Tom Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2016

Clay Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor, asserted in a recent interview that we understand only half of the marketing puzzle: the marketing science involved in a competitive ecosystem, when consumers are buying millions of products. In these markets, concepts like Westendorp Price Sensitivity and conjoint analyses work.

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 20, 2020

Before reading on, please take this survey if you haven’t already: What pricing actions are you taking in response to the COVID-19 crisis? If you want to reflect more deeply on how market dynamics and value propositions are changing, please take this survey: What scenarios are you planning for? Building a pricing action portfolio.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Your core is a lot like pricing in SaaS companies. Like your core, pricing is a wildly untapped growth lever. Building a strong pricing strategy starts with hiring a professional team to conduct a pricing audit. Building a strong pricing strategy starts with hiring a professional team to conduct a pricing audit.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 14, 2020

The typical SaaS company grows faster, loses more money, and has a higher valuations than product sale companies. Price/Revenue Ratio. Public SaaS Companies. -8%. High-growth SaaS companies are often unprofitable. SaaS Companies Trade Profits for Growth. SaaS Revenue is Ultimately Greater Than from Product Sales.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

Software-as-a-subscription (SaaS), is the go-to business model for software. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. The absolute beauty of SaaS as an industry is that success comes down to one giant formula that every subscription company is following.

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wepay

JANUARY 23, 2018

As a SaaS business, or any online software business, moves beyond its startup phase and starts to grow seriously, there is a period of adjustment as the business adapts its operations, sales and other functions to the need for scale. Sales and marketing teams need to prioritize new customer acquisition.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

Software-as-a-subscription (SaaS), is the go-to business model for software. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. The absolute beauty of SaaS as an industry is that success comes down to one giant formula that every subscription company is following.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 5, 2022

SaaS companies undergo a dynamic learning process. Though every SaaS founder is in the game to solve certain problems, they might make some mistakes along the way. However, it is tough to make the cut, and hence many SaaS startups fail due to bad strategy, planning, and miscommunication. Bad Market Research.

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FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

We don’t have to look far to find examples of B2B SaaS companies that have found traction using a self-service or product-led motion. Are you still making assumptions about your B2B go-to-market motion — assumptions that ignore B2C selling methods — that are limiting your growth potential? Make It Easier for Customers to Buy.

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 14, 2022

SaaS pricing is typically done on a subscription basis where customers pay a recurring monthly or annual fee to use a company’s software. In recent years, usage-based pricing has become popular amongst growing SaaS companies and their customers—but is it the right choice for your business? Types of Pricing Models.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’m pretty jaded when it comes to the financial numbers that get thrown around in start-up land—I don’t care what TechCrunch says, I don’t care what your market cap is—I think it’s clear that the world of technology start-ups is pretty screwed up when it comes to financial valuations. How the hell does that happen?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Rob made his way into the world of SaaS as a product manager and how that led to his founding Salsify over 8 years ago. * How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? When is it right for SaaS companies to turn down potential customers? Harry Stebbings: Not at all.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Account-Based Marketing. Average Sale/Selling Price. AB Testing (or Split Testing) is an experiment involving two variants, usually for measuring and comparing market response to each. AB Testing (or Split Testing) is an experiment involving two variants, usually for measuring and comparing market response to each.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

Marketers sure are good at jargon, aren’t they? Not only do you have to know general business and accounting concepts, but you need to understand online marketing, coding, and conversion terms to monitor and grow your business. Affiliate marketing. A blog is an online log of content relevant to your market. Back office.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is SaaS?

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Leveraging survey data from 66+ enterprise SaaS companies, Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures shares the landscape of how businesses are shifting their sales & GTM strategies to react to today’s uncertain times. So everyone is adjusting their go to market strategy. Adnan Chaudhry: Thanks, Matt. There we go.

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Technology Enables Strategy; Doesn’t Define It. Sales Process Engagement.

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