Subscription Software
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
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4 statements about Subscription Software, every show
McMahon: Annual subscriptions give software vendors 6–9 months to deliver value
“And now we were on annual subscriptions, so now I basically have like six to nine months, if you're not getting value out of my software, to go ahead and fix your problem, make sure that you get value out of it, otherwise you're not gonna renew and you're gonn…”
Schneider: AI Subscription Software Can Erode the Lightroom Preset Market
“I think there's an opportunity to totally just erode this market and basically turn it into a subscription software for photographers.”
Isenberg: The best way to win a market is launching freemium first
“Obviously the best way to, like, win a market is just to, like, give it away for free, and then as you're learning about it, Then you just add paid products, monthly subscription”
Subscription software transformed ERP customer lifetime value into a 10-year relationship
“It replaces the need to have to spend to write a check for six figures to buy the license upfront, like the old model was some three, four or five years ago. And, you know, it shifted the lifetime value of the customer from that, just that first year where it …”