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Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces

Casey Accidental

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Cvent at $650,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

But there’s another SaaS leader that almost everyone in B2B software also uses also founded in 1999 — to manage their events. Managed to Make the Most of Virtual Events. While the overall category of Virtual Events software is in a funk, Cvent did OK. #2. 70% of Cvent’s revenue comes from its events software.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Atlassian at Almost $3 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Never let it be said that SaaS can’t generate a lot of cash at scale. #3. I’d argue No until you are at scale. But once you are at scale, they can have a massive impact. #4. Transition to Cloud takes time at scale. Transition to Cloud takes time at scale. Back to in-person events. They work. #8.

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Centralization Vs. Decentralization in Marketplaces and Scaling Companies

Casey Accidental

They have also heard about marketplaces that have given all of the power to the supply, and also marketplaces where supply has no power. These issues usually arise in two areas, which particularly, but not exclusively, affect marketplaces. The second issue is around who controls the quality of the service.

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Live Tomorrow with Algolia: “The Essential Companies SaaS Relies On”

SaaStr

Tomorrow as part of Algolia’s SaaS Expert series I’ll be talking about scaling top SaaS companies. Come join us for an open discussion on how to scale faster and better here ! About this Event. Register here: [link] pic.twitter.com/E8LmXuEYge. — Algolia (@algolia) June 9, 2020.

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Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces

Casey Accidental

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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15 Most Popular SaaStr Annual 2022 Sessions (So Far!). See You Sep 13-15!!

SaaStr

10.000 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue Leaders, and VCs will join us for 3 days of tactical content, networking, and epic evening events when the Cloud comes to San Mateo. Scaling Revenue in 2022: What’s the Same and What’s Different? If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out.

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