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In 2016, OpenView introduced the concept of 'Product-led Growth' to describe software companies that embrace self-service models and transparent pricing. The approach is rooted in a buying revolution that started a century earlier. In 1916, Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, opened the first "self-service" grocery store. He faced several challenges in designing a minimum-viable store.

Complex SaaS pricing models are fashionable. Basecamp founder Jason Fried made the case for simple at SaaStock Austin.

We are excited to announce our $3.2m Pre-Seed funding round led by 468 Capital. Other investors include Mischief Capital, Tokyo Black, GTMfund, Lorimer Ventures, Nomad Cap, and Alumni Ventures.

Zillow's 15-year reign as the leading real estate portal is in jeopardy. With the era of 6% commissions coming to an end, Zillow's monetization model will need an overhaul. Costar Group, 3x the size of Zillow Group, believes their Homes.com portal can unseat Zillow in 3 years.

Microsoft 365 hits 400m Paid Seats. Business Copilot is now generally available as a product add-on. Morgan Stanley Analyst estimates $10bn in additional revenue by end of year 2025.

Defining and exploring per-user pricing, the most used pricing model in SaaS—including benefits, drawbacks, examples & more.

A guide to modern SaaS subscription management that analyzes how leading SaaS companies have reimagined subscription-based monetization.

Workspace level trials are common in SaaS - Member-level trials are an under-used tools.

Slack kicked off the era of product led growth (PLG) in 2015, and the $28bn acquisition by Salesforce in 2021 was one of the largest in SaaS history.

Silas and I are excited to introduce UserHub, a User-Based Billing Platform that helps Subscription SaaS companies turn Users into Revenue.

When many people think of pricing and packaging, they think of a static pricing page. However, of equal importance is how the monetization journey is designed to maximizes the probability that would-be users become paying-users. Picking your moment to monetize is critical.

In this article, we walk through five key questions to help you design a Team Management Portal that unlocks product-led growth.