SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. The company’s best-selling book, Predictable Revenue , details the hugely successful outbound process and sales created specifically for Salesforce. Patrick Campbell, CEO, ProfitWell.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

.” Build a product that disrupts legacy processes The most successful startups are ones that identify an unfulfilled need or an unresolved pain point and create a solution for it. Amazon now delivers goods and services to your front door within the hour. Uber and Lyft bring rides to you with the touch of a button.

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Point Nine Land

MARCH 10, 2020

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it. Sounds complicated?

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Marketplace as a Service Strategy B2C Systems Review 59

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Pendo announced a new offering aimed to help startup companies accelerate product-market fit, and prove that product traction to early stage investors. Learn how Pendo can help companies go from startup to scale-up here. For major launches across Zendesk’s product offerings, check out www.zendesk.com/startups. Blissfully .

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Features Marketplace as a Service 225

Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

As consumers, we can order almost anything online in a few clicks: books, taxis, cars or manicures, you name it. Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services.

Marketplace as a Service 83

Marketplace as a Service B2B Payments SaaS Payments 83

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Andrew’s been an angel investor and advisor for a slew of name-brand startups; however, he’s most widely known for his invaluable essays on growth. I’ve known Marc and Ben for a long time, and they originally seed-funded a startup of mine many years ago. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun.

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Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. .

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Merchant Services Technical Review Scale Sales Hiring 200

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you’re in the startup world, chances are you know exactly who Andrew Chen is. What was the secret of all the Silicon Valley high-growth startups we’ve seen over the years? The marketplace flavor of that is, I think, anchored so heavily on network effects and what you state as, in the title of your book, The Cold Start Problem.

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Blockchain Startup 138

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up. Kayti argues, “Even in self-service models, there’s a relationship that they’re feeling with your product.” We love the marketplace you’ve created.’”. …Where do you spend your time?”. We love you.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I think one of the key reasons for this perspective is that there really aren’t many proven best practices for how operators can actually create categories — a problem that I wanted to help address by publishing a book on the topic. But make no mistake — successfully creating a category is extremely hard. .

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

It’s become apparent that for hypergrowth SaaS startups today, there are two distinct phases. Stripe hit the market with such force that they could rely on a high-velocity, bottom-up distribution engine to give them the kind of traction other startups could only dream of. How to bring formal sales into a growing startup.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

They noticed that a big design conference was coming to town, and all the hotels were booked. They didn’t know it at the time, but they had also created an entire business category: an on demand, short-term rental marketplace, which has shot the value of their business north of $38 billion. Why do most startups fail?

Scale 112

Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A lot of startups out there tend to define themselves as startups who aspire to become a platform, and it’s quite nebulous to define. Like, how can we provide economic infrastructure for developers to build applications and services and in a weird way, future proof? Right, Renaud? Let’s start with our five key steps.

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Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 164

Chart Mogul

MAY 7, 2020

Possible behavior-based goals to track include the number of: Cold calls made New prospects identified Voicemails left Meetings booked. You could also adapt the “fear setting” exercise from Tim Ferriss’s classic book The Four Hour Workweek to cold calling. Driving Startup Growth With Cold Outreach: Use Cases And Best Practices.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Wikipedia contributors define product innovation as “the creation and subsequent introduction of a good or service that is either new, or an improved version of previous goods or services.”. This is particularly the case in startups, where the word ‘disruption’ is almost a business pitch requirement nowadays. Specialize.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

Whether youre a startup , an SMB , or a global enterprise , the right ATS can streamline your recruitment process, save time, and help attract top talent in a competitive market. What ATS is best for small businesses or startups? Can ATS software integrate with my other HR tools (HRIS, payroll, etc.)?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 24, 2019

She and her partners recently published Get Together , a book that distills key insights from some of their favorite projects and provides practical advice for how to jumpstart a passionate, engaged group. How did you first cross paths then with your little community of co-authors for your book? Get to know your biggest fans.

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Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Marketplace as a Service Investment 116

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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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. Start Listing your saas on Software and saas Marketplaces.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The best thing about SEMrush is that they offer a high-quality service to their users; they are accurate and provide regular program updates that enhance the user experience, capabilities, and success ratio online. update in Content marketing tool Content Marketplace Expansion: Order the Content You Need.

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User Pilot

JULY 9, 2024

Hubspot : Best for comprehensive inbound marketing, sales, and customer service solutions. Zendesk : Best for scalable customer support and service management across multiple channels. It’s a comprehensive platform that caters to businesses of all sizes and industries, from small startups to large enterprises.

Software Review 103

Software Review Software Management Business 103

Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

In short, those are SubscriptionFlow’s two biggest sources of attraction in the already saturated marketplace of SaaS billing. make it especially suited for small businesses and startups who are only too aware of where they spend and how much.

Payment Solutions 104

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Payment Features 104

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

You might join a startup as a Revenue Operations Manager and run the show in collaboration with a VP of Sales. I turned to sales for a technical recruiting agency and project management services. The last few years I’ve joined startups as the proverbial “Team of One.” That didn’t go so well at all!

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Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Review Technical Advisors 116

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Once you have your books in order and are comfortable with day-to-day bookkeeping, you can unlock the full potential of the information in those spreadsheets through data visualization. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Try Baremetrics free.

Payments 98

Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 98

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Having a hard time choosing the perfect customer self-service software? This article covers: Key benefits of the self-service method. TL;DR Customer self-service software is any tool that can empower your customers to access help resources and troubleshoot issues independently. Book a demo now to try it.

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Marketplace as a Service Software AI Search SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With the advent of product-led growth – where people can experience a SaaS product with a free self-service account or want hands-on support over several months – evaluations can take different forms, have varying costs to the seller, and require different levels of commitment from buyers and sellers. It is also free for Kindle readers.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

For those that don’t know, the title of this post is a play on the book Barbarians at the Gate , by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, which chronicles the battle to buy RJR Nabisco in 1988.) How many small Shopify merchants might want the exact same service? Inside sales? The curves simply do not meet. All of them! None of them.

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

When launching a startup or adding a new product, common advice is to start with a minimum viable product (MVP). It starts with self service. We don’t call up travel agents, we book it ourselves. I felt like there was an easier way to communicate goods and services online, digitally. We hit it pretty hard.

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Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 147

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 1, 2024

Like the startups in our portfolio, TxO is constantly evolving to ensure we’re meeting the needs of our founders. The trio eventually joined forces to found Outing , a social marketplace where users can discover, book, and plan group outings. Once in the U.S.,

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User Pilot

JULY 28, 2023

First popularised by Eris Reis in the seminal book ‘The Lean Startup’, the idea is to quickly validate a product idea by providing something that can be used by early adopters – who can then provide valuable feedback for future product development. . #7 Many startups have used this model to get off the ground.

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Mucker Capital

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If you’re thinking about launching a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, there are two different ways to approach the market. Horizontal SaaS: These companies aim to create a product that services a specific type of employee, function or division across all industries. So what’s behind this resiliency? Financial Stack.

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SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payments 49

Point Nine Land

MARCH 18, 2019

This came to define a new go-to-market strategy for many marketplaces or, as they came to be known, SaaS-enabled marketplaces. In some cases, the SaaS was even given away free in the hope of driving adoption before monetizing on the marketplace. In other words, we may see users coming for the network and staying for the tool.

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Marketplace as a Service Payment Features Scale Benchmarks 49

Point Nine Land

AUGUST 17, 2021

About a year and a half into my degree, I co-founded a company in the MedTech space and had a fun journey learning all about the startup world but with a scientist’s lens on. What are some of your favourite books? What should we expect from you at P9?

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Venture Capital Startup Marketplace as a Service Trends 97

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 17, 2025

Whether you’re a startup or a growing company, the right CRM can streamline your sales and marketing, helping you stay organized and responsive to customers. You can integrate email, calendars, and more via the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace. The best part? Scalability: As your business grows, Salesforce can scale with you.

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Software Review Scale Software Business 40

User Pilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Product positioning is a process that aims at determining how the service or product is situated on the market and why it is superior to those of your competitors. As a product or service provider, your goal is to attract those customers who have a clear idea of what they need in a product, why they need it, and what can satisfy those needs.

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Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Software Review Marketplace as a Service 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So there already exists an app store or the Instabase Marketplace where these first-party apps, you can go online now, download an app for automatically processing bank statements or driving licenses or passports. And it was essentially providing consulting services for people in my local town and surrounding area.

Scale 115

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Review 115

User Pilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Book a demo to see it in action. In a small startup, a product manager might oversee everything. Let’s explore some of the best tools in the marketplace and how they can help. What is product management? Plus, when you satisfy customer needs and wants, you get rewarded with their loyalty.

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