Blog Posts, Marketing, Metrics, SaaS Product Pricing
25% of revenue from professional services may sound high, but it’s a fairly standard ratio in true enterprise software. Importantly, Qualtrics’ margins remain high so it’s not losing money on…
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Blog Posts, Product, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales
One question I struggled with a lot in the early days was what price points supported inside sales reps. It was clear to me that our freemium offering, priced at…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Leadership, Metrics, SaaS Product Pricing
Ok, you’ve finally crossed $1m, $2m, $4m ARR. Now — you just want to get there faster. And that’s where you’ll make a lot of mistakes. The most important thing…
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Blog Posts, Marketing, Product, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales
As we begin strategic planning season for next year, there one topic a lot that comes up a lot: Should We Just Let Our Smallest Customers Go? Even once you…
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Blog Posts, Q&A, SaaS Product Pricing
Q: How is the ‘decoy effect’ used to increase add-on and bundle sales in SaaS? It’s an interesting question in SaaS. Do we see the classic ‘decoy effect’ — vs….
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Blog Posts, Growth, Product, SaaS Product Pricing
There’s a fun — and very lucrative and rewarding — exercise I like to go through with most of the startups I work with. It’s goes like this: First, who’s…
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Marketing, Marketing, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing
SaaStr Podcast #398 with Rob Gonzalez, Founder & CMO @ Salsify: How To Price To Maximise For Upsell and Expansion, Why and When To Engage with Partner Programs & How To Correctly Segment Customer Profiles Most Efficiently
Blog Posts, Early, Q&A, SaaS Product Pricing
What product would one million people be willing to pay $1 for monthly? It’s an interesting question and challenge — and one very few SaaS companies have taken up. Dropbox has marched…
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Blog Posts, Leadership, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales
SaaStr 395: Why Seat Based pricing Will Die and Volume Based Pricing Is Optimal, How To Structure Pipeline Meetings Most Effectively & How To Think Through Demand Gen Strategically with UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan
Blog Posts, Growth, SaaS Product Pricing
There are a few magical moments as you go upmarket in SaaS: The first time you close a $1m TCV (total contract value) deal. E.g., $250k a year for 4…
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Blog Posts, Marketing, SaaS Product Pricing
If you’ve been around since the earlier days of the internet , a certain phrase may send shivers up your spine — “Roundtrip Revenue.” People went to jail at AOL…
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Early, Marketing, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing
Mikael Cho, CEO of Unsplash shares his lessons learned from starting Unsplash as a side project and growing it to a market leader, and disrupting an industry of giants like Shutterstock, Getty, and Adobe Stock with a free business model.
Early, Marketing, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales, Sales
Ep. 380: Ryan Sandler is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Truework, the company that gives employees control over employment, income and other identity data. To date, Ryan has raised over…
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Blog Posts, Early, Featured Q&A, Product, Q&A, SaaS Product Pricing
Q: As an entrepreneur starting out, is it better to overprice your product or underprice it? For most of us, as we build up our confidence, the best initial pricing…
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Blog Posts, SaaS Product Pricing
Q: Will SaaS prices drop due to competition from developing countries? What prevents them from charging 5x or even 10x less? ( I ask as a potential startup founder )…
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