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Scaling 6 Products to $100M+ ARR Each: Samsara’s CPO Kiren Sekar on Multi-Product Growth

SaaStr

Cross-Vertical Market Expansion Creates Unexpected Innovation Synergies While many startups laser-focus on dominating a single vertical, Sekar’s experience at both Meraki and Samsara showed that deliberate cross-vertical expansion creates powerful network effects of innovation.

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Why is Market Segmentation Important? [+ Methods]

User Pilot

Research from Epsilon shows that 80% of customers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized marketing campaigns. This statistic highlights why market segmentation is important: it allows tailored product marketing customized to the needs of distinct market segments.

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The Virtues and Opportunities in Being #2

SaaStr

. #2 often has a better product, at least for some market segments. #2 2 Can Win on Innovation. Not everyone is able to stay innovative after the first phase of the SaaS journey. 2 Can Win as a Better Partner. See above. #1s 1s can get arrogant, worst case. Maybe the NASDAQ partnership above had questionable economics.

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Things that Used to be Impossible, but are Now Really Hard

Tom Tunguz

But, this point isn’t purely about technical innovation. Executed properly, this strategy could become a competitive differentiator in a market segment, enough to win disproportionate market share. My immediate reaction : what technical problems are now possible but still hard?

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Disruptive Innovation in SaaS by Competing with Non-Consumption

Tom Tunguz

In these markets, concepts like Westendorp Price Sensitivity and conjoint analyses work. But to incite disruption requires a different set of marketing skills. In the Innovator’s Solution , Christensen proposes the idea of competing against non-consumption. At least that’s the way the theory goes.

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The three strands of brand authenticity

Intercom, Inc.

On innovative, beautiful design? And whatever you stand for must resonate with your identified target market. The common wisdom is that being first into a market is an advantage. Today, however, the car industry has multiple brands offering different value propositions targeting specific customer segments. On simplicity?

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Pricing and Innovation

SaaSX

As an innovator, one of your passions is to create value. That is where pricing innovation comes in. Pricing innovation. Pricing to capture the value of innovation.’ Innovating on how you price.’. Revenue model innovation is another way to say this, but it is actually important to focus right on how to price.