Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen. Now, we believe generative AI promises to revolutionize marketplaces again. It will not only transform how products and services are sold — but also how they are made.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. What makes a SaaS business so hard? Rise of subscription-based business models.

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Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 260

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They demonstrate spectacular growth and expansion while revolutionizing and disrupting industries with new business models. How Atlassian does business . The Atlassian business model is unique. Marketplace partners. Businesses work with solution partners to help their brands accomplish specific goals.

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Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 263

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

If you own a SaaS or other digital product business such as a Slack plugin, Chrome extension, online publishing business, mobile app, or even a blog and youre looking to exit, you may have a lot of questions about how best to go about it. How selling an investment business is very different from getting VC funding.

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The Angel VC

JANUARY 10, 2017

2) Being a workflow tool is no longer enough Investors are increasingly questioning if you can build a large and long-term sustainable SaaS business by being primarily a workflow tool. VCs need outliers to make their business model work, but that's not your problem. Enough words. Here's the 2017 SaaS Funding Napkin!

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SaaS Marketplace as a Service Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 262

Neil Patel

MAY 4, 2021

Data as a service (DaaS) is becoming increasingly popular. Businesses using DaaS platforms can see improvements in data collection, usage, and management. Additionally, offloading data management to DaaS companies means more internal capacity for business development. What Is Data as a Service (DaaS)?

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Marketplace as a Service Data Technical Review Marketing 76

SaaStr

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s critical for a business to adapt when the situation calls for it, especially in response to new customer preferences, evolving technology, cultural movements, etc. The signs that a change is needed can come externally, like a new trend or wave that impacts your product, business, or mission. Investing in a Product-Led Model.

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Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Construction 276

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 19, 2017

Online advertising serves as a potential model for how the machine learning software as a service ecosystem might evolve. In the 2000s, Google and others built global machine learning models for ad targeting across websites. For non-strategic areas, these businesses will pay to use ML-based SaaS.

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Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Advertising Marketplace as a Service 186

SaaSOptics

APRIL 7, 2022

A free trial is often seen as the quickest way to get customers signed up and using a SaaS product/service, but it comes with several strings attached. What Does Freemium Mean in Business? A freemium business model allows companies to build up a large initial user base at no additional costs. 30 or 60 day trial period).

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. 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. The Types of Marketplaces.

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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. The last kind of constituent here is investors and business owners. And basically SaaS revenue models is just magical for investors and for businesses.

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The Angel VC

AUGUST 25, 2017

We will continue to focus on two business models: SaaS and marketplaces SaaS We use a broad definition of SaaS. What counts is that the startup is aiming to solve a big enough problem for a large enough number of potential customers in order to build a big business. We’re interested in horizontal and vertical SaaS.

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Investment Marketplace as a Service Blockchain Machine Learning 118

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. Is it safe? Let’s go ??.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 147

Neil Patel

APRIL 1, 2021

Here are ten of the best Instagram bios for small businesses and explain why they’re excellent. 10 of the Best Instagram Bios for Small Businesses. Here are several small-business Instagram bios that hit the mark and why. This gives the reader a good idea of the target audience and what they’ll achieve through the service.

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Social Media Business Marketplace as a Service Branding 137

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 9, 2017

Established in 1995, Angie’s List was the pioneer in the home services marketplace. Angie’s business model was a prominent differentiator from its competition in the home services market. But Did the “Right” Business Model Win? I am sad to see Angie’s List go.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. Sam Jacobs : What’s the business model? And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This post is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

Aircall, “ the phone system for modern business ,” goes far beyond the call centers of old by playing well with third-party integrations that allow companies to do everything from viewing customers’ history and call transcripts in their CRM to making or receiving calls directly within Intercom Messenger. Short on time? Jonathan: Of course.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 18, 2021

When I started advising Eventbrite, the company had a business unit structure, so it didn’t even have a CPO role, but product leaders embedded into different business units. Building a consumer marketplace to drive incremental ticket sales to event creators. What Was Going On With the Core Business?

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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. to build digital grocery businesses in the U.S. a16z has long had an investment theory that we should invest behind strengths of a business model and opportunity, not lack of weakness.

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Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale Construction 140

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges businesses face when they grow is scaling effective , autonomous and quick decision-making. It has a compounding effect - the more good decisions a business makes, the better the results will be. Build a moat The idea of “ building a moat ” is a mental model from Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

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Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. This model allows sub-merchants to focus on their core activities while benefiting from streamlined access to payment services.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 100

Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

What Mol did was identify how badly traditional banks’ online payment processing worked for small European businesses, before offering Mollie recurring payments as an alternative to these businesses that were nearing bankruptcy during the lockdown. For Mollie, this niche market is that of small European businesses.

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Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 98

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

Transcript: Announcer: In today’s SaaStr insider episode, Marten Mickos, CEO at HackerOne shows the innovative approach of packaging customer value, and how your business can use their model to build elegant and powerful customer offerings. And if we look at the specifics of the word SaaS, software as a service.

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Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Scale 164

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Now—a happy consequence—cloud marketplaces are on a similar trajectory of growth and have opened up a powerful go-to-market channel for sellers that you probably haven’t heard of yet. And there are some pretty amazing opportunities for doing business this way. What’s accelerating this marketplace movement?

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CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

Before you shout “Digital Transformation” in a crowded marketplace, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles in developing a SaaS product plan. First: SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Onboarding operationalizes your user model by expressing it through tenant context.

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Well Architected Framework DevOps as a Service AWS Traceability 130

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is no secret that in order to grow a SaaS company, business leaders need to consider cash flow. It can also threaten a small business's ability to keep up with everyday operations. Unlike traditional small business loans, customer invoices serve as collateral on the capital you borrow. Pro Tip: Check out Crowdz !

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Payment Features Finance SaaS Payments Payment Services 98

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet : See how you can turn like a SaaS business, or a core product you have and make it a very successful developer platform. If you think about it that way, then I think it simplifies a bit the equation, and you can think of how does that apply to your business? We didn’t come from the even business.

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Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 173

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 19, 2024

In recent years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized the way businesses operate, offering scalable solutions accessible over the internet. This shift has not only transformed internal business operations but has also significantly impacted external market dynamics.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service SaaS Payments Payment Services Artificial Intelligence 40

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

I want to talk about how we got to the business model that we have at Lambda School because it’s one of the things that separates us from other schools. Uber is a classic marketplace company. It’s a two-sided marketplace. You had town car services before. They needed something now.

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Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 173

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach.

Outsourcing Services 88

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

You can spend months working on a great idea, pour tons of time and energy into crafting the perfect marketing, but without customers your business will cease to exist. While this may sound simple, it can be incredibly challenging to find new opportunities for growth and customer acquisition in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

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Acquisition Strategy SaaS Payments Content Marketing 156

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. We also think about community and consultants and professional services as an ecosystem around our product. How have you structured the business model or even the product to make that type of viral spread easier?

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Consulting Marketplace as a Service Scale Development 249

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

Just ask Frank Cespedes , Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Today business buyers evolve at a rapid pace. Influenced by their experiences with consumer marketplaces and leaning into their own technological comfort zones – buyers are more than capable of finding information on their own.

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Technical Review Sales Marketplace as a Service Banking 112

The Angel VC

JUNE 13, 2014

Also, the expensive "private limo" service, which Uber started with in the beginning, didn't appeal to me. Related to that, Uber has constructed its business model in such a way that the drivers aren't allowed to take tips, so you don't have to think about how much tip to give. But is it also a great business? I think so.

Payment Solutions 104

Payment Solutions Marketplace as a Service Payment Services Payment Methods 104

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

Thanks to the explosive growth of products like Dropbox, Asana and Slack, the self-serve model has been all the rage for close to a decade. The self-service model requires little to no selling whatsoever, saving time, labor and resources for a growing startup. Are you a marketplace or are an e-commerce retailer?

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