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A Primer on B2B Marketplaces: Challenges and Opportunities

Point Nine Land

Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services. Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge.

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What Makes a Great VP of Sales and How to Hire One

SaaStr

OK, adding in churn, you’re going to have to add another >$1m+ ARR … quickly. How do you deal with FUD in the marketplace? . VP of Sales Compensation Plan. Top-line revenue, inclusive of churn, inclusive of upsells and self-service, net of everything. And you want to get to $2m in ARR in the next X months.

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What Type of Job is This: My First Year as Chief Product Officer

Casey Accidental

Building a consumer marketplace to drive incremental ticket sales to event creators. Julia, our CEO, had told me she wanted me to focus on growing the self-service business faster. So I gathered as much information as I could about these different strategic initiatives, as well as digging into the core self-service business.

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Oracle’s Catherine Blackmore on the evolution of customer success

Intercom, Inc.

The company kickstarted the SaaS revolution we know so well today, but as SaaS was booming, so too was churning. Sometimes, to develop a valuable service for your customers, you have to take one step back and understand what they need from you at that moment and where your gaps are. On March 8, they incorporated their management tool.

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SaaS Metrics for Enterprise-Driven B2B Networks (Buyer-Supplier Revenue Mix)

Software Platform Consulting

There are also great resources for metrics specific to marketplaces (see here ). Enterprise versions of Upwork or other labor marketplaces. This means I’m not going to cover common metrics such as GMV/GSV, Take Rate, Churn, NPS, Rule of 40, etc.) Bookings (for compensation). see here , here and here.) EDI networks (e.g.,

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The Subscription Model is the New Standard

SaaSOptics

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. In the crucible that is the hi-tech marketplace, change happens quickly. What has changed? The model has not really changed, but the relative importance has.

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The Subscription Model is the New Standard

SaaSOptics

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. In the crucible that is the hi-tech marketplace, change happens quickly. What has changed? The model has not really changed, but the relative importance has.