6 reasons subscription companies are taking over the world
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Why ZuoraZuora Provides a BluePrint to Succeed in the
Subscription Economy!
The 6 Reasons Subscription Companies are Taking Over the World
By Travis Huch ZUORA
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Let’s Make this Interactive
Poll: Who owns pricing of your products/services? (Group or Role)
Q&A
@zuora @travishuch
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The Market Momentum of SaaS is Undeniable
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You can have Subscription without SaaS,
But you can’t have SaaS without Subscription
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A Look at Price to Sales Ratios
Stock Market Cap Price to Sales TTM
Workday 17.26B 42.94
Netsuite 8.68B 20.25
Salesforce.com 38.39B 10.25
FireEye 11.11B 62.59
Marketo 1.58B 16.52
Adobe 33.77B 8.42
Informatica 4.49B 4.67
Oracle 172B 4.57
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What about the Private Companies?
Stock Est. Valuation
DropBox 10B
Box 2B
Docusign 1.65B
SurveyMonkey 1.3B
Zendesk 1B+
Zuora N/A
Okta N/A
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But These Are Trailing Indicators
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Why is The Subscription Model Better?
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Recurring Model Drives a Real Relationship
Vendors can now understand whether customer is getting value
Sometimes relationship is inherent, other times it’s built
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Recurring revenue is predicable12
CRM NUAN
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EIU data here
Customers are selecting subscriptions13
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• Easier to start • Can grow as usage grows • Consumption-based
Subscriptions are better aligned with value14
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• No more big bang multi-year projects
• 80% failure rate on big B2B
enterprise software projects
• A one year subscription for most
applications is less than an
enterprise POC
Recurring revenue minimizes risk15
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• Ongoing enhancements
• Shared infrastructure
• Ability to collaboratively build solutions
• Consumers expect vendor to continually
earn the business
• The onus is on the vendor to provide
continuous value throughout my lifetime
as a customer
Subscription drives continuous innovation16
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What Are the Downsides?
1. Cash flow
2. Customers can move away quickly
3. The sales cycle never ends
4. If you can’t control churn the formula doesn’t work
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You Need To Touch Your Customer
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How Does This Work in Real Life?
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A subscription business requires efficient process flows
Website
CRM
Usage
PaymentGateway
GL
ProvisioningEntitlement
Subscription CommerceProduct Catalog
Subscription MgmtQuotes & Orders
UsageBilling Operations
Payment OperationsRenewals
Several Integration Touchpoints in B2A
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Case Study
Docusign now has complete visibility to
renewals across its
20 million users.
We now have all our metrics in one place from churn to monthly account balances to growth.
Mike Dinsdale, Chief Financial Officer
KNOW
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Z-Business is used by 500+ Subscription Economy customers
across multiple industries
High Tech SaaS Cloud Infrastructure
TelecomDevices
Media
Education Healthcare
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Key Takeaways
1. Drives relationships
2. Makes your revenue more predictable
3. Customers like it better
4. Better alignment to value
5. Reduces risk for the customer
6. Drives innovation
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[email protected]@travishuch
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Credits
• What’s the Future of Business? - Brian Solis• PWC Global 100 Software Leaders - May 2013• Yahoo Finance • Pando Daily
http://pando.com/2013/05/21/memo-to-this-years-yc-class-its-damn-hard-to-build-an-enterprise-company/