Perpetual motion machines are REAL... They’re called SaaS cos! Replit shows some serious curves, evolution of pric…
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Right now, the pace at which some enterprise software companies are able to grow revenue from $0 to $10M or $10M to $100M is breathtaking. Often, it seems to come down to the size, velocity, and quality of the "top of the funnel"
1) It's not your imagination.
More & more SaaS companies adopted usage-based pricing in the last year (up from 34% to 45%) including startups (@Cypress_io), public cos (@newrelic) and even long-time market leaders (@autodesk).
Let's unpack why. A thread. Growth Stories 🚀A rocket ship that is not only growing at a mind-blowing 100% YoY rate but is also revolutionizing the ecosystem it operates in. Netlify and Jamstack are changing how the world codes and boy are they doing it in style! 1/ All that mattered was the developer ❤️ Jump right in! 👇🏻 The nuts and bolts behind Atlassian’s $50B+ M&A engine are now out on the Top of the Lyne podcast! Tune in and don’t forget to follow us for regular updates
🔎 The PLG huntFor the users, by the users! You heard that right, Hive is a community-built productivity platform. The entire product roadmap is determined by feature requests sourced from users! ❤️ 🎉 It's a big day for the Hive community! We’ve raised $10 million to deliver the world’s first productivity software platform built by our users (yes, you!). This funding includes one of the first investments from the @Zoom Apps Fund 🥳 #CommunityBuilt
hive.com/blog/hive-rais… What hot and upcoming PLG company are you most excited about? 👇🏻 Fundraising, Venture Capital and Exits 🤑
Launches, events, and releases
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Stay tuned for updates as we work on further improvements to the post editor.
🚨 Calling all admins! Today we're announcing new functionality to help manage Airtable at scale:
✅ New Admin Panel experience
✅ Ability to create User Groups
✅ New security controls & audit logs
✅ Improved base performance & mgmt
Get the details ➡️ ow.ly/VyLL50GP1ml Nerding out on PLG 🤓📚Whoa. This morning, I received the first real copy of The Cold Start Problem, a book I’ve been working on for the past 3 years
Feels so good to hold it in my hand
Comes out in a few weeks - December 7, preorder here: coldstart.com The much-anticipated how-to for all things network effects, is out on December 7th and we can’t wait to get our hands on it! 🤩 #notaplug 🤭, we are just big fans ❤️ Some housekeeping… Is your mailbox trying to keep our content away from you! 💔 What can you do about it? Mark this email as ‘not spam’ 😱 or move it from your promotions to the primary folder 👉🏻 It’s very easy! Thanks again, and please tell a few friends if you feel like it. If you liked this post from Top of the Lyne, why not share it? |
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Netlify: heading the headless revolution
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The growth and demand gen strategies that fuelled Netlify to 2M+ users and a $2B valuation!
Zapier proves PLG prints $s faster than the Fed, fundraising like a Superhuman, the Google of Code, and more...
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Welcome to this week's edition of the ✨Top of the Lyne✨ newsletter. Each week we publish the hottest news from the beautiful world of product-led growth! (PLG) The outcome we're shooting for is
Sourcegraph: Google for code
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The growth levers and GTM strategies that powered the code-search platform to a 4x increase in revenue and a $2.625B valuation
The cloud proves Einstein was right! Growing 3900% for dummies, Hashicorp files for IPO, and more...
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Welcome to this week's edition of the ✨Top of the Lyne✨ newsletter. Each week we publish the hottest news from the beautiful world of product-led growth! (PLG) The outcome we're shooting for is
Algolia: Your search ends here
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
The go-to-market strategies that scaled Algolia to $100M+ in ARR!
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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