MARCH 13, 2019

Your Content Marketing Business Model … The Choices You Have! Content Marketing Business Models are often misunderstood to be either Content Marketing strategy plans or Content Creation plans. What exactly is a Business Model? and your Content Marketing as a whole?—?becomes

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The current public market environment might look like a great SaaS crash for many people. As things appear to slow, how do we get back to the fundamentals, find the things that are great about SaaS that are measurable, and help people see the value in your business? Why is this market different than others?

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Businesses are shifting from rigid, consumption-based business models to flexible ones that let users pay for the goods and services they use only as much as they use them. Therefore, reengineering the value chain and realigning teams to the new business model are necessary for this major shift.

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SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, and Valuations – understanding market trends and investment patterns is critical. We’ll explain Jason’s take on the recent market fluctuations, highlighting major deals that shaped investment patterns and their effects on valuation trends.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 14, 2020

What does the switch to a DTC business model entail, and is it the right choice for your business? What is the direct to consumer business model? Before we get started, let's quickly define what a DTC business model is. History of the direct to consumer business model.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2024

Unlocking Revenue Potential with a Robust Subscription Billing Platform By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fifth installment of our series on selecting the right subscription billing platform for your business. In today’s competitive market, businesses are constantly seeking ways to grow and remain profitable.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The year 2024 is going to bring huge changes in the SaaS subscription business market, and that’s the point of discussing the New Year for SaaS business retailers. Only then, you can expect to maintain your recurring revenue and customer satisfaction. First, the flow of recurring revenue will stabilize.

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SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

My list: Not committing to 24 months upfront to getting to Real Revenues and a Minimum Sellable Product. It takes 7–10 years to build something real, and the first stage is the 18–24 months it takes to get real revenues and something off the ground. But they can challenge how you think about the market. At content marketing?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription revenue can be defined most simply as a model which generates income from customers through recurring fees that are paid at regular intervals. Before we get into the more complicated stuff, let’s consider the difference between earning revenue and collecting revenue. Subscription Revenue is Easier to Scale 3.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Streamlining Success: What is the Role of Automation in Customer Lifecycle Management for Recurring Revenue? This blog post explores how employing automation in CLM can revolutionize the way businesses nurture their customer base, enhance engagement, and secure recurring revenue streams.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It may seem counterintuitive to offer part of your product or service for free, but sometimes, it can be the most powerful marketing strategy at your disposal. Freemium , a combination of “free” and “premium” is a business model used widely by software companies to promote product led growth.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2023

With so many product marketing strategies floating around the SaaS world, it can be hard to identify the right one. In this guide, we’re going to go over what PLG marketing is and why it just might be the perfect approach for your business. What does PLG stand for in marketing?

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SaaSHolic

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For Saas businesses, in particular, freemium has become very popular because it is a common sense way to do product marketing. Many marketers make mistakes when they adopt freemium. For starters, freemium is not for every business. Tiering service for freemium products could be confused for the free trial model.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Who is your target market: individuals or businesses? Let’s look at common ecommerce business models, so you can see which is best for your business. As a business, you have three basic selling models to choose from. B2C is the most common model for small and startup ecommerce businesses.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The pre-revenue startup phase has a host of stresses that hopefully disappear as the company begins to earn revenue. Depending on the amount invested, it is possible that all members of the team are working full time jobs to support themselves and then doing that again to push their startup onto the market. Table of Contents.

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Payments Revenue Startup Development Team Review 110

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

Marketplace as a Service 52

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This post is a collaboration with Gilad Horev. The Types of Platforms.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Businesses are constantly trying to figure out how to increase customer retention rates. But what if your business model is designed to create repeat customers. Essentially, that’s the beauty of subscription business models. It forces you and your team to think about your marketing strategy in a new way.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2022

So we looked at Atlassian on the 5 Interesting Learning series pretty recently, but given all the tumult in the markets, we thought it was a great one to take a look at again as it’s now crossed $3 Billion in ARR. Cloud revenue growing 55% — and Atlassian reaffirms 50% Cloud growth for 2023 and 2024 also!

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2022

Let’s break down this model into two essential parts: The Sword: Having a product-led growth business. The Shield: Owning market consensus. Try not to limit your thinking to the economics your VCs want in business economics. No one built a business solely on metrics like TAT, LTV, etc., even if they say they did.

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SaaStr

JULY 27, 2022

If a SaaS business hopes to win over the SMB market successfully, it will need a precise GTM approach. As a result, they’ve continued perfecting their marketing engine to support automatic or self-guided transitions to eliminate any final sticking points before a conversion. . It’s the Glue Holding Your Company Together. .

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach.

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Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

5 Ways Managed Services Providers (MSPs) Add Top-Line Revenue By BluLogix Team Don’t forget to sign up now to learn more about how to implement usage based pricing models in our upcoming webinar with MGI Research. Managed Service Providers (MSPs ) are continually seeking new ways to increase their top-line revenue, and for good reason.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 19, 2023

For startups, a successful business partnership could mean access to new products, the opportunity to reach new markets, or increase customer loyalty. Which partnership models are most advantageous? From a market perspective, when we think about ecosystems, we look at the outside in and inside out while evaluating partnerships.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2023

It took us 2 years just to figure out our ultimate business model. Your market research is probably wrong, or at least off. If you want to understand if your initial market really needs your product, don’t shoot from the hip. If time and money don’t matter, sure, just push a product out to market. Do more of it.

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Techsnyder

DECEMBER 19, 2021

SAAS CEOs and CROs are always on the prowl for one thing for sure and that is about how do I increase my recurring revenue and profitability. Recurring is the key for profitable sustenance of the SAAS business model. Following are the plausible ways of achieving the same.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As Gleklen points out, he is impressed with the agility he sees in SaaS leaders when the market is less predictable: “I think the speed in which people have been able to move and adjust has been awesome to see.”. This flexible mindset creates just the right conditions for embracing evolving business models and new metrics.

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