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Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School

Name: Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School
Uploaded: 2023-07-21T21:48:05.713Z
Duration: 32 min 44 s
Description: The video identifies nine proven business models that account for nearly all billion-dollar companies, with SaaS, transactional, and marketplace models making up 67% of YC's top 100. Marketplaces dominate the top 10 by value due to network effects, and transactional businesses succeed by being directly in the flow of funds.

From Y Combinator · Published Jul 21, 2023 · Watch on YouTube

TL;DR

The video identifies nine proven business models that account for nearly all billion-dollar companies, with SaaS, transactional, and marketplace models making up 67% of YC's top 100. Marketplaces dominate the top 10 by value due to network effects, and transactional businesses succeed by being directly in the flow of funds.

Key insights

SaaS businesses are 31% of YC's top 100 because of predictable recurring revenue; transactional businesses are 22% and marketplaces 14%.
50% of the total value of YC's top 100 comes from just the top 10 companies.
Five of the YC top 10 are marketplaces (Airbnb, Instacart, DoorDash, OpenSea, Fair) because they build winner-take-all dynamics via network effects.

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