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That’s generally how pricing works for SAAS products - most later stage customers have stricter or more customized needs. Think support SLAs, SSO, ACLs for their employees, etc.

I don’t know the specifics of what you were quoted, but a quarter million dollars (guessing per year?) does strike me as high.

Were you a later-stage startup by chance? The price point for pre-Series-C startups should be much, much lower.

What does reasoning about things from first principles mean?

Why does this happen at low volumes?

How do compostable products compare to recyclable ones? How much better/worse are they and how much impact do they have?

Hilariously enough, Carplay is actually standard on Camrys now (even the cheapest base model). What a weird time to buy a car.

Sorry, I didn't realize this. Can a mod change the title to match the article and unflag this?

It's in the subtitle.

Pretty wild, I did a double take when I read the parent comment.

I’ve yet to see a company with no managers work out. Usually it signals lack of bandwidth to set up management, low perceived value, or pessimistically a cost-cutting measure to double up on responsibilities.

So they have better salespeople that will never negotiate? Seems like a win for them.