Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc. This keeps morale high and creates a very predictable revenue forecast. Called field sales or outside sales people, their compensation starts at about $250k per year for on-target earnings (OTE - combination of salary and sales commission). So does Expensify, which decreases the time to file expenses.

SaaS Payments 283

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Base decisions on performance rather than appearance, gut instinct, or forecasts. Show ‘em the Money – Sales reps are incentivized by variable compensation, so use data to drive peak performance. The content that resonates best with buyers discusses issues and tells great stories, says Cameron Tanner at AWS. The Data Is In.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc. This keeps morale high and creates a very predictable revenue forecast. Called field sales or outside sales people, their compensation starts at about $250k per year for on-target earnings (OTE - combination of salary and sales commission). So does Expensify, which decreases the time to file expenses.

Pricing 125

Pricing Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 125

OpenView Labs

MARCH 16, 2021

SaaS companies exploring a usage-based model need to plan for both go-to-market and operational challenges spanning from pricing to sales compensation to billing. AWS takes this a step further by allowing a customer to commit in advance, but still pay for their usage as it happens. Designing sales compensation plans.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 52

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, technology companies like AWS, GCP, and Snowflake offer no contracts for customers interested in using their self-service option or beta-testing the solution. Thus, almost axiomatically, the model exacerbates the challenge of accurately forecasting revenue, as well as setting accurate quotas. Sales compensation.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Compensation 52

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most famous lines from Citizen Kane is, “It's no trick to make an awful lot of money, if that's all you want is to do is make a lot of money.” With a revenue model, you can consolidate your target audience, figure out how to market to them, and forecast growth. If only that statement were as true as it seemed. Labor costs.

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