Naomi Ionita is a partner at Menlo Ventures focused on early-stage B2B SaaS companies.
She says creating a team to research customer demand is worth the extra work.
Ask customers questions about perceived value and willingness to pay, and revisit pricing strategy every 6 months.
Most startups are leaving money on the table when it comes to pricing their products and services (see part one of this series). Successfully matching price to value — identifying the highest price customers will comfortably pay for your product or service — requires a pricing process or a systematic approach to user research and experimentation.
It's common for startups to not know where to start when it comes to monetization.