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.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2021

It was seen as a necessary part of a business, but not something that drove revenue or influenced customers’ buying decisions. Another survey reveals that 84% of businesses report an uplift in revenue as one of the primary benefits of improving their customer experience. That time is over.

Technical Review 222

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

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. OKRs are a useful mental model - they make it crystal clear what people and teams should be striving for.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. To find out, we sat down with Jeanne de Witte , Head of North America Revenue & Growth at Stripe.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. 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. The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? MRR, obviously. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).

SaaS Payments 229

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 229

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. Aaron Ross, Co-CEO, Predictable Revenue. He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. Diego Cordovez, CMO, Meetime.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. That’s exactly how Yelp approached its growth journey, under the leadership of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Local Revenue Kayti Sullivan. Why you need a customer success team.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Churn Scale 108

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Over the past decade, software has created tremendous value for investors and businesses, thanks largely to its transformative effect on the economy , its role in developing new cloud-based business models, and its ability to increase efficiency in operations. Sticky after all. Four ways to drive value. Embrace the cloud operating model.

Software Review 52

Software Review DevOps as a Service Software Underperforming Technical Team 52

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 4, 2020

How do you stand out in such a highly-competitive marketplace? And they do this with poor store setup and product listings. Amazon even developed its own SEO algorithm called A9. Basically, they’ll help you develop and implement marketing strategies to drive sales and revenue. Find an Amazon marketing consultant.

Consulting 112

Consulting Outsourcing Services Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 112

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

That’s all because of our ability to constantly optimize and improve our methods according to the current trends in the marketplace. You should check out the services of Neil Patel Digital. #2 For that amount, you can look forward to a big team entirely focused on your results. 3 WebMechanix — Best For All-In-One Services.

Sales Hiring 144

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 144

Chart Mogul

APRIL 24, 2020

With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Revenue is down!” Was that the last wave of bad news?’ ‘I’m How bad will it get?

Forecasting 98

Forecasting SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 98

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. Ryan and his team noticed so many inefficiencies across the L&D workflows. “It There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 91

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Hiring a traditional outbound sales team to target CIOs used to be the norm for B2B sales. Today, going to market is often multifaceted and requires developing technical and commercial partnerships, selling through cloud marketplaces, and leveraging your product for growth. GTM continues to be less and less straightforward.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Startup 82

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

No Wait, of Course That Is the Single Most Important SaaS Metric by Jason Cohen, A Smart Bear The purpose of a metric is to be a tool in service of your goals, timeline, size, circumstance, even philosophy, not as a master you are thoughtlessly obligated to obey. Keep an eye out as we will be making regular updates.

Scale 52

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 7, 2022

A free trial is often seen as the quickest way to get customers signed up and using a SaaS product/service, but it comes with several strings attached. SaaS companies commonly implement this in two different ways: Free Trial: Users only have access to the product/service for a limited time (e.g. What Does Freemium Mean in Business?

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Business Model Payment Features Business SaaS 74

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Our team at Neil Patel Digital has created this handy guide to help you find the best Facebook ad consultant who knows what he’s doing, without wasting your marketing budget or talking in circles. If you want to explore Facebook as a means to advertise your products and services for maximizing sales and generating leads, you need an expert.

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Advertising Consulting Scale Sales Hiring 123

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Predictable Revenue. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. The Seller’s Challenge. Mastering the Complex Sale. Outbound Sales, No Fluff.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Rob Gonzalez: Operationally, I look at, in particular, my experience at Endeca, but also another startup that sold to pharmaceutical companies and other life sciences businesses and financial services companies called Cambridge Semantics. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.

SaaS Payments 249

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 249

Chart Mogul

MAY 7, 2020

Onboarding a new member of your sales team is challenging on its own, but especially so when they have to call prospects out of the blue. Providing the right cold calling training can make or break the success of a new team member. Nobody likes cold calling. But just because it isn’t fun doesn’t mean it isn’t effective.

Sales Hiring 121

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Headcount 121

SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Not only is it one of the main drivers of revenue growth for early-stage companies, but it’s a primary goal for SaaS businesses across market stages. More customers = more revenue. Again, corresponding variables such as customer acquisition cost ( CAC ) and customer revenue all tie back to your acquisition strategy.

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Acquisition Scale Strategy Software Review 59

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, before YesWare, she was VP of Sales @ Engine Yard, where she tripled monthly recurring revenue, over the course of her 3+ year tenure, in 3 key leadership roles. Where do most teams go wrong in implementing the role out of their CS strategy? Does Bridget believe CS teams should be involved in the upsell process?

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Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 194

OpenView Labs

APRIL 13, 2020

There are new job titles—growth marketing, growth product manager, growth engineer, head of growth—and new opportunities that have changed the way companies think about how to grow their revenue or users. Proliferation of iterative, experiment-driven, nimble approaches to product development (also known as Agile). Monetization.

Systems Review 98

Systems Review Technical Advisors Scale Technical Review 98

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time.

Payments 56

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2019

Needless to say, this made him look bad in my eyes. This left a bad taste in my mouth as the company clearly valued new business more than existing customers. When the customer journey isn’t well-orchestrated, Marketing and Sales can do serious damage in the marketplace. RELATED: eBook-Aligning Toward Revenue Efficiency.

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Strategy Marketing Marketplace as a Service Sales 88

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

And yet, downplaying your team’s needs undermines CS’s current impact and future revenue-driving potential. According to our 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study, CS teams are already underfunded and under-resourced. But it’s not about driving revenue at all costs, cautions Jeff. Now we have a name for this.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Sales Hiring Headcount Scale 98

A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The implication is that this was unknowable or bad luck, but the truth is, this was a predictable result of not understanding the market. Sometimes that’s a dream team that weathers the storm that sinks the other boats. The bad news is, you don’t know ahead of time what that thing will be. Multitasking is bad.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Startup 64

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. How to build a winning sales team.

Scale 102

Scale Payments Technical Advisors Sales Recruiting 102

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Key metrics like revenue growth, customer acquisition costs, and net promoter score can indicate the success of a blue ocean strategy. The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete. Develop creative “what-if” scenarios to design potential blue ocean offerings.

Strategy 71

Strategy Technical Review Business Innovation 71

SaaSX

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Today’s digital marketplace is a vast and wild place. Plus, you’ll also be obliged to bring your entire team on board by encouraging your colleagues to roll out the welcome mat and adopt some partner-friendly best practices. It can get a little lonely out there. But don’t worry––we can help you jumpstart the process. . Ask yourself: .

Outsourcing Services 93

Outsourcing Services Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Advisors 93

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Anita Nielsen.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

Chart Mogul

APRIL 24, 2020

With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Revenue is down!” Was that the last wave of bad news?’ ‘I’m How bad will it get?

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Marketplace as a Service 52

Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

In addition to EMR/EHR capabilities, they include: Advanced reporting Patient engagement Revenue cycle management Telehealth. I definitely recommend reading reviews from actual customers about the kind of service they receive during and after implementation. If you are supposed to get a dedicated service rep, how dedicated are they?

Systems Review 143

Systems Review Healthcare Software Review Marketplace as a Service 143

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close. Michael Redbord has an answer for that.

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Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 188

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Few people have more experience with this move than Linda Lin , Director of Customer Success at the revenue intelligence platform Gong. Although Linda started her career in sales, she has spent the past twelve years scaling post-sales teams and moving hyper-growth companies like Zendesk, Slack, and now Gong upmarket into the enterprise realm.

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Scale Customer Success Strategy Sales Hiring 177

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

That’s not a bad start. We are the world’s most complete and comprehensive instrumentation platform on the marketplace today, that is cloud-based, that is SaaS-based. We thought it would have a business opportunity of around about $100 million in revenue. We work with mostly modern teams. Good afternoon.

Scale 169

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 169

ProfitWell

MARCH 11, 2020

But as cost containment becomes a priority for businesses looking to thrive in the modern digitally-transformed marketplace, keeping existing customers happy and loyal is now a primary concern. Where is the revenue leakage happening? For SaaS service companies, MRR is what puts food on the table. Customer service is huge!

Retention 52

Retention Metrics SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 52

Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

Until that happens, you’ll find it difficult to sell your actual products or services. Most people and companies think products and services sell because of their great features. Let’s look at an example in the world of marketing consulting services and products. service, program, online course, etc.) That’s not the case.

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Sales Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 137