Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. They had impressive GMV growth and strong cohort revenue retention, but their unit economics were upside-down. Both offered consumers a ton of convenience through their service. billion to $20.7

Marketplace as a Service 139

Marketplace as a Service Scale Underperforming Technical Team Construction 139

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. And account management, which is basically around for retention and also upsell of different products. I didn’t want to pay for this service.”

SaaS Payments 241

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 241

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

What strategies can you implement to drive acquisition and retention faster? About the author – Dave Martin Dave Martin is the founder of Product Leader coaching service RighToLeft , executive coach, and Chief Product Officer with over 20 years of experience. It’s 2023, and customers have options. But how do you do that?

Scale 99

Scale AI Growth Hacking Innovation 99

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. Chase Merchant Services that we’re now a part of processes $1.2 And it’s also a company that employees 50,000 software engineers. Want to see more content like this?

Payment Services 136

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 136

Point Nine Land

APRIL 21, 2021

In SaaS vs. marketplaces? Start early as finding the right PM for your company might take a while (often a few months). How are you coming up with the best solutions? How do you organize your work? An experience that is well aligned with your product: has the candidate been working in B2B vs B2C?

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Startup Scale Software Review 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). Anita Nielsen. Anne Slough. Beth Sunshine.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130