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. Prior to founding Instacart, Apoorva was a fulfillment optimization software engineer from Amazon. Both offered consumers a ton of convenience through their service.

Marketplace as a Service 137

Marketplace as a Service Scale Underperforming Technical Team Construction 137

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.

SaaS Payments 227

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 227

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. The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software.

Outsourcing Services 224

Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. Grasswire, it was because we had no team and no monetization strategy, which I do not recommend. Uber is a classic marketplace company. It’s a two-sided marketplace. You had town car services before. Want to see more content like this?

Acquisition 133

Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 133

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

What strategies can you implement to drive acquisition and retention faster? Get ready to dive into insightful discussions, practical strategies, and real-world examples that will empower you to create and manage products that meet user needs and leave them truly satisfied. But how do you do that? Product growth speakers.

Scale 92

Scale AI Growth Hacking Innovation 92

Outseta

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Founders agree to a salary cap (based off of the average salary of a software engineer in the nearest major city), and can increase their salary up to that cap as the business makes money. So we can help with strategy, mostly on the capital side.” The ecosystem, for us, is a no-brainer.

SaaS Payments 102

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments SaaS 102

Point Nine Land

APRIL 21, 2021

In SaaS vs. marketplaces? If you apply Paul Graham’s “Startup = Growth” logic to product management, you come to the conclusion that in early days, being very reactive and tactical might be the best product strategy. Start by figuring out the strategies that will bring you effective, efficient and long term growth.

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Startup Scale Software Review 52