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Car Engines and Gas Prices Can Help Eliminate Obsolete Sales Tactics

Understanding the Sales Force

Speaking of gasoline, what about the pricing? When I was growing up there was a well-traveled road with eight gas stations next to each other, and there were non-stop price wars with prices ranging from 17.9 Today, gas prices run in the range of $3-$5 and pricing gas by the 9/10 cent doesnt make any sense.

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Dear SaaStr: What Percentage Owership Do Venture Capitalists Want in Start-Ups?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Percentage Owership Do Venture Capitalists Want in Start-Ups? And the bigger the firm, the more they want to own: Most Big VC Firms ($600-$2b+ in a fund) want to own 15%-20%+ of a start-up, ideally even 30% in a Series A investmen t. Roughly, it varies by stage, and how big the firm is.

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As Canva targets enterprises, it risks losing SMBs due to higher prices

Martech

Digital design and collaboration platform Canva hopes a recent price hike won’t hurt it with SMBs as it challenges Adobe in the enterprise market. At the start of September, the company announced a big price increase for team subscriptions. It’s completely disrupted my business,” Hornstein said.

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How SaaS Pricing Evolves Across Different Company Stages

Sales Hacker

SaaS pricing isn’t static – it’s a living strategy that grows with your company. In this article we dive into a playbook for pricing across different stages of company growth, inspired by Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm. Tiered pricing models emerge to address these differences.

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Pipeliner Concepts—Product and Price Lists

Sales Pop!

Continuing our series on Pipeliner concepts, let’s now look its completely unique product and price lists feature. To start with, you need to create product categories into which all of your products fall. Price Lists. Once you have your products categorized and listed, you can then create price lists. price-lists.

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Dear SaaStr: When Does It Make Sense to Price Low in the Market?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: When and how should SaaS startups offer reduced pricing vs the competition? For most SaaS apps, you want to at least start with just right, Goldilocks pricing: #1. Too high a price, and you start to add friction to the sales process. A related post here: The 3 Types of Day 1 Pricing: Low End of Normal.

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Leveraging AI in Podcasting for Enhanced Sales Strategies

Sales Pop!

For example, if an AI tool identifies that a segment on overcoming pricing objections receives high replay rates, this indicates a need to delve deeper into pricing strategies in future episodes or even create specific sales collateral. This allows you to recycle content effectively and boost SEO without starting from scratch.