Marketplace as a Service Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 
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.
Casey Accidental
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. The Weak Transition to Marketplace Arguments. So goes the story.
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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. There wasn’t a ton of game film on key issues including growth, new market performance, nor the ability to sign and scale grocer partnerships. Grocery is the largest retail category in the U.S.,
Stax
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 11, 2019
But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. If you’re a leader, he says, don’t try to scale your job. As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close.
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.
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. I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. A good idea is a good idea, after all.
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