Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

David Cancel of Drift often talks about letting your ideas “ cross-pollinate ” and mental models can be a catalyst for that. I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Network effects (marketplace).

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The SaaS industry is constantly evolving, and for many companies in the space, that means having to evolve their business model. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean a “pivot”, but more often the evolution is a shifting business model as the company scales and the user base grows and changes. Gaining new customers.

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As Workplace’s global head, Julien Codorniou has been spending the past few years exploring how to make his department align with Facebook’s mission while executing an entirely different business model that relies on companies promoting community within their workforce. Different visions for different products.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Not only is it one of the main drivers of revenue growth for early-stage companies, but it’s a primary goal for SaaS businesses across market stages. The answer lies in your product or service’s value proposition. Your target market is also a good indicator of which acquisition methods will work best.

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Acquisition Scale Strategy Software Review 59

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. So we decided not to build everything ourselves but to make sure that people can build and extend our product and also we’re not just thinking about a developer platform. Embracing professional services as a distribution channel.

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Consulting Marketplace as a Service Scale Development 249

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin 01:34 Sure, no, starting businesses are really tough as everybody knows. It really took a few pivots, and even name changes to get just the go to market efforts and product market fit right. Cognota didn’t necessarily start as a software business. Before seeing good success in the company.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 111

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

They didn’t know it at the time, but they had also created an entire business category: an on demand, short-term rental marketplace, which has shot the value of their business north of $38 billion. As the likes of Airbnb, Uber and Apple have found, creating an entirely new category can be a lucrative business.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

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. I mean, this is quite new.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The SaaS Business Model & Metrics: Understand the Key Drivers for Success by David Skok, Matrix Partners SaaS Metrics — 201 A slightly deeper dive into SaaS industry metrics. Software subscriptions are the life of every SaaS business and must be accounted for properly in your general ledger.

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Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2017

Note: For the purposes of this specific post, the tactics presented are targeted to established SaaS companies that have already verified product/market fit and experienced initial traction. If your SaaS startup isn’t there yet, you should read Finding Product/Market Fit: When To Stand Firm & When To Pivot first.

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Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

Depending on your business model and stage of growth, a partner program will likely take on different forms. These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Scale SaaS 131