Jeff Mains: Price Cutting Sparks a Downward Spiral That Devalues SaaS Companies
Jeff Mains · Top 3 Growth Opportunities for Founders in 10 Mins · Jul 28, 2023 · at 2:42
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Jeff Mains warns SaaS founders against cutting prices during downturns, explaining the systemic impact on margins, differentiation, and valuation.
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“Because lower prices mean lower margins. Lower margins mean you have less to invest in differentiation. Weaker differentiation creates a spiral, and as competition heats up, then margins get lower, and it becomes more of a race to the bottom, and business is devalued, because a business that has low margins, and, ah, less monopoly control, less unique, yes, less differentiation, is less valuable to acquirers.”
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