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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. They had impressive GMV growth and strong cohort revenue retention, but their unit economics were upside-down. Both offered consumers a ton of convenience through their service. billion to $20.7

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

SaaStr

They also address really wide-ranging industries from construction to restaurants, to designed infrastructure. Cloud Marketplaces. Then lastly, something BVP has seen grow rapidly over the last year is the emergence surge and cloud marketplaces, which help B2B businesses find each other and transact in the cloud. ?

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Strategies to Increase Customer Retention: What Every Playbook Should Include

SmartKarrot

A high customer retention rate is a testament to a company’s customer-centric approach, resulting in increased profits, positive word-of-mouth, and enhanced brand reputation. Considering this, here are five crucial strategies every customer retention playbook should include: 1.

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3 Customer Renewal Strategies that Work in Uncertain Times

Totango

The COVID-19 pandemic may have radically altered the marketplace around us, but the fundamentals of customer renewal strategies remain the same. Customers have always based their renewal decisions on emotional connections, financial realities, and the amount of trust they have that a service can deliver sustained value.

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Top Customer Success Courses and Training that every CSM needs in 2022

CustomerSuccessBox

Learn and apply basic statistical tools to solve real-world Customer Success problems Track churn accurately Measure and interpret NPS and CSAT in new ways Construct predictive customer health scores Increase forecasting accuracy Improve business results. What you’ll learn. Customer Success Manager (CSM) Elite. And the best part?

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Winning Strategies for Service Marketplaces

Point Nine Land

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it.

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User Documentation: The Ultimate Guide for Product Managers

User Pilot

Great user documentation brings many benefits : it can help boost product adoption , improve customer retention and satisfaction , and reduce the burden on your support team. There are many fantastic examples to draw from across the SaaS marketplace. What is user documentation? Why is user documentation needed? User persona example.