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macintux on April 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft execs on Apple's music store (2003)

> I would say that they seem to recognize that they need to appeal to the users of their products and not just those users’ managers.

Someone forgot to tell the Teams team.

scarface74 on April 15, 2023 [–]

The definition of SaaS is basically where the buyer is not the user. The managers write multi year six and seven figure checks not the user.

esafak on April 16, 2023 | [–]

It's not that simple. Look up "product-led growth". It's why Figma made Adobe eat $20b.

scarface74 on April 16, 2023 | | [–]

And Figma’s revenue was only $400 million before it got acquired.

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