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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

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Six Reasons You Should NOT Create a Category

SaaStr

Customers of category creators benefit from a company in the marketplace seeking to help them solve complex problems, get promoted and self-actualize in their own lives and career journeys. It’s hard enough to position your own company and product, let alone create a cognitive reference for an entire industry.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. The Apple and Google Play app stores give developers an instant marketplace, a gateway to billions of customers. The talent.

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How to Work With a Consultant: The Ultimate Guide

Neil Patel

In a nutshell, they can give you expert opinions, analysis, and recommendations that can help ensure a more objective-based approach to grow your business and maximize sales – all at the same time. You can also carry out an internal survey or reference feedback. Talk to your past clients and ask them for references.

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Vertical SaaS vs Horizontal SaaS: 8 Differences and Similarities

Stax

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. What is Vertical SaaS? What is Horizontal SaaS?

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Maria : It’s like saying, “Hey, you want a sales rep to carry 10 times the quota they do today. You can’t, you have to invest in that sales infrastructure.”

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Jul 05 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Ensure that all customer success interactions deliver high customer satisfaction & reference-ability. Develop a culture of continuous improvement for process repeatability, operations scaling, capacity management, and customer satisfaction. Identify upsell opportunities and collaborate with the Enterprise Sales team to close.