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.

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Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Keep an eye on this feature's rollout to leverage broader communication channels on Meta's platforms. Explore this verification process to boost your brand's credibility on Meta platforms. Explore Threads' growing interconnectivity with other platforms to amplify your content visibility.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This is especially true for global businesses, which grapple with multiple bank accounts in multiple currencies, opaque and expensive foreign exchange rates, unpredictable money transfers, weeks-long reconciliations, and more. Furthermore, many global software companies monetize with financial services. Today, U.K.

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Panintelligence

JULY 24, 2024

Key takeaways What is embedded finance and how it integrates financial services into non-financial platforms. The benefits and challenges of implementing embedded finance for businesses and consumers. Examples of embedded finance applications across various industries. What is embedded finance?

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 29, 2014

You can’t buy Quicken or Quickbooks on a CD for one fixed payment anymore. Though the difference may seem slight, this evolution of business model has several immense and crucial advantages that apply both to Internet businesses and the Internet of Things. Now it’s a subscription. That’s why it’s such a big deal.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Doing so generally requires building in additional trust, workflow tools and, in some cases, a shift away from traditional commission based monetization models. To capture these transactions, B2B marketplaces need to build significantly more value into their platforms.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s simple: the subscription revenue model benefits both customers and companies. Meanwhile, companies offering subscriptions can scale with confidence, with predictable revenue and deeper relationships with their customer base. What is the subscription revenue model?

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2013

The payments systems are in place, the integrations with airlines and taxis and inventory systems and physical things like locks exist. When backend software meets the real world through a mobile phone, that’s an IRL experience. IRL apps require radical simplicity in their design. Otherwise, they simply won’t be used.

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Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Benefits of Dynamic Pricing For businesses: Increased revenue, better inventory management Being able to adjust prices based on market conditions enables businesses to maximize revenue. This raises ethical concerns over whether businesses can exploit a lack of consumer flexibility to set higher price points.

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 16, 2017

The recent news reminds me just how many markets are becoming oligopolistic–especially those dominated by platform software. Before We Get to Software… Warren Buffett recently announced that he was buying airline stocks. So why would the Oracle of Omaha invest in airlines now? Oligopolies Extend Well Beyond Airlines.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Milken himself is said to have credited (or blamed) VisiCalc and spreadsheets for the growth of the Private Equity (PE) industry, since cash flows vs. debt payments could be easily monitored, and a formerly complex net present value calculation now just involved a formula for a cell. What about complicated corner cases?

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

To add to this, B2B marketplaces tend to have various different business models (commission, SaaS, not monetizing in the beginning), which makes it very difficult to come up with one-size-fits-all metrics for each funding round. As a result, we could not collect as many data points as we do for our SaaS napkin.

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Stax

MARCH 12, 2024

But in reality, companies often have to spend considerable time and resources chasing down late payments that are stuck in Accounts Receivable. Promptly collecting payments from your customers is essential to run a sustainable business. In fact, 81% of large retailers say that real-time payments are critical to their operations.

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BitPay

MAY 8, 2023

Businesses from every niche and corner of the world are noticing. Here are some of the most well-known companies accepting crypto as payment and what’s driving the adoption. 6 Major Companies Accepting Crypto as Payment Accepting crypto payments as a business isn’t just for the tech-focused industries.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Surcharges are diverse in form and purpose to serve businesses across sectors. Several types include credit card, fuel, service, payment processing, peak-time, environmental, regulatory, and minimum usage surcharges. Payment processing surcharge. Q: What does surcharges mean in payment processing?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

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 40

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With a background in the dynamic airline industry, I transitioned into small business ownership ten years ago, where I became intimately involved in marketing tasks. During this time, I stumbled upon search engine optimization (SEO) and recognized its pivotal role in driving business success. 

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Software Platform Consulting

MARCH 23, 2016

And don’t get me started on the airlines–which may be colluding ! In addition, many of these policies are put in place, suppliers would say, to recover from the abuses buyers heap on them: habitually late payments. virtual card fees piled on an invoice and late payment process. lower-than-promised volumes.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Today’s sponsor is Outreach , the leading sales engagement platform that enables sales reps to humanize their communications at scale, from automating the soul-sucking manual work that eats up selling time to providing action-oriented tips on what communications are working best. Now before we get there, we want to thank our sponsors.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Collibra provides a cross-organizational data governance and catalog platform that helps companies maximize the value of their data. Kustomer ’s customer management platform combines data from various sources and allows companies to offer an intelligent, powerful and flexible service. Founded: 2012. Based in: New York. Founded: 2008.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 20, 2022

By using two local transfers instead of one international transaction, the system completely avoids costly international payments. TransferWise for Business offers several capabilities, including a bill payment platform, seamless connection with Xero, buying merchandise, and payroll management with actual rates in over 40 currencies.

Merchant Services 10

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 10

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Collibra provides a cross-organizational data governance and catalog platform that helps companies maximize the value of their data. Kustomer ’s customer management platform combines data from various sources and allows companies to offer an intelligent, powerful and flexible service. Founded: 2012. Based in: New York. Founded: 2008.

SaaS Payments 100

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 100

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

And what that means is that, of course, we’re going to make business decisions that make us money or that reduce cost or improve revenue. You’re probably in charge of the different payment methods that your company accepts. The Southwest Airline #RescueTheDress. Liam: I love some of these.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Unlike other companies I’ve worked with, a huge part of our growth strategy here is focused on retention and expansion (increasing revenue through upsells). In fact, you can see just how much of our revenue comes from existing customers versus new ones here. Just ask all the major airlines and credit card companies.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As for Robert, prior to MessageBird, he was co-founder and CEO of Zaypay.com which focused on driving mobile payments into 50+ countries, enabling 1.5bln users to pay for virtual goods through their phones (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG). Businesses no longer dictate the way they talk to customers. Loving our podcast content?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2019

Businesses no longer dictate the way they talk to customers. Your customers dictate the way they want to talk to a business. Robert Vis: Businesses have to reach their end users on a growing amount of end points. Our platform abstracts the complexity of a really difficult experience and makes it simple.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2019

Businesses no longer dictate the way they talk to customers. Your customers dictate the way they want to talk to a business. Robert Vis: Businesses have to reach their end users on a growing amount of end points. Our platform abstracts the complexity of a really difficult experience and makes it simple.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Scaling SaaS Payments 113

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In the last few years, we have witnessed digital wallet apps taking over the market, especially after Covid 19, and cashless payments became all the rave. Almost all of us are acquainted with the best digital wallet apps and use them daily for online shopping, bill payments, and splitting with our friends. And why would they not?

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 3, 2025

And with the rise of industry-specific platforms (vertical SaaS) tailored to niche needs, one-size-fits-all software is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Staying ahead of these trends isnt just a techie obsession its the key to keeping your business competitive and scalable in a fast-paced market. Sounds like a dream, right?

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