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What the Online Advertising World Can Teach Us about the Evolution of Machine Learning in SaaS

Tom Tunguz

With machine learning, we may see another evolution of this. Machine learning startups create models based on data provided by customers. Unlike the first wave of SaaS software, machine learning startups benefit from the data their customers share with them. And that initiative met some success.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. What makes a SaaS business so hard? Rise of subscription-based business models.

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SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

The Angel VC

2) Being a workflow tool is no longer enough Investors are increasingly questioning if you can build a large and long-term sustainable SaaS business by being primarily a workflow tool. For what it's worth, I know AI and Machine Learning are a hyped topic but I think the hype is justified. Enough words.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

trillion in market cap for the pure plays (not including proportional shares from the Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, or Alibaba businesses that are their cloud businesses.) Each of those, independently, are massive market cap drivers for their businesses as well. Cloud Marketplaces. Hello Unicorns . Product-led Growth.

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How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing

Blulogix

This model, also referred to as metered billing, aligns costs with actual consumption, offering customers a fair and flexible way to pay for services. How Usage-Based Pricing Benefits Customers Usage-based pricing offers customers transparency and flexibility, empowering them to choose services that fit their needs and budgets.

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Reading list: Platforms, ecosystems, and partnerships

Intercom, Inc.

Helping businesses connect with their customers is what we’ve been doing since the very beginning of Intercom, but we also believe that weaving better interconnections between businesses helps everyone succeed. Then you have to understand that you can’t be a platform without having that marketplace point of view.

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A sneak peek into Point Nine's investment thesis

The Angel VC

We will continue to focus on two business models: SaaS and marketplaces SaaS We use a broad definition of SaaS. What counts is that the startup is aiming to solve a big enough problem for a large enough number of potential customers in order to build a big business. We’re interested in horizontal and vertical SaaS.