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Usage-Based Revenue Models: Successes and Pitfalls from Checkr COO Lindsey Scrase on CRO Confidential

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When Lindsey joined, she inherited an already built-out self-serve/PLG model for small businesses and a mid-market and enterprise sales, customer success, and post-sales team. But at the start of its expansion play, Checkr’s enterprise motion failed, and sales cycles were slow, taking up to a year for $100k & up deals.

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AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future

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The question isn’t whether AI will impact sales. It’s how quickly sales will follow support’s playbook. But here’s what’s fascinating: this same deflection model is now making its first moves into sales territory. Deflection While support deflection is mature, sales deflection is just beginning.

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The Vertical SaaS Gold Rush: Why Non-Tech B2B Is Growing 250%+ Faster

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The Numbers Tell the Story: Monday.com Q1 2025 : 30% growth, $282M revenue Asana 2024 : Single-digit growth, struggling with churn Mostly Same Product Category, Mostly Different Customers Both companies build “work management” software. At Least Right Now. Look at Monday.com vs Asana.

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ServiceTitan: Benchmarking the S1 Data

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We land with our Core product, which offers a base-level functionality across all key workflows, including call tracking, scheduling, dispatching, end-customer communications, marketing automation, estimating, job costing, sales, inventory and payroll integration.

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The Ultimate Gartner Report to Driving Growth & Recurring Revenue

In 2023, companies are looking to improve their revenue and drive sustainable growth by scaling their subscription offerings, to increase the rate of growth and resilience by moving from one-time sales to recurring revenue.

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Dear SaaStr: How Should I Build Our First Sales Comp Plan?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Should I Build Our First Sales Comp Plan? Creating a sales commission plan is critical for motivating your team and aligning their incentives with your company’s goals. This is standard in SaaS and aligns incentives with long-term revenue. As you scale, you can lower the rate slightly (e.g.,

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How Anthropic Rocketed to $4B ARR — And Why Your B2B Playbook May Already Be Obsolete

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When Anthropic hit a reported $4 billion in annual revenue at the end of 1H’25, it marked more than just another AI milestone. API-First Revenue Model Unlike the subscription-heavy models of traditional SaaS, 70-75% of Anthropic’s revenue comes from API calls through pay-per-token pricing.

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