Neil Patel

MAY 4, 2021

Data as a service (DaaS) is becoming increasingly popular. Below, we’ll outline the benefits, solutions, and tools you can use to improve your data management strategies. What Is Data as a Service (DaaS)? Data as a service uses a cloud computing strategy to make business data readily available to stakeholders and third parties.

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Marketplace as a Service Data Technical Review Marketing 119

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 256

SaaStr

JANUARY 25, 2024

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Our most recent disclosed investment is in Pika.art, a company redesigning the entire video-making and editing experience utilizing AI. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Why did you do the deal? And how big is your current fund?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

No matter the specifics of how your company adapts and grows, it’s crucial to be aware of how your pricing strategy relates to other aspects of your business. It’s all too easy to make the mistake of adopting a pricing model that is ill-suited to other aspects of your company, such as the go-to-market strategy or sales strategy.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How do you enter a highly competitive marketplace, carve a niche for yourself, and then scale the business to $100 million+ ARR? Entering a hyper-competitive marketplace . Entering a crowded marketplace as a new business can be intimidating, especially when established players with a solid customer base surround you.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Hiring Outsourced Development 276

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

How selling an investment business is very different from getting VC funding. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. So it’s a marketplace, it’s a platform. And of course we work with entrepreneurs across the globe, regardless of their monetization strategy and approach.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The main driver behind this success is that from day one, Atlassian took a product-led self-service approach to enterprise software. Marketplace partners. Solution partners usually help with strategy, tactical implementation, and hands-on operations. Making a robust ecosystem. Strategic technology partners .

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Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 258

SaaStr

JULY 13, 2022

Only go-getters survive in the SaaS marketplace. From increasing competition to new products in the marketplace, there are too many variables for a salesperson to control. you’re invested in their growth as much as yours. Once you do that, they see you as a strategic partner rather than just a service provider.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

They’ll take you through their own personal experiences, from creating a scalable product strategy to building an enduring company that puts people and purpose before profit. Scaling a Product-Led Growth Model with 1Password, Apollo.io, Sentry, and Lightspeed : Many companies want to know how you operate a PLG business at scale.

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Sales Hiring Scale Marketplace as a Service B2B 278

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

While this may sound simple, it can be incredibly challenging to find new opportunities for growth and customer acquisition in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Before I joined Intercom, I led all of Intuit’s small-business products and services, including QuickBooks accounting, payroll and payments. Makes sense, right?

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Acquisition Strategy SaaS Payments Content Marketing 156

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

This week, I invited Michael to come on the show and tell us about their growth strategy. You have that every day, and if you’re a financial services company (particularly a lending company like where I came from), you crave something that allows you to be in front of your customer every day. Is that part of the strategy as well?

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BetterCloud

MARCH 17, 2025

Get ready to turn those monthly charges into strategic investments that fuel your business growth. SaaS budgeting is the process of planning, allocating, and managing financial resources for acquiring and using Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions within an organization. What is SaaS budgeting?

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Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

A great customer success team will help you to better understand your customer’s needs, identify what “success” means to them, and in turn, help your customers realize the value of your services, creating a more successful outcome for both their team and yours. How is that going and what part of your strategy are you most excited about?

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

So, it’s no wonder that it has been a massive year in the Cloud Marketplace business. We thought it would be great to take a look back at our State of the Cloud Marketplaces Report and share some of the key findings for those who may be planning to launch their Cloud Marketplace business in 2022. .

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Marketplace as a Service Cloud Trends Software 98

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It’s even harder if you don’t know all of the armies on the field, their strategies and weapons, or even who’s a friend and who’s a foe. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. The same is true in software. Innovative startups.

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Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. I didn’t want to pay for this service.” And what are the different pricing strategies? This wasn’t the case. I mean, this is quite new.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 21, 2020

However, the many opportunities available with print on demand services are almost limitless. Print on demand is a popular revenue stream or marketing strategy for many businesses, and for good reason. This can be an issue when it comes to customer service and general follow up. Who Uses Print on Demand Services?

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Marketplace as a Service Business Advertising Social Media 145

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I had spent the previous 15 years running my own local lawn care company, and I knew from experience both how difficult it was for a homeowner to get a reliable lawn mowing service and how challenging it was to make a living mowing yards. I felt a technology platform could solve this problem for both sides of the marketplace.

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Strategy Marketplace as a Service Social Media Investment 130

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2021

According to one Microsoft Global State of Customer Service report , 90% of consumers surveyed said that customer service is an important factor in their choice of, and loyalty to, a brand, while nearly two-thirds (58%) would sever their relationship with a business due to poor customer service.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Customer Support Marketplace as a Service 222

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 18, 2021

what the product strategy should actually be. Building a consumer marketplace to drive incremental ticket sales to event creators. Julia, our CEO, had told me she wanted me to focus on growing the self-service business faster. In other words, the product strategy lacked focus. Consumer Marketplace.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Scale Marketplace as a Service 140

Blulogix

JANUARY 1, 2025

From offering innovative service bundles to managing intricate pricing structures, the ability to provision complex subscriptions seamlessly has become a competitive necessity. In this post, well explore how businesses can simplify complex provisioning and stay ahead in a market increasingly driven by personalized service packages.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Meet Our Speakers… Patrick Arippol, Managing Director of Early Stage Investments, DGF Investimentos. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova. He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That’s an expensive mistake if you make the wrong investment. In this guide, we’ll discuss the benefits of buying and selling a micro startup, the trends changing M&R strategy, and the top tools you can use to sell (or buy) your startup. Your exit strategy timeline is A LOT shorter. The solution? A much softer blow.

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User Pilot

JULY 31, 2024

In today’s ultra-competitive landscape, your product development strategy is a roadmap that helps you navigate the journey from product idea to market success. In this article, we present a product manager’s guide to creating and successfully executing a product development strategy. Not sure where to begin?

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Development Strategy Market Research Innovation 104

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

We are taking a number of steps to ensure compliance with GDPR, but now is the time to consider the entirety of your security and data privacy strategy, both in terms of how you build it and how you communicate it. Invest in your security program. What is a ‘privacy ecosystem’ and why it matters. What makes a strong privacy ecosystem.

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Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review compliance Marketplace as a Service 220

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Investing in Instacart was perhaps the hardest decision I had to make as a venture capitalist. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. Focusing on the former was key to our investment decision. Instacart is a case study of this.

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Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale Construction 140

FastSpring

JULY 26, 2024

With so many marketing channels to manage to promote your game, combined with the complexity of monetizing your games on multiple platforms, in PC marketplaces, or even D2C via your own webshop, your head might be spinning keeping up with where to focus your efforts. Key strategies for interpreting your KPI over time. Listen now!

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Lets explore how advanced tools and strategies can help businesses build a competitive edge through channel partnerships. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are at the forefront of this evolution, leveraging recurring revenue models to build deeper customer relationships and drive growth.

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Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

However, he cautioned that regulatory trends often swing back, urging businesses to focus on sustainable strategies. However, companies must look beyond basic payment integration to evolve into platforms offering comprehensive services. Matt stressed that businesses not incorporating AI into their strategies risk falling behind.

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Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam. Show Introduction [00:10].

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Neil Patel

MARCH 4, 2023

5 Companies That Do Well with Localizing Content Global brands need strategies to attract local markets. Invest in more diverse content offerings. Given the global nature of Airbnb’s services, communication is essential amongst hosts and guests. Think about which regions have a demand for your products or services.

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Strategy Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Scale 111

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. If a product or service is being sold online—regardless if the sale itself happens through a sales-rep assisted process, online shop, or platform—it’s considered B2B ecommerce.

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Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

OpenView Labs

AUGUST 24, 2021

Before the team behind Privy discovered the power of an integrated app store distribution strategy, they were relying 100% on outbound—cold calling, cold emailing, webinars, lead nurturing, etc. Creating integrations for the sake of creating integrations is never a good strategy. An integration benefits everyone involved.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Strategy - annually changes. Network effects (marketplace). A good idea is a good idea, after all. MSPOT stands for: Mission - rarely changes. Brand equity.

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