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Tropical MBA · August 7, 2023 · 36m

The Productized Service Model: Best of Both Worlds

Andrews advocates for productized services — standardized service offerings with fixed pricing and defined deliverables — as the ideal business model for bootstrapped entrepreneurs: higher margins than custom services, faster to build than SaaS.

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Canon

Andrews argues that productized services create healthier client relationships: fixed pricing and defined deliverables eliminate the scope creep and resentment that poison custom service relationships.

Highlights

Productized services sit in the sweet spot between custom services (high margin, hard to scale) and SaaS (scalable, hard to build)
Andrews maps the business model spectrum: custom services are profitable but require the founder's time for every client. SaaS is scalable but requires $200K+ in development before earning a dollar. Productized services — standardized deliverables at fixed prices — combine service-level margins with partial scalability.
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