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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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Anthropic May Never Catch OpenAI. But It’s Already 40% as Big.

SaaStr

Both approaches are valid, and both companies are likely to coexist and thrive in different market segments. While OpenAI captured consumer imagination, Anthropic built a business that’s already 40% as large by focusing on enterprise needs, code generation, and safety. more revenue.

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The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy

Blulogix

By 2025, the landscape will be more competitive, innovative, and complex than ever before. Industry Consolidation: Mergers and acquisitions are creating larger players with comprehensive offerings, raising the stakes for differentiation and innovation.

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Quantifying the Financial Impact of Post-Sales Services: Elevating Customer Success to the Next Level of Decision-Making

Valuize Consulting

Example: When considering entering a new market segment or launching an innovative product feature, calculating the NPV and IRR helps determine the potential long-term returns. NPV and IRR can be used to assess growth initiatives, ensuring alignment with long-term financial goals.

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Samsara’s Rise to Vertical SaaS Leader and $1B+ ARR with Samsara’s CEO and Co-Founder, Sanjit Biswas and SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Unlocking a Larger TAM Samsara has taken its initial total addressable market and actually, 50x’d it. So how did they take an initially undervalued market segment and grow the company to the billions? ” Pre-Samsara there was only about a 500 million dollar market cap for all of the vendors combined.

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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.