OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In more mature software companies, we see oversized returns for companies that are moving to software-as-a-service subscription models (see Figure 1). While there were some worries that the transition to the service subscription model would reduce software’s traditional stickiness, those concerns may have been overwrought.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 15, 2018

Boss, a build your own search service, and they contacted me. When I first joined Uber, I was actually hired as a DevOps manager, which was kind of funny in the sense that I literally didn’t know what DevOps was. One of the things I found as I’m desperately Googling “What is DevOps?”, product called Yahoo!

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When should companies offer services? Speaking of, we go beyond the typical discussion of product-market fit into the concept of product-market-sales fit, and what that means for product design, to services, to pricing and packaging, to product management, and more. What does this mean for product design and product management?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

This article was written for technology professionals who would like to learn more about OEM deal strategies and structures. These companies resell the solution and bundle services around the solution to add value to the customer. Enterprise OEM software licensing is a multibillion-dollar segment of the software industry.

Payment Solutions 74

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How should founders think about sales rep compensation? Because I always struggle slightly when they’re rewarded or compensated on MQL or even, sales accepted leads, I always think they should be tied directly to a number associated to revenue. What have been his lessons on optimizing payback period for sales reps?

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 8, 2021

The complexities are analogous to making the leap from on-prem to SaaS; it requires changes in go-to-market strategy, financial planning, sales processes, compensation models, and much more. Forcing our customers to make trade-offs between their testing strategy and our pricing mechanics was the last thing we wanted.

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