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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

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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

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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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