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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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SMALL BUSINESS. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). Consumer Services (B2C). MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES. See a sample reprint in PDF format.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base.